Very little of the discussion we saw had anything to do with anything you said. The offenders posted to your thread possibly because non-members can't start new posts, only comment to existing ones.

There will be an assistant maintainer; our only question is, does anyone object to Shiu of sethrenn being that assistant, due to our relationship and similarity of views? If so, would people feel like suggesting someone else? Perhaps we should ask this question in a separate post.