Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26877734-20151121225052/@comment-4867780-20160114055515

I certainly am ^ ^ This is a pre-demotion thread, back then I thought admins were kind of bosses who made the calls, while they are actually just public servants and the community itself holds the real power. My misguided authoritarian approach led to a number a actions that despite relatively good intentions were technically power abuses from a democratic perspective. The community got tired of it, and eventually had me demoted by majority vote.

I learnt from the experience, and as you saw on the chat now focus on peacefully defusing conflicts whenever possible, and keep kicks/bans to a minimum when they prove necessary.

A very tense and conflictual period to be sure, but full of enlightening lessons ^ ^