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by lucideer 3037 days ago
I think there should definitely be limits to this—some brevity/levity can be positive—so I would always try to err on the side of acceptance, but in general I agree. In this particular case at least, this comment seems to betray some hint of an anti-user sentiment.
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An appropriate limit is, as I mentioned, editorializing. To be precise, your clients, peers and users should not the the target of your feelings expressed in comments.

An additional litmus should be professional discipline: express dissatisfaction with a todo (ideally referencing a bug or discussion issue source URL or identifier). Without that reference, it acknowledges an issue without indicating any motivation to solve or re-mediate the original cause, which is (IMHO) indicative of a careless and lazy attitude.