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Re: Are we all too nice?
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Date: 
Mon, 30 Oct 2000 01:47:51 GMT
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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 MOCs when posting a link to them.


Frank Filz wrote:

> 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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(...) 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 (...) (26 years ago, 27-Oct-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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