According to ProvincialTwit (the "former leader" referenced in this article) he actually did make a tarball with the site's files available on the server, and that it remained available until the server was deleted due to failure to renew it. There was no communication between PT and the other admins about this, though, so they probably just didn't think to look there. PT says that some of them are able to contact him and refusing to, but he also asked me to keep the profiles he used to talk with me secret, so take that how you will.
PT also gave me some background info on the site's closing. Particularly interesting to me was that Coyotic (who is apparently Kindrift) discussing repurposing the site to match furry's more recent "political climate" and be a "furry antifa"-friendly thing. According to PT, though, the ultimate reason he shut the site down was due to the site's inactivity not justifying the cost anymore, and the drama talked about in the screenshot linked above was a "last hurrah" of trolling on PT's part.
According to ProvincialTwit (the "former leader" referenced in this article) he actually did make a tarball with the site's files available on the server, and that it remained available until the server was deleted due to failure to renew it. There was no communication between PT and the other admins about this, though, so they probably just didn't think to look there. PT says that some of them are able to contact him and refusing to, but he also asked me to keep the profiles he used to talk with me secret, so take that how you will.
PT also gave me some background info on the site's closing. Particularly interesting to me was that Coyotic (who is apparently Kindrift) discussing repurposing the site to match furry's more recent "political climate" and be a "furry antifa"-friendly thing. According to PT, though, the ultimate reason he shut the site down was due to the site's inactivity not justifying the cost anymore, and the drama talked about in the screenshot linked above was a "last hurrah" of trolling on PT's part.