Well, not nothing else. As the author said, it makes next to no money. And it sounds like the traffic is almost entirely transient, which reduces its value greatly. The site averaged less than 2 visits per unique visitor.
So, while I get your point that an interested audience propelled the site to great use without much work at all, that's not the whole equation, not even close.
So, while I get your point that an interested audience propelled the site to great use without much work at all, that's not the whole equation, not even close.