Great post. To be honest, I was one of the people who was rubbed the wrong way by your "counter-attack" posts. They just came across as whining to me, and, despite the fact that as an artist I fully understand and agree with your position, were a big turn-off. But like I said I do understand. Criticism hurts, regardless of how good it is, and the seemingly unjustified and not-well-explained criticism of being downvoted hurts even more.

I like the more cool response of asking what you can do to avoid this in the future. Thank you for that. I want to know also. As an artist (I make the majority of my income from photography, and a bit of it from my haiku writing/translating) I also want to avoid stepping on the toes of whales and unwittingly making enemies of any of them. 

Again, thank you for the more level-headed post about this matter. I am only a newb on here, so it may not mean much, but you have my support.