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Actually, it's in the first paragraph. The rest is history.

• Waterluvian 7y ago
  The second paragraph is: "Why did the site shut down? I’ll get to that, but let’s start with a little history" The history wasn't highly relevant to the explanation. Lead with that and if people want to know more they can keep reading.
  • wpietri 7y ago
    My word! How shocking! You had to read nearly 800 whole words. You should definitely cancel your subscription. Maybe even ask for a refund. Seriously, people like you, who whine about free things while contributing nothing, are a real reason people shut down free things. Or don't start them at all. Any time I think about releasing open source code, I go through the calculus of "How many demanding, entitled goofs would I have to deal with?"
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• wccrawford 7y ago
  The first paragraph only has some of the reason. The rest of the reason is later on. In short, it says the site was doing more harm than good and that good data was getting harder and harder to come by.