Just tell him it's *fandom,* it mostly *makes no sense.* And that you can never really understand pr0n you don't go for. :D

No, I think writers should be perfectly free to disagree violently and at length at the substance of the criticisms or comments. They should feel perfectly free to say that the reader's interpretation is wrong.

I agree that dnc is helpful. Stops people from wasting their time as well. True, what most writers really want is glowing praise/recs, but what are writers really entitled to? Is it reasonable for them to expect that? These are two different things, I feel. The whole situation in truth interests me as one of whether compromise can be achieved. How can you deal with people who angrily demand that one liners be ceased, when you have others complaining that squee is just fine? Then you have others bitterly ranting that they receive none, others complaining that the concrit was insufficiently constructive, and even some people complaining about being recced where they couldn't see, even when comments were uniformly positive.