Yes, I absolutely agree he should keep us posted. A mining pool is not just an informative site for visitors, it's where we make money, and we pay pool operators for certain responsibilities. Like keeping our coins safe, keeping the site and pool running and to a certain point keep us up to date.

On Phonetic's defence:

Point 1: Yes, this is THE situation here, but could really be due to a malfunctioning script.
Point 2: Also a big no-no, but given how people bashed him he may be a bit upset.
Point 3: This could be anyone... Anyone noticed how a lot of pools didn't find any blocks for 4 hours this morning? Maybe someone has a mining cheat and sells every once in a while? Or cashing in from any of the DOGE sites that got hacked?
Point 4: Traceroute and Whois info only tells us Phonetic doesn't want the world to come knocking on his door in case something (beyond his control) goes wrong. This is very understandable and common practise for webmasters of all kinds of sites. Isn't the inventor of Bitcoin a pseudonym too? The better domain registrars offer this anonymity service to protect good willing customers. Because law enforcement can easily obtain the true identity of the owner.

Phonetic, wherever you are, please realize you had a very good thing going that made you and a lot of people good money.
It's having a dip, after last week's peak. It won't take much effort to get it back on it's feet and have us all prosper in the long term.
You have a group of loyal people, who maybe mining elsewhere now but they'll be back when you are.

The way people lined up to be at your place, some even willing to donate you out of trouble...
You must realize you have a special thing going?! Would be a shame to let that go to waste.