This is pretty bad. It would have been way better to post nothing than to post this. If you want to have a community, then treat your community like intelligen

This is pretty bad. It would have been way better to post nothing than to post this. If you want to have a community, then treat your community like intelligent humans. And to be clear, you absolutely _depend_ on the good will of your community. This is non-optional. Admit your mistake and fix it. And if you think that your mistake was the timing, then talk to someone who understands the situation.