Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33668185-20181229231243/@comment-5956954-20190108030919

Popstar792 wrote: All criticism is welcome here, of course, as long as users are being respectful and helpful when giving criticism. That's actually the purpose of this thread, so I wouldn't exactly say criticism without explanations are not welcome here. I'll clarify my position a bit.

Say I tell you that "I do not like your way of judgeing someone's character." That would be it. You would wonder why, but that's all you will get. This leads to three outcomes:


 * You will never know why you failed.
 * You will never know how to do better in the future.
 * The comment given is empty and won't amount to anything.

This is where feedback and feedforward become important.


 * Feedback: "I do not like your way of judgeing someone's character, for you have misinterpreted [insert]"
 * Feedforward: "By adding more thorough methods of checkup on the character of a recruit, FANDOM's judgement on the best fitting users for volunteering positions will benefit them for the future."

This is far better because it answers the two questions: What deserved the criticism? What can I do to be better? As a result, the critical comment has amounted to something, and everyone is happy.