I admit that when people were calling you out for overreach I was never part of that crowd for what it's worth. (your conversation with jerrokrar was out of line and unprofessional but that was really only ever the time I had a problem with how you conduct yourself)
There is nothing wrong with a thin red line periodically, a heads up is nice but not required. Like it or not, we're all old enough now that unless you're 21 and showed up very recently, you have the capacity to add stress to someone else's workday or CF sessions intentionally or not, thick skin or not. With that in mind, the boards should remain CF's locker room, but you need to be prepared to ban people who simply don't learn from social backlash as opposed to individual slander (PRO, funnyone, Jerry,)
Matrik is mostly commenting not entirely objectively above, he is as often as not stirring up the Hornets nest with nonsensical vaguely insulting or amusing posts. (check his post count) but the community really does seem to get better in my opinion when you forcibly apply duct tape to people who forgot they aren't still in a college lab in the 90's when they post, for three to six month periods, or long enough for most characters to cycle through the game and delete whichever comes first.
I'm as guilty as anyone but let he who is without sin cast the first stone or something, having ex-imms jump my shit for the way I post, ex-imms who were largely invisible to me during their tenure has made me rethink my effect on people and my own bedside manner as it were.