Correction - some people don’t understand English as you (or me, or anyone else who makes a post) writes it.
Let’s face it, different areas of the US (let alone the world) have different dialects, different phrases, etc, and what can be accepted as normal speech i one area of the world may seem offensive or downright rude to others.
I, being Indian, but born in the US, didn’t find your response to Atmospherical as sarcastic - but then again, I am also used to your posts in general - you come across as a bit over bearing, but I personally have no problems nor issues with you at all. You know the app and you did a bangup job on all the skins you worked on, plus the help that you provided with David Bryant when he was rewriting Marmol, and the numerous times you have helped in the forum.
That being said, though, you still come across as overbearing - and I understand English perfectly - both American dialects and British dialects(seeing as my parents were born, raised, and educated in India). In counterpoint, a lot of British phrases are considered offensive or crude or rude here, Southerners are frequently looked down upon for using ‘ya’ll’ or ‘ain’t’, the West coast surfer idioms, etc…all are different ways of talking.
However, WW / WWL are not America only apps - there are more than a few users here that are not from the States, and thus will not necessarily understand American English.
In the statement that trikly quoted, a simple change from “Obviously” to “Perhaps” to even leaving off the word altogether drastically changes the inferred tone of the sentence. I am not saying you were wrong - I am saying that it would have been more tactful to phrase it otherwise.
That being said, though, once the user got upset, rather than carrying on the discussion in public, Mike should have gone private and if the user refused to behave, just deleted the account. ASAICT, Mike is the only moderator here, but coming from a person who mods at a few sites and is admin at a couple, trikly makes some valid points.
It is something that should be considered.
OTOH, I understand how it is when you fire off replies without really thinking about the consequences - I do it a lot, and several years ago I used to be a much bigger flame poster than I am now…I suppose you could say I have learned the error of my ways…
Atmospherical’s insinuations of a Buddy system going on here were completely overboard - but, when taking into account trikly’s analysis, and seeing it from A’s POV, it makes a lot more sense (Not saying it was logical or justified - just that it makes more sense, in that I can empathize that much more with Atmospherical).