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It seems ironic for the end to arrive without full disclosure of why.

Yes it would seem in the vein of the list to out the 'researcher' who is being the final asshole.

What would be the point, other than nailing that person to a post and having them exposed to various forms of Internet abuse?

As you said yourself, this is just the final straw.

That would be the point.

Are you suggesting this is a good custom and should be practised?

Sounds pretty sensible to me. Isn't the alternative that we let people who do bad stuff get away with it?

The whole point of the list was full disclosure, so that things could not hide in the dark.