I'm in a real quandry about me website.

[panik]

I just got the renewal notice; it's gone up again and the current exchange rate means it's going to cost me over £100 to keep it on for another year  and I'm wondering what to do. TBH, I've pretty much lost interest in the thing. The message board is moribund, the chat has moved on. Aside from the downloads, practically no one visits it anymore.

I could get free-space and move a lot of the text-based stuff there but obviously, if I did that, the galleries and the downloads would have to go.

So, I suppose what I'm asking is, does anyone really care? Would it be massively missed if it disappeared, because I admit, I'm tempted to just let it go.

ETA. Looking at the comments, it does seem all anyone's really interested in is the fate of the downloads. Maybe some other arrangement can be made to host these on another website (though be aware that it requires a lot of memory and bandwidth)? It does look like the rest of the site can go because it doesn't seem  that anyone will miss it at all.

Comments

[monkeyfun1.livejournal.com]

can't we all donate or something to keep the site going? I really would hate to lose the downloads as I don't have my external hard drive yet and only have season one still.
HOwever. I do understand the money situation. It it tight for folks all over.
If it isn't too much of a bother why not take rhianne up on her offer until we can help you get the monies together.
T

[gillyp.livejournal.com]

I really don't think donations would work and I'm not sure I want to get into that. It's not just about the money, it's a whole lot of other stuff that have been getting me down about that site and people's attitudes to it that have led me to view it all so negatively. I's become a constant thorn in my side, tbh and the more I think about it, the happier I think Ill be when it's gone.

If I can find someone who's willing to take on the thankless, grief-filled task of hosting such a huge wad of vid, then I'll happily transfer them, but I'm afraid I've made the decision to let the site lapse and it will be coming down on January 10th next year.

I really would hate to lose the downloads as I don't have my external hard drive yet
Why not burn just them to dvd? It's what I do with everything I dl but want to keep.