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by mirimir 3385 days ago
Yes, and so why is it still there?

Someone must be paying the bills and maintaining it. But it's the same folks behind ...

http://ratemykitten.com/

http://www.ratemypuppy.com/

http://www.ratemybunny.com/

http://www.pennypostcards.com/

http://www.nndb.com/

... so maybe it's just for nostalgia.

1 comments

It's a static page; I imagine that the costs for it are pretty trivial. And maybe they've just forgotten about it - a few bucks a month from a hosting service that hosts a dozen other sites, where a credit card number gets updated every few years.
I guess. As I recall, the theory was that the admin got locked out of the server. But after a few years, that seems unlikely.