User blog comment:Thinkaboutthisname/About The Whole Aish Sheva Thing.../@comment-1897744-20100312120159

Well /finally/.

I've been waiting for one of you guys to finally figure this out, or take note of the ten thousand times I said it.

Two wrongs don't make a right. Three rights make a left, but that's besides the point.

One of you had a bad experience with a person who posted a review that was not even intended to be taken personally (from what I can tell; I've yet to actually see the review, because it seems to have mysteriously disappeared) and the rest of you have gone into Personal Army mode and have decided revenge flaming - which just makes you look like an idiot, for the record, and is why many people who hand out harsh CC get sock puppet accounts like The Editor's Notes and such - is the right idea.

I'm sure she probably didn't leave her review in a way that was all together kind, but one thing a lot of people here don't seem to realize is that if you DON'T use harsh language and throw a couple of personal jabs in there the author will completely dismiss the review. They'll say "eh, well, they didn't say the story was /that/ bad... I think..." and will completely ignore any critique thrown their way. I've worked with authors like this for years now, and in the end those that bothered listening improved quite a bit - but that didn't mean hurt feelings didn't show up throughout the process.

Not everyone will like you and not everyone will like your writing. Some people will ignore it, while others will tear it to shreds in anger that their fandom is being decimated.

It's just something you've got to learn to live with - and, take my word, you'd much rather have someone who doesn't know you online now throw really harsh words towards you, even insults, to open your eyes and improve than you would a rejection letter and a submission in the circular file later in the publishing world.

(tl;dr: Finally. It's done and over with -- MOVE ON.)