2022-01-18, 03:06 PM
(2022-01-18, 12:03 PM)netllama Wrote:(2022-01-18, 11:54 AM)Daymoth Wrote:(2022-01-17, 09:15 PM)netllama Wrote:(2022-01-17, 08:18 PM)DAW89446 Wrote: I agree that he could leave his website online. But does he pay for his website? If so, then depending on cost it might be a financial burden. It appears he’s still relatively young. His interests and priorities appear to have changed and he’s going with them. And if he can profit from them, I hope he succeeds. I’ve tried to profit, but those years I was active in writing it was between the old way of doing things and the new web based way of publishing one’s self.
Yes, he was paying for hosting. But he received multiple offers to have the site mirrored and/or hosted elsewhere at no cost, and he turned them all down.
And offers for donations to pay for hosting the website over the years where turned down.
It makes me inmensely sad. I havent gotten over it yet.
That's quite understandable. Steve's explanation & justification for taking down the content has been wildly inconsistent to say the least. It doesn't feel like he's been honest about his motivations. At this point, this feels like he's driven by a desire to monetize the content via some book deal, which wouldn't be viable if the free web version remained available.
Well im sad the material is not available, be it free or not, and whatever the motivations are. It is extremely sad that welth of good information just poof! into thin air like that not leaving even a copy in an archive.
If there was a book deal I would be very happy because it means that would be available again soon. But it sounds like his focus has changed to film and I have the same expectations of a book happening as of game of thrones getting finished.
So just have to grieve the loss. I bought the Digonnet book and its helping the process.