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Re: Are we all too nice?
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Fri, 27 Oct 2000 12:53:39 GMT
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Christopher Weeks wrote:
> Eric Kingsley took this completely in the direction of constructive criticism
> toward creative works. And he's right that the only valuable comments are the
> ones suggesting change.
Actually, I'd argue against that idea. There are ways which comments
which don't suggest change can be good:
- Positive re-inforcement. If your idea is good, and you are
complemented, you are encouraged to keep doing more. If you get no
comments at all, or only comments suggesting "why don't you try that" or
"why didn't you do this", then you may get discouraged. Even a single
"Hey John, nice job." comment can be uplifting.
- Someone may point out something good that you didn't notice ("Hey, I
like how your creation evokes this feeling." when you hadn't even
thought about the feelings evoked by your creation). Also, these kind of
"I like this or that" comments may lead someone else to look at the
creation and be inspired (if I'm going to build a Greek temple, and
notice a comment "John Doe, I like your Greek columns on your Martian
base.", I might go look at that base which I might not have looked at
otherwise (of course this assumes that the comment is made in a thread
that I would end up reading).
Of course for the most part, the types of comments I am suggesting are
valuable are not simple "John, nice job." They contain valuable content
of some form.
--
Frank Filz
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Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) First I should clarify that while I used creative works as an example I did say in my post that it can apply to different aspects of LUGNET. (...) Well I would suggest, as has been stated earlier, that is what the article highlighting is for. (...) (24 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I'll support this - generally, when someone posts about their new MOCs, I don't immediately go to the site. I wait for comments from others, and if it sounds interesting, THEN I go. Especially since people don't post very many details about their (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Todd Lehman writes: [snippage throughout] (...) No. There is no such thing. Eric Kingsley took this completely in the direction of constructive criticism toward creative works. And he's right that the only valuable (...) (24 years ago, 26-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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