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 "You failed at judgeing someone's character appropriately." 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: "You failed at judgeing someone's character appropriately, 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.