CHiP was kind of a public warning system put into place yesterday because we've had several users posting a lot of volume and very little content (multiple posts of the same thing, one post split into several posts, threads way off topic for the section they're in, etc.), and wanted to calm things down a bit and get the forum back to normal. It may have seemed a bit harsh, but it wasn't intended that way at all. It was supposed to be a bit of a warning but with a sense of humor about it.
We weren't trying to get anyone to leave and are sorry Blink chose that (despite PMs discussing the situation and asking him to reconsider). I think we're all sorry to see him go. However, the community is what makes this site so much better than other reptile forums, and we don't want to risk changing the quality of the site for the entertainment of a few individuals. Blink was not as much a perpetrator of that type of post as the others so identified, but was, in the judgement of the staff members who were available to discuss the situation, participating to the point a warning was in order.