has dave leip abandoned the atlas forum?

[Torie]

Folks have forgotten that DAVE swooped down not so far back and axed the hot bods threads (very sad day for me)?  I thought memory went only when you became an old?  What drugs are you guys all on? 

Oh, and he gave the JBT's the mute button too recently. It felt just so good to me when I pressed it recently. Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac

[Torie]

When it comes to Forum management, Mr. Leips has a "libertarian" lean, indeed a list that sometimes, seems close to an angle that might capsize the enterprise, but he is around for what interests him, and sometimes "appears" at the most unexpected places and times. He has effected almost a metaphysical presence, he is just that good at what he does.

An alternative "explanation," is that he thinks his Mods are just so fantastically fabulous, that any further involvement by him would be like someone deciding to start editing Shakespeare down, so that he would be more "accessible." Your choose.