Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-3096633-20170908152553/@comment-34326521-20170908163644

As I mentioned a while back, I was inactive because I had a disease that nearly killed me, and am still suffering repercussions from it. My liver has still not fully healed after almost a full year, and I've gotten sick two more times since, because of my weakened immune system. During this period they also found a tumor in my liver, which, as you can guess, has not helped my recovery. It's benign, thankfully, but has to be closely monitored in case it grows, at which point I will have to get surgery and will likely be inactive for a few months.

As for my supposed autocracy, I'm willing to bet not even a dozen suggestions have been closed by admins since the system was put into place. We only do that on very rare occasions, when we're sure the downsides heavily outweigh the positives.