Arrgh I hate it when people close down their sites and then when people are concerned they become bitchy and say their offline life is more important. Or when people join groups and say things like 'Well, I'm really busy with [insert list of activities here] so I just don't have a lot of time for this' and so on. I'm sick of that whole attitude. You know what, people? Websites are a responsibility, especially if you actually have a decent readership. Certainly, you should discontinue your website if it becomes too much to bear, and a vacation from it is alright once in a while (though I find hiatus pages that disallow entrance to the site and its pre-existing content altogether to be very frustrating--why not just a note on the front or in the updates about why the site will remain stagnant for a while?), especially if you've come into a lot of stress. But a website or a membership or any other online activity is a commitment, and websites especially are hard work. Websites with fandoms take twice as much work, because you have visitors who are expecting of you.

As with most of my ramblings, I don't really know where I'm going with this, especially since I'm feverish and probably a bit delirious. But mostly I'm just annoyed when people become self-righteous about not updating their websites or not participating in a group or whatever. I don't know, maybe I wrong (I tend to be wrong a lot). Maybe everyone else holds the idea that a website is not a responsibility and is just an idle pleasure that's okay to discontinue at any time. x__x;

my throat hurts.