Not sure when you got banned, but there were at least two big purges that I was aware of, and all were orchestrated by Erickson. Were mainly used to eliminate diary writers and commentators that didn’t follow the party line. Lost a lot of good people in the last one.
Also, the redo of the format was the last straw for me. Losing the diary format, and going to discus for comments were both insanely stupid, in terms of keeping up the level of commentary. Every site I have been on that switched to discus soon sucked. And the main reason I went there was to read the diaries. Lots of good writers back then. Not so much anymore...
You know, I am not sure when but it has been about 3 years or so since Moe banned be along with my favorite conservative contributor (actually because of him - I stood up for him). I know that I was so mad that I wanted nothing else to do with them at the time...urgh! Yes I was mad at the time. The worst part is that I attempted to sign on again and was accepted but could not post.... Guess that they decided that I’m too Conservative...heh, probably due to MOE!
Anyway, I no longer wish to post there as they are way to Republican and way too NOT Conservative but they did prove their point at the time. It did point out the difference to me about Republicans and Conservatives so it was not lost on me - a good thing!