I stop posting for a couple of days . . .

. . . and what happens? I quickly devolve from a TTLB Large Mammal all the way back to being a flippin' Rodent? You'd think I'd at least have been able to cling to one of those branches in the Marsupial zone, wouldn't you?

Of course, I'm not the only one to notice a sudden devolution:

Folks:

I spent a large chunk of the Thanksgiving holiday revamping the Ecosystem's algorithms and code as a part of my continuing effort to ensure that TTLB provides as useful a guide as possible to the best of the blogosphere.

Most of the changes are complete, but some are not, so bear with me for a few days as I complete the work. In particular, a significant change to Ecosystem ranking was implemented last night, so you may have seen significant shifts in particular blog's rankings.

I'll explain more once I've polished the changes; thanks for your patience...

There's a wide range of reactions in the comments to that post, including some pats on the back for NZ Bear, a couple of teeth-gnashing/cloth-rending whinges, and a couple of funny hints of legal action. All for a free service. Sometimes, people are just weird.