Okay, this is where I have to intervene because its these kinds of discussions that are usually the impetus for flame wars. Please respect the THVFD's decision and refrain from PM'ing him or spamming him. Any form of bullying will not be tolerated.
On this site, we dont censor anyone for speaking their mind, or having this kind of opinion. As long as you are reasonable and not denigrating anyone, then we tolerate this type of discussion.
Firstly, the community rift last year was not caused soley by content creators. The people who initiated the rift were the individuals who were angered because they were no longer allowed to rip other's content. Most if not all creators have been reasonable, and allowed usage to people who credited and asked permissions for usage. Unfortunately, even those basic steps were being disregarded by a sizeable number of parties.
Second, not all authors arent bloodthirsty, certainly not the ones here. The comparison of 'an antenna' is rather oversimplifying the situation and paints a rather inaccurate picture of what was being used unfairly. It wasnt just antennas, but entire vehicles, scripts, whole packages even. Modders eventually got tired of seeing their hard-worked items being taken apart without their consent, and often without mentioning their names. Some modders took things further by choosing to take credit for other people's work, or in some examples, charged money for mods that used other people's content.
Eventually, measures were put in place by the sites administration team to stop this behavior, which caused anger among many because they no longer were able to continue this attitude of content use without respect to the authors and creators. Numerous people reacted negatively to this action and formed their own forums elswhere using free forum software. Other groups splintered onto Facebook. They had the choice to stay, but decided not to. Nothing wrong with what they did, but attributing the division to the content creators is rather one sided, and single-dimensional in logic.
On the part of creators, some individuals, myself included, made rather repugnant statements directed at other individuals we felt were against our interests. All of us have apologized, taken our punishments from this site's administrators, and moved on with our lives.
The overall fault for what has happened lies with the extremists of both groups who incited negative actions upon each other.
With regards to your usage of 'flipping shit', this kind of language is not conducive to civilized discussion. In future, please refrain from using this type of language when presenting a valid point.