I guess things could be worse than the FF closure. Scripped.com, a site for screenwriters (which hosted users' scripts and drafts) was sold, and somehow in the ownership transfer they wiped data, accidentally overwrote backups with the wipes, thus deleting those too, and then just decided they had to close the company abruptly. Incredible.
Wow, that's awful. - John (bird whisperer)
Holy crap. - Jennifer Dittrich
Oh man. That sucks. - Corinne L
Good grief! - vicster.
Not sure how much this helps, but the former owners had a backup from 2010 (!). - Andrew C (see frenf.it)