First, there was AOL shutting down its member sites. Now Tripod is doing the same. TechCrunch is reporting that

“Troubled Internet company Lycos is shutting down its email service and website creation and hosting service Tripod, the company is saying via emails to users that begin with “We regret to inform you that our parent company has decided to discontinue all unprofitable activities.” Both services will be discontinued as of February 15 2009.”

A lot of sites are hosted on Tripod, especially old fannish sites. A lot of early Internet fan fiction was there back in the late 1990s. This is another one of those times when our history is at risk because a site is closing. We’re going to lose a lot.

If you have a Tripod site and you need a new home, there are a couple of places we could recommend and Fan History admins are more than willing to help you with that. If you want hosting, let us know.

See Update on the Tripod situation for an update on this situation. .