Askville had been coasting since The Great Spam Attack. I suspect that the developers had a deadline (Oct. 25th) and when TGSA hit, they knew there was no way they’d make deadline. There’s been NO moderation since. They let us coast, and then the Moderator, who no doubt got a black mark on the resume, slammed the door in anger. At the least they could have emailed everyone when the blog posted, at most they could have left the personal accounts (PMs) open long enough for people to connect.
If anyone saw TruboB’s last post (which was removed by the last moderator action), you can see why they didn’t try to fight that off for days or weeks. I always kinda got a kick out of TurboB, but I guess I was naive.
For those of you that are curious, the final question to post on Askville was:
“Do any of you remember Carol Burnett sweeping up the spotlight at the end of her show?”
I asked it. It was the image that stuck in my head during the final minute.
RIP, Askville. We had a long, great run. I hope we can carve some sort of lasting sequel here on Fluther.
I add Rio and Monkeymoo to the former members I throw a life preserver out to. There are untold others.