I get bored. I used to change my hair color every month. I still haven't lived at one address for more than 3 years.
I've no roots, Tom. Born a drifter and will die one, I suspect.
Sometimes when we are angry, we say things we do not mean.
If time passes and you decide not to return, then be sure to place your own well being above serving your enemy.
"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again
and rend you."
If it disturbs you to cast money into a swines playground, then end it. Regardless of what you have been told, from a professional standpoint, this is called a conflict of interest, and it is not up to them to dictate wheather or not you change your mind, nor are they in a position to judge you.
Proverbs 9:8
Do not rebuke mockers or they will hate you; rebuke the wise and they will love you.
Proverbs 23:9
Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
Excuse the Bible thumping. It's a thing I do before I myself take my leave. But you have to admit, it is wise.
There's a reason M.E. originally created this place, then stepped back into the shadows. There's nothing enjoyable about being in authority over a populance that inherently hates authority.
I can understand what Luna is dealing with here. I created a "lifeboat" forum for another community that lost its home. It was just like getting a promotion - the power dynamics changed everything. We human animals tend to have a pecking order.
There was some good constructive criticism in that one thread, amidst the purposeful jabs just trying to provoke her. But when you're the only one in the spotlight, it's hard to separate the chaff from the wheat. It's really no wonder she's being a little indignant about it all.
I knew it would eventually come to something like this. You can't be "boss" and "friend" at the same time. She has lost the whole social aspect of the forum, just as I did when I ran mine. That's what really happened here. Honestly, I think her stepping back into the shadows is her taking the high road - even if there were a few petty abuses of power beforehand. It's not like there wasn't plenty of petty bullshit thrown her way too. She could have taken her ball and gone home; but she didn't. You've got to give her that much.