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There's no way to word it in that way that doesn't sound mean. What I would have done was just say "Thanks! What did you find useful about it?" Which would have gotten the same information without passing judgement about someone's normalcy.
I didn't read any negative connotations into it. I take no offense from it at all. I did find the side-stepping a bit awkward and that a bit offensive, because it implies Elo didn't want to incur the wraith of the community or my ire from something more direct. That would imply either/and I don't come across as receptive to negative evaluations (when in fact I have a slight preference for them to positive ones since I know which areas to improve then). Though, Elo is right in his caution since he has incurred right.
You know what they said, any information is good to a Bayesian, or something like that.
Perfect! Typical mind fallacy it is then.