One thing that worries me is that this is suddenly a pattern. I'm not sure if these posts are partially the result of the previous posts - are they like suicides, where one person jumps from the 18th floor of the library, and suddenly everyone decides to kill themselves by jumping from the 18th floor of the library? But, one person jumping doesn't cause everyone to jump - individuals still independently, and for their own reasons, decide to die. The pattern only lies in the method.

Which is why it's not okay for me / us not deal with this. Obviously, something is going on that is causing people to feel this way. Even if I don't agree with and don't respect the choice to antagonistically and selfishly peace out in this manner, I'm going to do my best to understand what is causing people to feel like this. You can't keep going if there is a problem and you can't fix the problem without knowing what the problem is.

While in general I greatly appreciate your hard work and dedication to hubski, I suggest that this is one area you should just let lie. There is just a certain kind of person that goes out like this and it's way easier to let em go than to fix them. There are enough of us here that we are bound to get a nice chuck of drama loving "look at meeee's" knocking over the lamps, drinking too much and telling us "how they really feel," and that's OK. If you are lucky they burn out quick.