Except he was one of the key people behind it until a couple of years ago
Presumably he left for a reason.
It is weird that a platform that he was a big part of and that supposedly supports his values, has apparently turned into they used to oppose.
But I've got to admit I stopped reading BoingBoing a couple of years ago.
I think its the classic “you become what you fight” thing. They got disillusioned and frustrated fighting agains all of the evils from disillusioned and frustrated people.