I think Luna will be back after she realizes how childish this reaction was. :D
by DrucocuThere'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.
I couldn't have said it better myself.