Now, in defense of my fellow alum Skins, although I wish miskie were here to explain an answer.
Going on the theory that he's told the truth, that Skins's island was in fact indeed hacked, wouldn't it take quite a while to rebuild the site? Remember that very long time conservativecave was down in 2014; a couple of months, believe it or not.
Of course there's a difference; conservativecave has always been run entirely by volunteer labor, no computer professionals involved in any paying capacity to keep it up and running. These same volunteers have full-time real-life jobs and families that demand their attention.
Whereas Skins's island is ostensibly operated by three gentlemen for whom it's their only, or at least principal, responsibility.
And not to forget, they think they're smarter than decent and civilized people.
But.....going back to my original question, assuming that we're being told the truth about the downage, wouldn't it take time to get a site back up after a major hack?