It wasn't JUST that though. It was the day AFTER Shitstor's radio silence window ended.
The uprising was that we were at time-expired, and the mods weren't applying the tag. Which, in turn, just gave more credence to 'special favor status' from the site for Shitstor (or at least the posts went).
Given the site actually DID apply the tag, the chances he'll ever be on whatever bender he was on then, again in the future, is pretty nil. He'll abuse his paypigs and this site's rules to cash in until his grandkids retire.
Note for people who don't know or want to research: The game debuted in 2018, with the game making it to 0.5c by November, 2018. V0.6 of this game was released mid 2019, and depending on which version you call the real one since it trickled out in micro-installments (v6, 6b, 6c, 6d and 6e), you could sort-of claim 6e as late as December, 2019. But V0.6 was really like May, 2019.
Since then, like CLOCKWORK, to avoid this site's 3-month radio silence ABANDONED tag, we got an announcement on Patreon every 88 days, give or take a day or two. Until June, 2021, when he missed the window.
Promising updates every two weeks, he sheepishly released a 10/15 minute update in July, posted on August 6, and then went radio silent again until November 18. Even though his Patreon site was down, he MISSED the 90-day window, so this game SHOULD have the ABANDONED tag AGAIN, but he's getting some lenience for some reason (ask the staff).
TL;DR: The game is only NOT marked ABANDONED by the grace of the mods and staff. It should be by site rules. Consider what you do with your money carefully.