To the extent that you need a community member to blame for this, it is me. When doing this, I was operating under the belief that the community would be judging me personally
As a note, to the extent that you’re trying to actively shoulder the blame here (rather than simply describing where you think it falls), this isn’t a call you get to make. I’m not saying here that Chris does deserve blame; just that to the extent he does, you can’t take that away from him onto yourself.
And… having this expectation seems like kind of the same sort of thing that went wrong with the admins’ messaging? Like, on a high level you could describe what led to the site blowing up as: “the admins expected people to feel one way about a thing, and acted on that expectation, but some people felt a different way, and acted in ways that surprised the admins”. Similarly, you may have expected us to feel one way about your actions, such that we judge you personally; but if some of us feel a different way, and judge differently, well...
You said you wanted this to be a learning opportunity for the community, and I think (despite varying levels of annoyance) we’re overall taking it as such. To the extent that it’s a learning opportunity for you as well, I hope you take it as such.
As a note, to the extent that you’re trying to actively shoulder the blame here (rather than simply describing where you think it falls), this isn’t a call you get to make. I’m not saying here that Chris does deserve blame; just that to the extent he does, you can’t take that away from him onto yourself.
And… having this expectation seems like kind of the same sort of thing that went wrong with the admins’ messaging? Like, on a high level you could describe what led to the site blowing up as: “the admins expected people to feel one way about a thing, and acted on that expectation, but some people felt a different way, and acted in ways that surprised the admins”. Similarly, you may have expected us to feel one way about your actions, such that we judge you personally; but if some of us feel a different way, and judge differently, well...
You said you wanted this to be a learning opportunity for the community, and I think (despite varying levels of annoyance) we’re overall taking it as such. To the extent that it’s a learning opportunity for you as well, I hope you take it as such.