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I find myself making negative comments more than I would like. But these happen to be about points that are the most interesting to discuss. The resulting disc
by mchahn 11y ago
I find myself making negative comments more than I would like. But these happen to be about points that are the most interesting to discuss. The resulting discussion is very useful. What am I to say about things I like? +1 adds nothing to a discussion.
- dang 11y agoThere's a way of criticizing that still honors—or at least doesn't trample—the creative spirit in the work being criticized. That's what we're going for here. Substantive criticism is helpful because it adds information. Snarky dismissals merely puff up the criticizer. As long as that's not your intent, your comments are likely to be fine.
- mchahn 11y agoDefinitely. I would like to think that what I call negative can also be called substantive criticism. Where does this recent comment of mine fall? It is snarky but isn't it also substantive? I guess I could have left out the snark. "I love it. We had servers, then we had clouds, and now we have personal clouds. Uh, isn't that a server?"
- TheOneTrueKyle 11y agoI agree. I just wished there were more nuggets of encouragement in this sea of criticism.