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In the article: "..their feedback is valuable. It's often thorough, honest, qualified, and sometimes unpleasant." I think many people here will act upon "if yo
by scrrr 16y ago
In the article: "..their feedback is valuable. It's often thorough, honest, qualified, and sometimes unpleasant."
I think many people here will act upon "if you don't have anything nice to say, say nothing."
...which is a pity. Sometimes somebody posts a webapp with very crappy design or the 100th clone of a mediocre idea. Yet most people will tell him how great it is. This is not helpful. Sometimes I wish people were a little bit more critical. Are they afraid about getting voted down? They shouldn't.
- alex_c 16y agoI doubt it's about downvotes. I think people want to be supportive, on the basis that making something mediocre is better than not making anything at all. I think the number of comments and upvotes is a good enough indicator - as you said, people who think it's stupid or (more likely) just don't care won't post anything. When asking for feedback it helps to be able to read between the lines - true excitement will show through, indifference will show as mainly technical advice (make your message clearer, move that to the left, a link is broken, etc.)