I understand and I agree with you for the most part. Most of what we're discussing exists in a grey area to me, one that can only be clarified if we differed to

I understand and I agree with you for the most part. Most of what we're discussing exists in a grey area to me, one that can only be clarified if we differed to real-world norms at the expense of forfeiting some of our natural inclinations in a digital space. As much as it may be in a person's best interest to provide an explanation for their exit and expunge from an online community, I'd offer a similar argument, that it would be in the best interest for certain people to differ the responsibility of checking in on the person's well-being to those who are known to have an actual relationship with them (i.e. one that isn't predicated by the environment that the person is tearing themselves away from in drama-inducing fashion). I think that this where scale becomes an issue, like you said.