I mean... okay so technically they didn't, but only technically. I think I saw where you asked the question: who owns a community? They acted like the mods did, and now having FA, they are FO that they in fact do not own it nearly to the degree that the community members themselves do.

So now the community is split, and they may find themselves having to do a lot less moderation work in the future.

I contributed a post myself to help them out.:-)