Screwed - By My Web Host

[Morgan Ellis]

Well, if anyone has tried to access the cuteandkinky.com website, they've no doubt noticed that our site is down.

Our webhosting company removed it, with no advance notice, for what they're calling a violation of their TOS - specifically, nudity.

Now, I could understand this if there were 'pink' shots all over the place, but there's nothing more salacious on there than a few shots showing half a nipple. Janet Jackson flashed more skin during the superbowl, for God's sake. It's not even full frontal nudity!

According to support, someone in admin took our site down, without going through abuse or any other proper channels. They're going to try to have it re activated by Monday, but can't 'promise anything'. In my opinion, they took it down because they objected to the content, not the images. Some tight ass found a site about girls who like spanking boys 'obscene' - never mind that, again, the average episode of 'Sex and the City' is more obscene than the wording on our site.

I don't even know if I *want* them to put it back up. I'm tempted to just pull the entire site and switch back to Affinity, who never gave me a second of bullshit in the three plus years I've hosted various sites with them. Telephone support was sympathetic, but said their hands are tied, and abuse and admin haven't even had the decency to return my numerous emails.

I'm pissed off, royally. Has anyone else ever dealt with this? Is removing a non adult site due to written content a violation of some sort of ammendment, or are hosts entitled to pull any site, with no notice, whenever they feel like it?

Dammit, if someone is going to screw me, the least they could do is leave the money on the bedside table...

-- Morgan

 

[Ophelia Black]

Adult hosting...

It's always better if you can go with an adult-oriented host - they aren't going to give you the toss, and are the kings of handling lots of hits because they host a lot of porn sites. A lot of times adult hosting places have been in the biz longer as well, because porn sites are always pushing new tech forward.

I've used these guys for a year with no problems whatsoever. Maybe more expensive, but the cheaper guys just cost you money while you were offline

http://www.wildwebsites.com/hosting.html

 

[Morgan Ellis]

Well, the news now is that the Abuse department at my webhost has/had:

* no idea my site was down
* no idea who took it down
* no idea *why* it is down

This just re confirms my suspicions it was some tight assed jerk in admin who stumbled across us while they were cataloguing their hosted sites for their new directory.

Abuse is going to 'get back to me' as soon as possible with an explanation.

If I don't hear from them today, I'm going to switch the site over to Affinity. As I said, I've used them in the past for sites I've designed, some of which were adult/porn, and have never had an issue. They're not cheap, but they're good.

-- Morgan

 

[Morgan Ellis]

Update

Oh goody, screaming works.

Three phone calls and one temper tantrum later, and the site is back up.

For now.

Who knows what will happen when they (as they put it) 'review' it.

Dickheads.


-- Morgan

 

[Annessa]

I did have the same problem after spending over $400.00 for 1 and 1/2 months. No refunds. It was the worst stressful week. My heart goes out to you.

I went with www.globat.com they are an excellent host, good prices and allow adult sites.

If you need someplace to host your site temp. until you get all this resolved I have more then enough space on my site to host yours seperately. Let me know what happens and all the best!



Annessa
xoxo

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Well I for one want to thank your web hosts. If not for all your inconvenience and frustration and the resulting protests my attention would never have been turned to your site and "AOOOOGA!" your gallery is fantastic!

btw, I would contact the provider and ask them to check the links on the five very naked thumbs at the bottom. I think they are "broken".

also btw The online Community "Cute & Kinky Fetish Escorts & Dominas" account was locked on Feb-23,2004 due to inactivity, or a possible violation of their terms of service . The owner of this community, needs to login to reactive the board.

 

[Morgan Ellis]

Well, that means checking with my Webmistress.

Which is me.

"Hey webmistress, the second gallery is broken"
"Screw you, I'm on a coffee break."
"Bitch."
"An underpaid bitch, at that."

Yeah, I'm still trying to find out what's up with the message board. The exciting life of an escort, I tell ya... the fun never stops. Someone needs to get over here and give me a massage, before my head explodes from all this fun.

-- Morgan

ps: thanks

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Someone needs to get over here and give me a massage, before my head explodes from all this fun.

Looking for any volunteers?

_______________________________
:::::::::Waving hands vigorously in air and whistling.

 

[Morgan Ellis]

Too late, someone beat you to it

-- Morgan, sighing in semi-bliss.

(It's only semi, because it wasn't Wha doing the massaging..)

 

[WhaWhaWha]

Well its not like thats the last massage you will ever need right?

 

[Morgan Ellis]

Hardly. I need them daily. I'm slutty like that.

-- Morgan

 

[WhaWhaWha]

I'm slutty like that.

I read that somewhere

In fact I think it was on your website

In fact I think you wrote it.

 

[Morgan Ellis]

That was my webmistress.

She's always inventing evil lies about me. I need to look into finding a replacement for her, pronto.

I blame her for all those nekkid booby photos, too.


-- Morgan