repost from elsewhere, goblin's b side hen playing "swot of bot" with critics
The style is enervating. I don't like anyone who makes me walk a mile for a drink of water; it's inconsiderate of the reader.
"...wrong, one posts for oneself always, selfish I know, but selfless cannot be sustained in the run long, and one just becomes invisible to oneself that way..." replied the goblin, adding "...you see, readers ruin the writer in their expectations, for if I were to write as you suggest, you would be bored, more by those met expectations again than by anything that I might post contentwise...", and then the goblin had to ask "...yes, well I suppose I could lower the writing style and content somewhat, so which poster's level are we talking about here, down to xxxxx's or right down to xxxxx's posts then..."