Ever wondered what happened to the once popular DeafDC website that was made up of designated Deaf writers to write on various subjects with many of them related to Deaf culture and whatnot? The last article written was "Song lyrics: Offensive or…??" dated July 13, 2009 according to DeafDC's Twitter. That date is pretty significant considering the fact that DeafDC and Deaf Professional Happy Hour (discontinued) are/were owned by Viable since 2007 according to Rob Rice's post "DeafDC.com Changing Hands" posted in November 2007. On July 24, 2009 Gazette.net announced a story about Viable, a Rockville company, was the subject of a federal investigation which resulted in the arrests of Viable employees.
I'm sure once the story broke last year did DeafDC became radioactive and certainly, perhaps so, writers didn't want to become associated with DeafDC since it was owned by Viable, Inc. At least that'd be a plausible story here. It has since remained in internet limbo since July 13, 2009 with nary a peep from any of the writers in DeafDC. Their collective silence speaks volume.
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