So far, on this posting, there are over 3,000 responses to the announced leaving and decision to return.
That’s a hefty indication of reader interest in the value of this site and encouraging contributors to ignore errant comments.
My opinion is what we are focusing on is favoring the criteria of how someone responds in addition to the truth or falsity of their response . Using this forum to express disagreement is a public event and as the “public” we can make a public response to anyone who is purposefully depreciative of any contributor. The challenge in doing so is to not replicated the language of those we admonish.
Further, I don’t think helpful is the apparent ability of a single reader to change the “respected” titles of a contributor - which then automatically changes ALL previous and future ratings of that individual. To reclassify the past is not fair nor accurate. I find this a secondary and indirect way of indicating disagreement with the person posting and NOT a statement of inappropriate language or intent. Yes, this happened to me and a private request as to why remains unanswered.
