As pointed out by Tony Pierce (see his “Nooooooo” at the bottom of the entry) and BoingBoing, BlogShares has gone the way of all websites. Seyed Razavi, BlogShares’ creator, says he came to the decision after recent technical difficulties illustrated for him that keeping the service online required an active developer and operator, and that revenues from the site were declining.
I enjoyed playing the game for a while, but recently only checked in on my portfolio once every few months.