warriorqueen: "Also, what happened to reaching out to members first? (I'm aware this was an aspirational comment, not policy.)"
Yes, I should've reached out privately first. What i saw was a user who registered in 2023, who'd never made any comments before making two in the same thread, and between that and the flags i was absolutely less charitable than i should have been. (I genuinely thought the account might've been hijacked.)
It's my bad for not doing my due diligence here. I'm very sorry, House Hippolyta, and i'm going to issue an apology in the main thread as well.
Yes, I should've reached out privately first. What i saw was a user who registered in 2023, who'd never made any comments before making two in the same thread, and between that and the flags i was absolutely less charitable than i should have been. (I genuinely thought the account might've been hijacked.)
It's my bad for not doing my due diligence here. I'm very sorry, House Hippolyta, and i'm going to issue an apology in the main thread as well.