Agreed. It's a simple task from my end to disable the Disqus plug-in during the downtime. But what if the service goes down during the night time where I might

Agreed. It's a simple task from my end to disable the Disqus plug-in during the downtime. But what if the service goes down during the night time where I might not be able to immediately login to my wordpress and disable the Disqus plug-in until next morning? Wouldn't be nice if the plug-in automatically takes care of itself, rather than manual intervention?