Theymos has stated he'll remove them for people who don't want theirs anymore, but he won't change it. Best PM him but he's usually pretty busy.
Doin' what?!
I dunno. Admin and moderation type stuff? I imagine the day-to-day running of this forum is a big task in itself, but maybe that's just an illusion and he's lazy
, but I'm inclined to assume the former rather than the latter.