Reluctant compliment of the day

"Ben,

[...]I would really like that you join us on IRC to point out those things to us. You have been doing so for quite a time now and, even if I could sometimes find your interventions irritating at times, I have come to read your interventions with great care and value your input.

You are what I would call a catalyst, and a worthy one. You are most of the time right in what your are pointing to us which may be part of the reason why I had difficulties to accept the bottom of your messages sometimes.

(Emphasis mine.) Ah, the joys of semi-constructively complaining about people's free software. It earns me the respect and the irritation of my peers. :)