I think it may be one or the other, or it may even be both. One thing is for sure, something strange and disturbing is going on. I don't know why Lightlord takes it lightly and doesn't come with an official message to calm the community. I think it would help a lot.
It is not new about lightlord not responding in many issues , He has been called many times but does not respond for most of it .
In reputation and even in scam accusation he just keep ignoring issues , and more in The Signature campaign thread in which he owns clearly, yet not His attitude in giving answers.
The bounty participants are left hanging they are still waiting and they are still hoping for answers because on his last post in the bounty campaigns he promised to escrow the funds and possible continuation the campaign, it's like giving them false hope, participants would better look for other campaigns and stop hoping if he comes back only joined if he escrows the payment or you'll regret it later.