[nneonneo]

I've read your piece, and unfortunately the overall tone sounds like a rant. I'm sure it wasn't your intent, but tone is hard to convey in a purely textual medium sometimes. I fall victim to this often, and have been actively working to try to avoid excessively negative tone (even if I feel that way).

The ranty tone of the piece obscures the rest of the points you were trying to make - many are good, but a strong tone will immediately put people on the defensive rather than trying to open up and understand what's being said.

[darkf]

Yes, I'm seeing now that the tone of the post is more talked about than the actual contents. Learning!

[acqq]

tyleraldrich wrote to you, to demonstrate you that it's more than a "tone":

"In my opinion you may just not be the best writer for some reason (Lack of education? Incompetence? Both? Who knows)."

Do you consider it to be "just the tone of the post" directed to you?