It depends on the forum/group. For example I've been a more active member on XDA for Cyanogen mod and I did a rude comment; I got my attention immediately call

It depends on the forum/group. For example I've been a more active member on XDA for Cyanogen mod and I did a rude comment; I got my attention immediately called and the maintainer respond the question, same goes for HN. OTOH... the Linux kernel group it's probably a "little bit" tougher....