And like that —poof—he was gone.

A note about me and Mother Jones.

Personal news: I am no longer editorial director at Mother Jones. You need to find new reasons to pretend to cancel your subscriptions.

I was hired at MJ in July of 2013 as their engagement editor. In that role I was one of the first people to recognize some of the ways of gaming Facebook. Our audience grew quickly and in time it changed many parts of th…