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Tiny Dancer
I don't know the details of the supposed wiki-dickings, but you have to understand the upkeep cost of running a website like that. Yes, the CONTENT was user contributed, however, anyone who has run their own website knows just how much money it actually costs.
Not only do they have to pay yearly for the domain name, which can be $10-$40 a year, for the amount of content hosted on the site they have to pay $80-$200 a MONTH to host it, and even more to do so without ad banners. There is also $30/mo for maintenance, more monthly for web design tools, etc. So contrary to popular belief it costs them hundreds of dollars a month to run a service that you all and millions of others have access to for free. It was a smart decision for them to sell when offered, and if they're not going to charge for continued use of the web page I don't really see the problem.
Not only do they have to pay yearly for the domain name, which can be $10-$40 a year, for the amount of content hosted on the site they have to pay $80-$200 a MONTH to host it, and even more to do so without ad banners. There is also $30/mo for maintenance, more monthly for web design tools, etc. So contrary to popular belief it costs them hundreds of dollars a month to run a service that you all and millions of others have access to for free. It was a smart decision for them to sell when offered, and if they're not going to charge for continued use of the web page I don't really see the problem.