Most likely silenced in some way. Like him or not, he got a lot of views in a short amount of time, and likely exposed a large amount of people to new ideas that TPB would rather you not know. So of course something happened to him... an action that isn't as overt as killing or beating the hell out of him, but finding a custom solution to get him to stop doing what he is doing. Pay attention enough to things on the internet, and you'll notice this is a pattern that happens over and over to "rising stars."