One of the things that has been lost in the sands of time is that we were never intended to be a competitor to anyone, just a stop gap until the other place came online again. Somewhere to keep everyone together and informed for what turned out to be around 3 weeks of down time. Someone then asked the question as to what was going to happen, and from the feedback people wanted it to continue - so it did. Some of the feedback that it had a different vibe/feeling, although we couldn't really put a finger on it.
But that's all long in the past, and we have our own comfy little space in the world.