If you want to express your feelings on the issue, please use one of the many message boards out there. Meta Filter is back up, but is because of it being hosted on a DSL line from Matt's apartment. It is also unaccessible for those that were not members before it went down. I have mirrored the threads here for all you that are not members. If it goes down again, here is what's going on.
Life sucks sometimes.
And no matter how nice you are, some people are just assholes. You guys didn't didn't deserve it, or ask for it. Unfortunately, thats life sometimes. All you can do is learn from it, and teach others. I have changed none of the content on the pages and files that I host.