While I do agree it would have been nice if they had released a torrent with all torrent files on their site, I also think they did a very good job overall.
Their users might have dispersed, but the content is still out there and the good sharing habits will stick with the ex-members. It has also caused many, many CD's to be ripped, curated and massively distributed to very high standards, for years. The curated metadata and social structure might have been lost, but the content survives.
I think they were mostly sabotaged by lack of anonimization and by their centralized architecture.
Their users might have dispersed, but the content is still out there and the good sharing habits will stick with the ex-members. It has also caused many, many CD's to be ripped, curated and massively distributed to very high standards, for years. The curated metadata and social structure might have been lost, but the content survives.
I think they were mostly sabotaged by lack of anonimization and by their centralized architecture.