I make an exception this time,I'll bite too.
Unfortunately I missed the original post which was deleted by Nigel as I understood from the now closed thread in the arranger section. What I understood from the closed thread is that there was some criticism given by Taike and Fran about a song perfomance by ScottYee and because of that
Fran looses goodwill??
(Correct me if I am wrong please)
Secondly Fran's humour isn't appreciated by some members?
(Again, correct me if I am wrong)

My opinion:
If you post a song you ask for comments!
So if that results in a negative comment bad luck but a good lesson to do it better next time. There's no need to hide your opinion and write it's so good while you think it sucks. Personally I just don't comment at all in these cases unless I think my critic will help to improve.
And there can be various reasons in cases where I think my critic won't help

Jokes/Humour;
I have no problem at all with it, it's a matter of fact without humour life would be very dull.

Yamaha:
I thought that thread was shut down long ago.

My observations about the recent threads, I didn't see personal attacks from Fran, unless some members deserved it, as they started themselves.

I do like honest people and don't need diplomacy.

So overall in my opinion Fran didn't loose any goodwill.

Fred

By the way I like this bar, I can smoke without a problem with the owner.