I first joined in 2008, left it around 2012. There was a lot of scandal, lying, and backstabbing. Yeah, power definitely got to their heads; I should know, I was a mod. After it stopped being a webhosting/art-gallery site and went to a more social media-esque website, the community became more toxic and less knitted. All of the old members moved on elsewhere, I don't know why I stuck around. Hope I guess, that it'd be like the good ol' days.
I have to say though, I'm glad it's down and hope it doesn't come back up unless the original owners have nothing more to do with it. Regardless of how old the site was, you can't change the reputation that it built for itself towards the end.
Necro, but I wanted to chip in my 2-cents.
I first joined in 2008, left it around 2012. There was a lot of scandal, lying, and backstabbing. Yeah, power definitely got to their heads; I should know, I was a mod. After it stopped being a webhosting/art-gallery site and went to a more social media-esque website, the community became more toxic and less knitted. All of the old members moved on elsewhere, I don't know why I stuck around. Hope I guess, that it'd be like the good ol' days.
I have to say though, I'm glad it's down and hope it doesn't come back up unless the original owners have nothing more to do with it. Regardless of how old the site was, you can't change the reputation that it built for itself towards the end.