All.....I made some bone-headed mistakes moderating over the weekend.
Blaming no one but myself. Bad decisions. All on me.
The first is going by the boards "Terms and rules" as a basis for moderation here in the General Section of OTC.
https://www.rig-talk.com/forum/help/terms/
Please hear me out here as well......I don't blame the Forum Principals, its Admin personnel, or anyone else. Only myself.
The second of my mistakes is not doing some due diligence review of a little history of this section. It serves a need, and best I can see at the moment meets expectations. The Senior Mods knows what works and what doesn't here. I respect them much and will defer to them. My mistakes caused them extra work they didn't need or deserve. For what it's worth, very sorry about all that. And also to the forum members that got caught all up in it all. Very sorry about all that.
The third and most egregious error I made (IMHO) was not understanding this very thread I'm posting in here and now.
As far as not discussing when asked why someone was banned, in the moment I believed it disrespectful to the person banned to "air out the dirty laundry" so to speak. I believed in the moment that the event was between me and person banned, and the moderators. Somewhat private and that I imagine they wouldn't want discussed with just anyone else wanting to know.
What can I say?........I f@#ked up. Live and learn.
For what it's worth, Im sorry.
