I'd like to discuss whether On referee-author communications is an acceptable question. Although it's certainly a popular and an interesting topic, my contention is that it is not an appropriate MO question; it is a discussion and a poll of opinions, rather than a question to which one might expect a useful answer.

I'd say: I am interested in the topic and I want to talk about it, but this isn't the right forum really.

I think that---sometimes---we must ignore principles and instead bow to the intense interest as indicated by votes: The previous (good) referee question received 115 votes: http://mathoverflow.net/questions/36596/refereeing-a-paper/36601#36601 .