Board Thread:General Wiki Discussion/@comment-4833240-20140301051701/@comment-5946174-20140304172820

Xelrog T. Apocalypse wrote: Noothgrush wrote: A very fair point. And I feel something that should be taken away from this is that you can be stern without being a total cock.

But in your neutrality, say you write a lengthy and fantastic critique, and the author clearly doesn't read it and merely dismisses it saying "writing is subjective, bro" do you leave it at that or do you counter? Then they're an idiot and they're not worth your time. Responding to them and arguing further won't change their mind, and starting a flame war even less so. It's frustrating when you've wasted your time on a review like that--I know that as well as anyone. The best thing you can do at that point is to not waste even more of your time investing in it, though.

Anyway, that was pretty much my point. I'm not saying not to say something is bad. If it's bad, say it's bad. Just don't say it aggressively or in a way that you KNOW is going to provoke a reaction. But what if we want it to provoke a reaction?