...did I just run into a few bad apples?!!!!

Just posted something to share with the site, and got the most hostile response! Has anyone else experienced this?

Are you really not savvy enough to understand the response that you received? Further, are you not savvy enough to understand that loudly proclaiming your innocence is far more damning than going about your business, discussing other topics that affect you and your neighbors?

Real people have more than a singular interest. Real people don't like being lied to. Until such time as you should move beyond drumming up business and PR damage control, many will assume that you are misrepresenting yourself and that you have a vested interest.

People's skepticism of your post was completely justified.

Nobody was rude and nobody was mean.