I did heed the warnings at the first pop up box.
Then 3 more arrive with zero outgoing communication by me and then the ban....without knowing who I should apologize to or an explanation.
Those boxes are warnings but, in this case, the decision for the muting was already made up making the "warnings" have zero meaning.
I understand the need for mods to have identities masked but how hard would it be to add a "reply button"?