At 11/4/06 05:09 PM, qygibo wrote: Abusive reviews get reported, a mod deletes them. What need does an author have to get into making their own petty responses, so that they can act just like the dick reviewers?
Because all the abusive reviewer is getting is a deleted review and a possible 15-day ban. The author feels the need to be offensive to abusive reviewer because if the author wants to show the abuser how it feels to be offended.
At 11/4/06 05:11 PM, qygibo wrote: Wanted to add something else:
You're basically advocating that an author respond to a troll, which if we all remember Troll 101, is NOT what you do to a troll. You don't feed them, you report them, and the mods take care of the rest.
Trolling means looking for a fight, the author responds offensively and the troll can't fight back because the author gets the last word, the author wins.
The abusive reviewers don't type offensively to look for a fight, they do it to hurt the author. So when the author returns the favor, it may teach the reviewer a lesson, so less abusive reviews would be generated.