The sad demise of DLTown

So DLTown shut down. It's pretty sad; their vision for the site was a good one. They didn't have giant phonesex ads about poopy diapers, their site was faster than Diaperspace and they didn't have any glaring bugs or a colorscheme that made the board difficult to see. More importantly, their header proclaimed that on this site there would be no "BS nonsense." A diaper site without empty profiles, compulsive liars, and trolls would be nice ... but until DLLightning gets his site up and running, this is still in the realm of fantasy. There are definately some lessons to be learned from DLTown's fate that should be heeded by anyone with a similar vision for a site without BS nonsense. Anyway, here is the letter that was up for a few days after they closed the site down:

Dear friends,

We have decided to close DLTown indefinitely. There are many factors which lead up to this decision. First and foremost, we are going to be expecting a new addition to our family very soon which is going to consume most of our time and we are no longer going to be able to dedicate the effort that is required to run this site. In addition, this site consumes WAY too much money for us to afford financially. With a new house (and a baby on the way) the money we spend on this site each month could be better spent elsewhere. Of course, we GREATLY appreciate all of the help and support that we've received. We've met some really awesome people over the past few months, but at the same time, we've met a lot of negative people as well. As sad as it seems, about ninety five percent of the people in this community are: slime balls, fakes, creeps, stalkers, and quite frankly, we're tired of dealing with them. The added stress is not needed, especially now. These douche bags, destroy the implied trust that a close knit community SHOULD have and we're tired of it. Too many people are backstabbing and judgmental. In the past week, we've already saw negative threads on other forums and communities criticizing and speculating. This venture was never meant to be a source of income. The majority of these individuals are underage, still live at home, and have no financial responsibility. They have no clue what it.s like to maintain a mortgage, make the car payment, pay the insurance, keep up on utilities, put food on the table, and everything else. Get out of your parent.s house, go get a life outside of the internet, work a job, pay all your bills on time, and THEN feel free to judge. Too many self centered individuals exist in this community who take a lot, but give nothing. We owe absolutely nothing to anyone and yet everybody acted like we did. Very few people were ever satisfied. People fought, bickered, and argued about every little thing. Our vision for this site has pretty much been destroyed. After a lot of thought, we have decided that the best option for us is to refrain from the online DL community completely and keep our fetish private and offline. We wish the best of luck to everybody on wherever life takes you. And to our true loyal friends, we.re glad to have been given the chance to meet all of you. We're glad there are some individuals, who truly rise above all the deception and sleaziness that is present in this community. People like you give a glimmer of hope that above all the negativity, there really are good people in this world.

Best regards,
Shannon :(
admin@dltown.com


PS: If anybody wants the dltown.com domain, I'll transfer it to the registrar of your choice for a little bit of nothing.

It's a dirty shame that this community seems to be working to systematically drive out the people who do the most for it. Let's all raise a glass to DLTown's memory and meditate a little on what the constructive members of the community can do in the future to build stronger connections while fighting off the slime balls, fakes, creeps, and stalkers.