“The site will be going private on March 23”

What does that mean exactly? It’s not the same as going down? Will there be a way to access it?

  • Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz
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    7 months ago

    Their private ftp seems to have disappeared as well as site admins contact info. I thing “going private” means “going away completely”.

  • ShadowCat@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    now it says:

    The site will be going private on March 23.

    Edit: It’s very sad people think we are removing filecrypt links or worse infecting game installers with malware. After all the countless hours spent into maintaining the site, most people don’t appreciate it.

    well, idk who thinks that but they’re clearly wrong. I’ve never gotten malware from it and it’s even on the megathread…

    • Yglorba@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      I think that addition is mostly interesting because it shows the mindset of the site’s owners - they feel bitter and put-upon, like they’ve put a bunch of work into the site and gotten little or nothing back. Maintaining the site must be a lot of work. Not that surprising that they’d decide to go private, I guess.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    7 months ago

    I don’t know what they mean by that, but I hope they don’t fully close or return later with a revamped service but it turns out that it’s turned into a virus infested service. I actually like them since their UI is clean and just works on my desktop/laptop.

    • RoosterBoy@lemm.ee
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      7 months ago

      Why don’t you bother to take a gander at the community this post is in?