I actually saw the post from @kyle in one of my comments talking about how upset you were about your tarnished reputation @shredlord. I wondered if you might simply quit the site or go on a rampage against steemit and go out with guns blazing like Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid leaving everyone with a bitter taste in their mouth.

I'm glad you decided to instead prove that you are a great writer who is deserving of a second chance. You owned up to your mistake and have learned from it. Hopefully others that have negative reputation can follow your example. Glad to have you back in the +! Welcome back to non-grayed out posts!!