catherine - The problem with this line of thinking is that it forgets that this is an "Information" board first and foremost. People come here to get valuable information such as: money saving tips, reviews, etc. to use for their own families. If people just solely read threads, then tons of questions would come from that as people may be confused or need clarification on certain issues. There is no way if I were a first time visitor to Disney after reading menus on the Internet and knowing how much food costs there, would I not have had questions for the OP if she had only posted minimal information; therefore, it's bound to happen with the information that she posted.
As has already been explained multiple times on this thread, some of us who have been on these boards a long time really want the information that comes across to be as understandable as possible - I'm not saying the OP didn't do this, but questions came us, as they frequently do. The OP posted her thread title in such a way that she was advertising to people that they could eat on $75.00 per day as she did, and she posted how she did this, but left out certain details along the way. Although she gave very extensive dining lists with prices included, she didn't mention until after (which is understandable to have questions as this is an 'information' board after all) that she pooled tips, maybe had tipped lower on some meals, etc. Now, granted some people on here may have picked on her meal choices or judged her tipping in a personal way, and that is not acceptable in my opinion as the OP didn't ask for comments, BUT, by the very nature of her thread title, she marketed this thread in this manner. This is why many of us pointed out, in a nice way, for families who would be using this thread to plan out their own meals, that perhas the $75.00 per day figure may need to be a bit higher for them if couting all of the other variables that led her to be able to keep within her food budget.
Regardless of whether people agree with her food choices or tipping amounts, that shouldn't have been the issue, but, it came up due to the nature of her thread title. Many of us regulars know that we can eat in WDW for $75.00/day doing the same things that she did (it's not rocket science), and so for many of us, we weren't reading this post to gather new knowledge, but many posters surely did - just look at the thread count and you can see that!
The OP chose to leave her own thread because she felt attacked, insulted, etc. and that always makes me sad as I have felt the same way in the past here on the DIS, but in all honesty, these types of subjects are going to do that and so if people are that sensitive about things, then perhaps posting on the Internet's premiere source of Disney information is not the best place to do that. Am I saying that I don't believe her, or that she tipped too little? That's not my place to say as I don't feed her family, and frankly, it's not my business, but, as a regular vacationer to Disney, I think it's important that we help others understand the 'Disney' way of doing things - if that means asking questions or analyzing dining reviews, then so be it. Since she posted this information, she gave permission for people to ask questions or for clarification on amounts. It doesn't mean that people should be personally attacked, but again, what is a personal attack to me, may not be a personal attack to someone else. Life is all about differing perceptions!
I do hope the OP has realized that strangers whom she has had contact with on the Internet should not have this much power over how she feels about the situation - granted her feelings may have been hurt, but you open yourself up to that when you post on a public board as people only have the text in front of them in which to understand your message.
Tiger
I like to defend everyone's right to disagree, which is how I get involved in these things in the first place! 
but, as long as there are discussion boards there are going to be debates on them. Not everyone is going to view things the same. Granted I believe it best to keep things civil, but debates are just part of life.
All the OP wanted to let us know how they ate on $75 a day. I think it is great that you can budget like that! Glad you had a great time. We plan to! 
Poor OP, last year some posters apparently felt that based on ONE week they could TELL her that her kids were malnourished. This year it's a tip. If I were here I would RUN far away from us.....
