If you have never found yourself in a situation you felt strongly required that you leave Mudcat for good, you can't accurately understand why people feel they must.

If you have never been in that position, you cannot accurately understand why it makes sense to post a farewell of come sort.

If you have never been lobbied off-thread by so-called "friends" who desperately want you to "come back," you can't accurately understand how hard it is to keep such a decision or what it is like if you do "come back."

If you have never left and then, by whatever means, found a new viewpoint about Mudcat that allows you to come back in good faith and conscience, you can't accurately understand the transforming experience this can be, and perhaps you can't accurately interact with one who has had it.


You can judge such things if you wish. But it has little to do with actual reality, and does not help much.