Should we put websites to sleep

I've actually heard of some sites doing this. Not because they 'care' for anyone or are trying to make a point, but because their owners thought their sites should reflect the physical shop opening hours for some stupid reason.

It was a bad idea then and it's a bad idea now. Why? Well, a few to start off with:

1. Night shift workers/other people with different waking hours

2. Free time, because hey, they're at college or something and want to do something other than sleep or get drunk.

3. People who wake up in the middle of the night because they just had a revelation about something and want to talk about it on the forums.

4. Those who just forget they need to use the site until too late.

5. Anyone who doesn't work but has a slightly different schedule to other people (like, maybe 2pm to 2am or something).

6. Anyone who's caught travelling at a later hour due to a late flight or train or bus and wants to check something on the site.

7. People getting ready to go to the airport

8. Anyone who just wants to talk to/interact with people outside their current time zone.

9. Someone who's screwed up the system clock.

Really though, websites being open all hours makes sense, and I don't think it's fair to try and tell people when they should be 'allowed' to use it.

This is so obnoxious. There are a million legitimate reasons to be up late, and I would be very annoyed to be babied by a website, especially if I needed to access the information on it.

No.