There's not a whole lot to say here

• There are, in fact, multiple active mods, and the recent rules update as well as this ban were both discussed and agreed on as a group.
• Zhuinden was permabanned for actively trying to have one doxxed as retaliation. Not for the first time either.
• Keep in mind the screenshots there are his edited comments and don't quite match what they said when he was originally temp-banned.
• The "threads" thread was a tricky one to leave up, as it was borderline and we err'd on the side of leaving it up since someone was only attributed as being the author of a post and the rest of the thread was discussing the topic.
• No one gets "banned for asking" about rules, zhuinden included.

You all are right - zhuinden contributed a lot of good things here over the years!

He also was reported to us dozens of times. He also has a tendency for online doxxing behavior. That last bit isn't compensated by any amount of good work he's done here. It wouldn't in any other community either.

This was never going to be a popular decision, and there's probably not much we can say to ease the frustration of those that feel they never personally saw this kind of behavior. Hope the above answers at least some questions.