if it helps, not the same thing but my spouse got banned (he literally got hacked lol and they banned him), and he's been spending years trying to bounce back there
the fact that you lost your archive does suck, tho I wonder if someone could help out and download+send the images to you? but in terms of community, honestly I feel like it's slowly getting less and less active as a site overall as people have been leaving. I feel like other people have had the same experiences too. so I think either way that would've started to happen, losing that community
that really does suck tho!!
EuropeanRat
you could download a vpn
DuBetta
I have a risk of receiving a fine (pretty heavy one at that) so I'm not risking