The only time I took an extended break was in the aftermath of dividing the Qs into General and Social.
Many Qs got posted in the wrong section and even tho there was a lively discussion generated with many many answers, some of the mods were in hyper vigilance.
Consequently, there would be entire questions and ALL their responses deleted (instead of just removing offending responses.)
I just started feeling like “what’s the use of participating in thought provoking Qs at all?”
Many of the most interesting Qs sparked the most contentious responses because people felt so strongly about them. And then the entire question got deleted. (These were not my Qs BTW) so I wasn’t taking it personally. But it was just so frustrating to see Qs deleted in their totality.
I felt this was really over the top and said so. But I was so unmotivated to post in any Qs with debate in them because the entire thing could disappear on a whim. I wasn’t the only one who felt this way but it just irked me no end.
So I just gradually stopped responding and didn’t come back for quite a while. But eventually things settled down into a more balanced mod response so I found it interesting to participate once more.
But nowadays things are pretty well balanced overall and i’m enjoying Fluther as usual.