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So, I've read through all the pages I missed after leaving from work. I don't want to continue the conversation about Golden, but I do feel an immense need to apologize after seeing the results.
My response to him was not meant to encourage others in the thread to "call out" anyone, nor was it meant to publicly shame. But I think that's exactly what I did. I take my responsibility to represent the site seriously, and my intention has never been to shoo people out of our community. Golden requested his account be deleted so we legally have to respect that request, but that's not at all what I wanted or even thought would happen or I just wouldn't have posted such a meaningless post.
I appreciate what others have said on the subject of "bullying a bully" and agree with them. If by my initial post that apparently started the whole mess I was doing that very thing, then I sincerely apologize to Golden, the thread in general and Hinata for making it appear that that sort of posting was mod-endorsed. That was so not my intention. And I feel responsible for the fallout. I'm sorry.
My response to him was not meant to encourage others in the thread to "call out" anyone, nor was it meant to publicly shame. But I think that's exactly what I did. I take my responsibility to represent the site seriously, and my intention has never been to shoo people out of our community. Golden requested his account be deleted so we legally have to respect that request, but that's not at all what I wanted or even thought would happen or I just wouldn't have posted such a meaningless post.
I appreciate what others have said on the subject of "bullying a bully" and agree with them. If by my initial post that apparently started the whole mess I was doing that very thing, then I sincerely apologize to Golden, the thread in general and Hinata for making it appear that that sort of posting was mod-endorsed. That was so not my intention. And I feel responsible for the fallout. I'm sorry.