Thank you for the kind words, Hackmastergeneral.
For my own part, I left RPG.Net for many reasons. The cliquishness, for one, didn't bother me quite so much as the unwelcoming nature of the cliquishness, as I saw these little groups close up to even long-time members of the community -- like me. The rules became too much to bear, not because they were in my mind draconian, which they weren't, but because they were applied with such fierce and dedicated ambiguity. More than once did I appeal to a moderator to unlock a thread which had been shut down because one person's comments unintentioanlly skirted the rules, only to be told, in effect, "No, because I don't wanna". On a floor covered with eggshells, it's very hard to breakdance.
The RPG Site suits me better because I find its level of discourse more agreeable, more open and more responsible. You CAN and DO get called out here, if you're being a prick. Remember the end of Fritz Lang's M, where Peter Lorre's child murderer character is tried and convicted by a court of his fellow outcasts and criminals? Not to say that we're all unsavory types, which we most assuredly are not, but rather that it's our turf and we check it, no matter what it is we do on it.
Certainly The RPG Site's users exhibit some clearly-definable biases towards some games and play styles, which, not coincidentally, I favor as well; but few opinions and ideas are truly unwelcome here, even if they're sometimes met with skepticism or dislike. You can still toot about Sorceror all you want -- other people will toot along with you, and the ones who don't want to will take their jab at you and then move on.
As to how I came to be a mod...it's really just a case of a temporary convenience (my participation as judge in a contest run by Clash and Pundit) which was further extended for reasons of "meh, why not?" I'm hardly ever aware that I have the damn status, but I'm sure that when the revolution comes, I'll be asked to go to the front lines to sweep the streets of undesirables, wielding a mighty administrative force of blinding, shocking fury.
And that's when I'll leave.