Meh. He's not the first and won't be the last to leave in a huff: Abigail-II was a greater loss in the same category, IMHO, as Abigail has broader expertise than does BrowserUk.

I think trippledubs nailed the issue in his post discussing the gradient between "don't offend anybody, above all" and "don't care at all about offending somebody". People fall on different points on that spectrum. As you know, I am quick to speak out forcefully against others who I feel are bullies or freeloaders, and that's offensive to lots of people and I get downvoted heavily for it ... but for me, so far, that's OK and I can live with the dynamic tension trippledubs refers to.

BrowserUk had less tolerance for the tension, and I guess when he said of a fellow senior Monk "It BS like this and morons like you that make this place not worth the time any more", he meant it. So he split. Whatever. That's cool. That's his choice and one must assume he is doing what he feels is best for him.

Petulantly trying to delete the posts he contributed to the Monastery is a different thing altogether. That's really sociopathic, and I can think of only one other Monk who wanted to do that. Just the latest similarity between BrowserUk and his great nemesis, if you ask me.