Downfall of a Message Board

[+ Lucky]

Debtorboards.com provided those in debt a way to communicate about laws affecting creditors and debtors. Steven Katz, the owner, claimed in a New York Times article on Saturday that his board had received two million hits in 2009, an increaseof 60% over 2008. After six years of running the site, seeing it grow, and getting featured in the NY Times, the board has been suspended by its account holder, with no reason given. People seeking out the site following the Times article find only "Account Suspended" when they get there.

Moral of the story? Pay your debts? No, don't get written up in the Times or the Daily News!

 

Here is the Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/business/24collection.html?scp=1&sq=Katz%20debtor&st=cse

[+ Lucky]

UPDATE:

The Times reporter who wrote the story is unaware of the reason the site is shut down. He spoke with Mr. Katz, who is trying to get it back up. Since the story also appeared on Yahoo, it may be that the site just got overloaded with visitors.

[+ deej]

Or it could be the site operator didn't pay his hosting bill.