[quote=@Sylph]As a GM and someone who's been on the receiving end of callous posts, I believe that while it's important to be direct, it's also just as important to be polite. Like [@Jacobite] says, a little kindness goes a long way especially as a person in authority. 'Lacking hostility' doesn't mean polite, just as being 'brutally honest' is more brutal than honest. Because you made that distinction however, I think you already know your answer.
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I don’t go out of my way to condescend, antagonize, or be glib, if that’s what you mean? I’ve been managing role-playing threads for a very long time, so believe me when I say I’ve made mistakes and have learned from them. I try to be respectful and reasonable. I do believe myself as polite. Outside of one or two missteps, I would probably say outside of venting here the worst I did in the RP in question regarding communicating with other players is not taking the initiative of PMing them and working out their issues like I normally do.