To be fair, I don't think he admitted it, he just failed to add a comma.
After I asked many investors ...
Should read "After I asked, many investors..."
Punctuation is important folks.
Nope, it's pretty clear that he ended the poll prematurely, the real voting was 45% for and 55% against in a few hours, I didn't even knew the thread existed. Then it was locked and deemed as "community voted against" which is bullshit.
He realized it was a horrible idea.