E-mail me

Doesn't bother me at all.

Either they're making a cogent and valid point, and one that I have ignored or overlooked or misunderstood,.......or they're morons.

Either way, not a problem.

I know I'm not infallible, and I don't mind having my errors pointed out so I can correct them.

Imbeciles ranting at me provide a little sardonic amusement.

Works out both ways.

Never recieved these-mails, but I can imagine that they are annoying. If they do send them, I  will send them to a little place, I call "Deleteboxville".

Yep, It's usually the bible thunpers who "set me straight."  Love it

Usually the fan clubs when I get this kind of message...

Most of the time, "setting someone straight" proves to be fruitless.

Depends. If it's someone who has a factual correction to make or just disagrees it's fine.If it's someone being bombastic, abrasive for the sake of being abrasive, or pretentious it's not so good. I don't get a lot of hate mail, knock on wood...actually, the most galling sort of repsonse you can get, at least in my view, is the absolutely humorless, grouchy, sanctimonious brigade that overreact, or can't figure out what's sarcasm or tongue in cheek...if you trash a type of ice cream, it's like they want to file a lawsuit on behalf of the pecan ice cream appreciation society...

I never really like to do this as I would rather do it to the persons face, this has a slight cowardice to it.  If myself and the person have fallen out and there's no way I want to see them then this is the best way.  I've done it before and I had someone "try" to do this to me and they ended up with egg on their face.  I think this is a great way to tell someone exactly what your thinking, rather than walk around harbouring these feelings, just tell it as it is no matter how stupid what your saying may seem.

Well,this can go many ways from hilarious to infuriating,and just about anything in between including actually being helpful and informative.It all depends on the "tone" I suppose.Most of the time,though,RIA reviewers seem just to want you to understand their views.

I enjoy the challenge every now and then and I deffinately have a personality myself to set someone straight, lets hope there's no need for that.

I have done this, and i have had this done to me. I usually like to be polite and I don't use the term set you straight I will usually just say, actually or even I think its Unless it is something really mean or nasty that I am talking about, then I can be just as big of a bastard as the other person is.

Well, it all depends on how you approach the email. Flick, for example, is often helpful and courteous when he emails reviewers with corrections and I thank him for that. Other reviewers, however, are so egotistical that they think they know everything about you and what you meant in a post.

I usually do this to save another reviewer embarrassment. Recently, I sent a heads up to someone who had mixed up a celebrity who happens to have the same last name as a past tv talk show host; earlier, someone else stated a misdiagnosis of Helen Keller's illness, so it's mistakes such as these. I usually drop them a pleasant note explaining where I think the error has occurred. In some cases my thoughts on the subject have been incorrect and the person ended up setting me straight as was the case with a particular Bob Dylan album that I had misnamed. As long as the correspondences are courteous and designed to help rather than criticize, these communications can be helpful and informative.

i dont care if someone wants to say they think im wrong as long as they dont mind if i respond if i think they are wrong

Assuming a certain level of civility, I can't see where this would be an issue with anyone actively posting to an opinion website. Of course, so for I haven't gotten any e-mails trying to set me straight so...(I think most people have just decided I'm beyond help, really)

I don't mind these emails. I once recieved a message about Fox News (my opinion didn't waver) but I didn't mind at all because the poster was courteous, i appreciated that they were trying to speak with me in a civil manner. On the otherhand I've received several crude, disrespectful messages from one poster that were more than a little annoying.

Well, this does sometimes get my goat. Sometimes people message me to set me straight and I have to admit, it's made me a more conservative poster. And passionate. Much more passionate.

I've received lots of email on RIA over the years. It has ranged from really nice to absolutely crude. Luckily, only about 2% of it has been crude. I don't mind debating an issue with someone - in fact it can really be fun at times. Usually when you have the chance to have it out with someone you end up being friends in the long run. I agree with kamylienne - you have to give people credit when they have the nads to face you - opposed to the annonymous and ineffectual attempt at backstabbing by clicking away on your ratings page (DOH!).

The way I see it, I'll at least give them some credit for having the balls to write to me with their criticisms, whether I agree with them or not. I don't mind the exchange, as long as it's civil.