Quote from: BlackMountain on March 30, 2024, 05:18:00 AM

what happened to the fivearts.info website? Is the website closed?

No one knows exactly.

We have bits and pieces of information on hand however.

1. The .info site was effectively abandoned for a while (spam posts was popping up a lot and was not being managed by the staff of .info), this particular aspect is never a good sign for a forum as it usually means it is being neglected and could close at any point.

2. The .info domain named was renewed approximately 8 months prior to its first big service down time. This was eventually renewed again after the domain had expired for a while. This suggests that the owner did not intend to close the site, else they would not have renewed prior and after it did expire.

3. There was minor attempts to bring it back up online a few times, including after the down time. However, this came a lot later and by that time, many users had effectively abandoned hope of it coming back. Eventually the domain sale option from the registrar was not showing up at all. This coincided with the domain renewal which leads until the end of the year of 2024. However, nothing has come from these attempts.

Given the lack of access to the domain now, whereas before it was reaching a server that was not providing a service, it would not be out of the question to assume that .info is now permanently closed.