There have been some decent suggestions that we will discuss internally, but we won't eliminate it, nor will we ask people to apologize; we're not your parents.

This is the best we could have hoped for. It's supposed to be discussed internally, after the people who actually run the site read and consider the arguments from both sides.

To be irritated is understandable, but to blame Ben and the people who run the site for not immediately bowing to every single wish is petty. I agreed with you quite a bit through the last few days, but I can't agree with your sentiments here.

If you expect to find a site that's going to please you 100% of the time, it's just not going to happen unless you build it yourself. Sometimes there are bad days and sometimes things we don't like happen. That doesn't mean you should just give up, instead more effort needs to be put into community building and culturally changing what couldn't be changed administratively.

b_b: thanks for making sure all points from both sides are considered internally, it's all anyone is really asking for.