“Though I’m about to respond with how I disagree, I appreciate you taking the critic’s risk to help the community. Thank you!”
Not sure how much this helps because if the criticism is thoughtful and you fail to engage with it, you’re still being rude and missing an opportunity, whether or not you say some magic words.
Not sure how much this helps because if the criticism is thoughtful and you fail to engage with it, you’re still being rude and missing an opportunity, whether or not you say some magic words.
I agree that if engagement with the critique doesn’t follow those words, they’re not helpful :) Editing my post to clarify that.