It's all the chaos surrounding the mods' lives right now that are why it perplexes me. It's already been over a week since Rini left and yet there's been no statement at all from ANY of the active mods regarding the mod positions. The only thing we've heard is from Pixle speaking as a former mod.

They're in the middle of app month now and the players are pushing for rebellion to happen. They're going to get completely slammed if they don't pull people on soon or it's going to delay the rebellion further, something that's going to upset a lot of the players who are already frustrated with how long it's been since the plot's made any significant movements forward (over a year). Now's when they need more hands on deck, not fewer.