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Constructive Criticism: what is is and what it ain't...
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volt
2010-01-07 , 17:49
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I am a bit torn about this thread, subject and all.
First, it is clear to me who is near-trolling and presenting his or her opinions in a very impolite, unfriendly context.
Secondly, most if not all of these PITAs comes up with, in each thread they ravage, at least one argument that I completely agree with and that is completely overlooked by the politically correct core, because of the way it is presented.
If you had a "vote to ban" functionality on this site, I'm guessing no more than three users would have over 10% in the January vote. However, each of these three users do point out valid flaws in product/platform that otherways would be getting less focus than they ought.
On the opposite side, good and generally constructive members filter out meaningful arguments because of the context. To use Krisse as an example:
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1. Matan makes no mention of what works on the N900
2. Matan focuses entirely on what doesn't work on the N900
3. Matan makes no proposals for fixing anything
4. Accuses the entire forum of being "fanbois"
5. Implies that anyone who disagrees is trying to do "spin".
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Let me ask you, Krisse, if you bought a Peugeot, blue, and the car radio turned out to be buggy, sort of malfunctioning at times, clearly not what you expect from a radio, would you go to the peugeot forum and:
1) tell them what you like about the car, and how well it does some things,
2) try to keep only part of the focus on the problems, and balance the issues,
3) come up with a new wiring plan for the radio that could make it better,
4) be generally thankful and friendly when a number of members tell you that the radios features was accurately announced before you bought the car,
5) be completely okay with it if everyone told you that your problem is not important and people like you are just whining about what is important to them?
Because, as silly as that sounds, that is kind of how criticism is met here. And I don't think you'd be acting anything like these handful of people, but I also don't think you'd live up to your expectations of constructive criticism.
That said, I'd much rather have you around than... Some others.
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17:52
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