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<blockquote data-quote="EricNoah" data-source="post: 1201744" data-attributes="member: 4">People gotta do what people gotta do.&nbsp; If you're in the fan website biz there's no reason to do it other than because it makes you happy.&nbsp; When it ceases to do so, you should stop.&nbsp; That doesn't mean the website has to go away; you never know who your dormant website might help or inspire while it waits there for you to recharge your batteries.&nbsp; It's certainly not a failure to work really hard on stuff for years and have it available for folks, even if you need some (or a lot of) time off from it.&nbsp; I've learned that it can be very cold in cyberspace, with kudos few and far between.&nbsp; I'm not talking about my old news site, but other sites (my personal RPG site, work-related sites).&nbsp; I can count on two hands the number of times a stranger has written and said &quot;nice website&quot; (or even &quot;here's a suggestion&quot;) for my personal RPG site or my work-related sites.&nbsp; But I keep chugging along because, in the case of my personal site, it's just a place to stick stuff that I made.&nbsp; I put stuff there that I would have done anyway, but it's in a place where others can use it too if they want.&nbsp; Praise can be a good motivator, but it can't be a reason to be there in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EricNoah, post: 1201744, member: 4"] People gotta do what people gotta do. If you're in the fan website biz there's no reason to do it other than because it makes you happy. When it ceases to do so, you should stop. That doesn't mean the website has to go away; you never know who your dormant website might help or inspire while it waits there for you to recharge your batteries. It's certainly not a failure to work really hard on stuff for years and have it available for folks, even if you need some (or a lot of) time off from it. I've learned that it can be very cold in cyberspace, with kudos few and far between. I'm not talking about my old news site, but other sites (my personal RPG site, work-related sites). I can count on two hands the number of times a stranger has written and said "nice website" (or even "here's a suggestion") for my personal RPG site or my work-related sites. But I keep chugging along because, in the case of my personal site, it's just a place to stick stuff that I made. I put stuff there that I would have done anyway, but it's in a place where others can use it too if they want. Praise can be a good motivator, but it can't be a reason to be there in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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