Ok. Lj is being evil. It keep on cutting off the second half of my comments. If this doens't work. I'm emailing you.

Oh trust me, that's pretty much how it ended (with the gnashing of teeths of course.)

That's perfectly fine, but to ban someone from your lj because they pointed out a small error? I mean, that's just pushing it. Mind you, I have always operated under the 'don't agree, don't comment.' (Unless I know them well enough that they won't get irritated if I point out certain errors)

I'd ABSOLUTELY love a dnc, makes me feel less guilty when I don't comment on their fics.

And here we get to the crux of the issue: Compromise is needed, but the problem is no one knows where that line is. Like you said different authors want different things, I, personally, woud like someone to crtic my writings (if I ever write anything), to point out my mistakes so I don't feel like a complete fool if I ever published on a bigger play ground than my lj. Not saying I don't like praise, but I'm looking more to perfecting/bettering myself than getting praise for what I already know I'm good at. Either way, it is a frustrating issue, because I keep on hearing what the writer is entitled too, but what about the reader?