User blog comment:Ildsjel/An Open Letter/@comment-14365624-20190817170646/@comment-27612891-20190817212648

Personally, I wasn't trying to make anyone's feelings hurt nor escalate the situation. I simply put out my own opinion out there, and I understand there's an element in it that people can be hurt by because I did happen to mix in some of my personal feelings in it. Although Jaye may not have published this blog with the intention of it being personal, you can't control how other people may react. To me, it felt personal because these are questions (for example, ...how can we make sure our userbase and our administration team is committed to the success of DARP? could imply that administration team isn't already committed to the success of DARP, which in my opinion would be a lie.) and sometimes the tone of some phrases that seem to suggest otherwise. Considering Jaye herself isn't here to clear things in her own blog up, things are going to have to be left up to assumptions, and I've recognized that some of the assumptions that I have made are hurtful. Likewise, I understand that you guys as regular users have put your heart and soul into trying to make DARP a better place and this is your response, and I shouldn't have been as dismissive as I was in prior comments. For that, I apologize and I'll go reflect on my actions so I can become a better admin team member who won't act as rashly as I did. But I still do stand behind my comments that I made in my original comment, and I do want to say that I truly do understand the frustration that users such as Asteriea made in their comments and I don't blame them at all for letting them known.