The worst part is that LATOC drew in a HUGE number of lurkers, many of whom were probably wrestling with trying to accept the whole concept. It was THE site for doomers and Peak Oilers to share information and was linked on more "respectable" sites like Mish's Global Econ Trend Analysis (which is how I found it) and Of Two Minds. If you started a good thread over there you could count on 1000 page views. Most topics on the spin off sites do well to get a tenth of that number.

In essence, Matt nuked a whole community and made it much more difficult for us to get the word out just as things on the Peak Oil front are really starting to heat up. That was his right as it was his site, but it is also now his legacy.