I'm resigning as a moderator from all Stack Exchange sites, effective today.

I didn't make this decision lightly, frivolously or suddenly. A persistent pattern of corporate missteps, and a monumentally deplorable moderator dismissal, has compelled me to re-evaluate my relationship with Stack Exchange.

The decision to resign wasn't a difficult one, from that perspective. What is difficult is that I made a commitment to this community that I must now abandon. I'm deeply sorry about that. I've been with this site from the beginning, and like to think I played some small but important part in shaping the site into what it is today.

And what a fine site it has become.

Special thanks to Shog9, Tim Post and all of the CM's, who have been nothing but supportive, helpful and educational, even when I was probably a bit more volatile than I should have been. My problems with the network have nothing to do with them.

It has been a privilege serving you.

I'm resigning as a moderator from all Stack Exchange sites, effective today.

I didn't make this decision lightly, frivolously or suddenly. A persistent pattern of corporate missteps, and a monumentally deplorable moderator dismissal, has compelled me to re-evaluate my relationship with Stack Exchange.

The decision to resign wasn't a difficult one, from that perspective. What is difficult is that I made a commitment to this community that I must now abandon. I'm deeply sorry about that. I've been with this site from the beginning, and like to think I played some small but important part in shaping the site into what it is today.

And what a fine site it has become.

Special thanks to Shog9, Tim Post and all of the CM's, who have been nothing but supportive, helpful and educational, even when I was probably a bit more volatile than I should have been. My problems with the network have nothing to do with them.

It has been a privilege serving you.

UPDATE: Caleb has posted a very well thought-out summary that lends some much-needed clarity to the central issues involved.

I'm resigning as a moderator from all Stack Exchange sites, effective today.

I didn't make this decision lightly, frivolously or suddenly. A persistent pattern of corporate missteps, and a monumentally deplorable moderator dismissal, has compelled me to re-evaluate my relationship with Stack Exchange.

The decision to resign wasn't a difficult one, from that perspective. What is difficult is that I made a commitment to this community that I must now abandon. I'm deeply sorry about that. I've been with this site from the beginning, and like to think I played some small but important part in shaping the site into what it is today.

And what a fine site it has become.

Special thanks to Shog9, Tim Post and all of the CM's, who have been nothing but supportive, helpful and educational, even when I was probably a bit more volatile than I should have been. My problems with the network have nothing to do with them.

It has been a privilege serving you.

I'm resigning as a moderator from all Stack Exchange sites, effective today.

I didn't make this decision lightly, frivolously or suddenly. A persistent pattern of corporate missteps, and a monumentally deplorable moderator dismissal, has compelled me to re-evaluate my relationship with Stack Exchange.

The decision to resign wasn't a difficult one, from that perspective. What is difficult is that I made a commitment to this community that I must now abandon. I'm deeply sorry about that. I've been with this site from the beginning, and like to think I played some small but important part in shaping the site into what it is today.

And what a fine site it has become.

Special thanks to Shog9, Tim Post and all of the CM's, who have been nothing but supportive, helpful and educational, even when I was probably a bit more volatile than I should have been. My problems with the network have nothing to do with them.

It has been a privilege serving you.