Well, the person who left that comment knows that what he considers brutal honesty can often come across as extreme rudeness. Even he will admit(and has admitted) that he can be a complete "arse." Reading in, out and between the lines, I think his criticism had more to do with his wanting to see you post artwork in which the image rather than the sentiment (the poem) constituted the majority of the work. As for the Hot 20, that has been debated endlessly here. So much so that many of us are sick to death of the whole thing. Rather than leave because of abusive IMs, your friend should report the offender and have that person's fanny kicked out of here.

Could be worse, could be raining.