I don't know you all too well, and from what I've seen I don't particularly like how you say much of what you have and question your motives because of things like I see here. However, I do understand my exposure to you is rather limited and by some accounts your contributions have made valuable impact on others. Yes, mentioning a particular title draws fire upon you - but, you also draw it to yourself in getting overly defensive of a rather innocuous opinion regarding anything outside the practical purpose of the site. It's your golden calf - apparently it's also well known it is your golden calf, but you've allowed it to be your Achilles Heel as well and yet you continue to engage and subject yourself to browbeating. Many will interpret this as just general immaturity, but others may see it as attention seeking behavior.
Case in point, writing a farewell address stating that you're just not into it and hit a wall, returning 12 days later to explain that it's partly because people disapprove of your opinions but in those 12 days diligently posting on your one hot button topic with a flurry of fire. That's textbook attention seeking behavior; waiting around to see who shows up to your funeral and pushing to get sympathy when or if you don't feel there's enough fanfare. Maybe that's not really what is happening but if you can tell me it doesn't reasonably appear that way if you saw someone else do it, I'm all ears.
Christopher Hitchens once remarked in a debate that, "the hallmark of a strong position is that it is falsifiable, not that it is unfalsifiable." What he meant was an irrefutable position often comes from a premise of poor quality or lacking a genuine intention - appearing beyond reproach for the sake of a empty 'win.' I don't think you've learned this with regard to your golden calf. With that, self-deception is your stumbling block and lack of self-control is its vehicle.
What you don't lack is willpower and tenacity. So I call BS on your farewell message as loss of willpower and motivation.
My point isn't to further berate you, rather tersely inspire a hard look at what you actually want and how little sense your 'reasons' make. I don't believe for a moment that you're out of energy and ready to quit. At various points over two days, you expended energy and time on defending an opinion that has no tangible bearing on anything and didn't need defending if formed correctly Despite efforts to steer it away from your attention, you brought it right back in focus with opportunity you had - given or otherwise, and annoyingly so.
You can think I'm an a-hole all day, but it makes no sense for someone throw in a towel because of hurt feelings and anger, exposure, or other superficial thins. As I said, you've clearly had a positive impact on people and robbing a community of otherwise substantive input, and yourself of a creative outlet and opportunity is criminal. I may not encourage discussion between us and we don't have to like each other and get along, but I truly encourage you to reconsider quitting a passion on that premise alone.
Suck it up and move forward. You can do better and you know you can, so do it.
You're awesome Lily, why do you have to leave... 
