If the person replying isn't an expert in the topic, the person who wrote the article or is in some way directly involved in the topic, I find any kind of reply

If the person replying isn't an expert in the topic, the person who wrote the article or is in some way directly involved in the topic, I find any kind of reply that is more than 3 or 4 paragraphs to usually not be worth reading. There is a high chance of it being an eternally online kind of response or usually someone with an axe to grind on a topic drawing from some kind of saved document that may even be shared among other people.