I'm a bit disappointed that there's no statue of limitations on the forum health meter. I haven't attracted mod ire in months, and yet I'm still at level 5.
Cosmically speaking, I think my karma's in tact. The snotnosed twits I was bickering with that earned the barbed comments that lead to my getting slapped had pushed things that far by being intransigent ignoramuses, and exhibiting persistence in the face of ignorance is surely a righteous thing to do, or else being an educator is an infernal profession indeed.
However, it's not the moderators' job to be the judges of truth and right in this world, as such intimate consideration is a whole can of worms they've hardly the time for when the stakes are them versus the Internet. No, the bar is set at keeping the forums from burning down, and ergo the resulting rabble rousing of my personal crusade was a conflagration that had to be put down.
I've come to that understanding of that now, and have fostered the necessary cognitive restructuring to no longer be baited by every curious tween's needling, so I'm not entirely sure why my account is considered in level 5 probation other than to be a persistent reminder of an imperfect system.