"Your goal is to talk them round to your point of view, not make them never want to talk to you again for fear of you blowing things way out of proportion." I'

"Your goal is to talk them round to your point of view, not make them never want to talk to you again for fear of you blowing things way out of proportion." I'd like to think that one's goal is to improve any ecosystem/community and talking them round to your point of view could be one of them. I say this because of one of many things: you _could_ be wrong, the community isn't ready to accept the idea, etc. If you're facing a lot of resistance, it never hurts to back off and reassess, because although you possess the knowledge and insight into how to make things better, it is probably your job as well to make sure everybody knows in the most efficient way possible. And yes, I agree, scaring colleagues/peers off is never a good thing.