After claiming my logic was flawed I haven't seen you say anything contrary to my point that has been relevant. Since the differences between our opinions seem to be semantic in nature, I digress.

I think a wonderful example of a successful mod community is with the Neverwinter Nights game at nwnvault.com. The developers and avid modders are all in close contact along with the masses of users that critique and rate the finished mods.

Everything in this thread (and it's parent thread) has been valid to a degree, although some more tact could've been implemented here and there. My only bone to pick was with public's post.

It came across as feckless and intellectually dishonest from a modder's view point.

I don't think Silver was referring to mods that actually cause harm to your property (ie, deleteing save games and whatnot), but merely a subpar product.

I believe there's a responsibilty for a modder to accept criticism (otherwise keep your mod to yourself) and at the same time, of course there's a responsibilty of the moddee to make their criticism tactful and their requests realistic. This seems to be what everyone here agrees on and is the crux of the 'mod ethic' imvho, but I'd like to see public's thoughts.