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#1 2010-03-23 22:56:49
Constructive Criticism, and it's point.
I'm making this since there are some younger users here and I don't want to get shot down while trying to be constructive.
--What is it--
I simply think of it this way, it's criticizing something and naming all the things that need improvement and how to improve them.
--Why do you want it--
Because, it can majorly help the creator of whatever to improve their creation, leading to great creations!
--Why I'm making this--
Most other forums I go on have places where you post your creations, now when somebody goes to use constructive criticism on a younger user's art/creation, the user who made the art will completely get mad and the one who simply tried to help the creator get's in trouble.
Here is an example of me using constructive criticism on a project.
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/nikko1138/946583
You want to name the things that are bad in the project, but you want to make sure you stay in line and don't say anything like "This is terrible" or "That was a completely awful choice.".
Also, if you use Constructive Criticism, it is very important you also tell the creator what is good about the creation, so they know what to use again if needed. (Thanks to Vista4563)
Last edited by mikey1105 (2010-03-23 23:03:41)
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#2 2010-03-23 22:58:53
Re: Constructive Criticism, and it's point.
Also, I would like to add that constructive criticism should be mostly positive. If it's not positive, people may ignore your comment.
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#4 2010-03-23 23:05:28
Re: Constructive Criticism, and it's point.
Example:
An example user wrote:
That was a great project! I liked the way you used variables to store the person's name. However, try considering using lists with the variables; you may come up with better results.
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#6 2010-03-24 05:03:58
Re: Constructive Criticism, and it's point.
Constructive Criticism can be good if it doesn't make the other Scratcher feel bad if they havn't done the best job.
08jackt wrote:
That was an awful project. You are terrible at this, so give up. Also, your projects gave me cancer, because they were so bad.
...did me do good? :3
Yes, you did really good 
I hope you beat the cancer. Also Great job random unknow Scratcher who the comment was targeted at, keep trying and your sure to make a really good project.
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#7 2010-03-24 06:56:02
Re: Constructive Criticism, and it's point.
08jackt wrote:
or
That was an awful project. You are terrible at this, so give up. Also, your projects gave me cancer, because they were so bad.
...did me do good? :3
Well, we can use that as an example of what not to do, right?
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#10 2010-03-24 20:47:19
Re: Constructive Criticism, and it's point.
Wow, this topic is getting replies faster than I thought.
Greenboi wrote:
I don't care if anyone says they don't like something about my project, but I don't want them to be mean, and that's hard for some people...
What's hard? Not being mean? My strategy is if something is too terrible for me to rate without getting mean, I simply don't criticize it and move on.
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