"As I said, I was asked by someone else privately to post that I'd been banned here."
Probably, someone who resents / hates V, and thought it convenient to try to use you to wrongfully sow discontent towards a friggin Iodine forum.
Be careful of these types, who ask you to do things you wouldn't have considered, for their ulterior reasons.
To me, it matters not whether someone asked you to or not, the ultimate choice was yours to make, whether to do it or not. I take this all very lightly, but these types exist in the non-cyber world, and often find easy prey to carry out their deeds. I know who it was. V's third eye is wide open.