I understand the the blog post is very long, and it seems that some Jellies didn’t get the heart of the message: We are very lucky that Fluther is allowed to continue at no charge to us.

Here is the key paragraph from the blog:
Although our founders have moved on to other career opportunities and now have families of their own, they have allowed the site to remain up, and free for members to use. Many of us have experienced the disappointment when other sites that have closed, so we owe it to the founders of Fluther to uphold their vision of what they want the site to be out of respect for what they created (which still bears their names), and out of appreciation for them allowing us to continue to use their servers and site. We have been in touch with them regarding this transition, and there will be no changes made in the Guidelines at this time.

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FOR EXAMPLE:

If the site doesn’t physically support most foreign languages, can’t you simply respect the guidelines and use English?

If the founders want the Question Titles to be safe for work, is it really asking too much that you put a little thought and effort into phrasing the title carefully and adding an [NSFW]?

If the site was developed and designed to be an educational Question-and-Answer site, can’t you stay on topic in the threads with the understanding that the goal is to helpfully discuss the question for all the collective and the internet to see, and to hold your casual conversations in the chat rooms and Private Messages?

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We don’t have one “Manager”, we currently have six – which means that each of us has authority and abilities that Auggie had: we each have our own whip. We have clarified the rules and guidelines with the Founders (in which it was indicated that they don’t want the site to turn into YouTube comments), and we are enforcing them as consistently as we can.

However, the members of the Mod Team are on the verge of burnout because so many Jellies want to gripe and complain about what we do – even though we are simply doing our jobs for which we get no pay and little recognition. If the team implodes, the site will likely close. Is it really too much to ask those that have FREE membership on the site respect the parameters in which we have to operate?