Trying to mitigate harshness by maintaining a constant 2:1 ratio between positive and negative feedback introduces a bias. Readers will accommodate to this bias overtime and after a certain period, they will know what a ratio of 2:1 really means. Maybe, the time someone took to write a comment is already a positive thing in itself.
To me, it is better to rely on politeness and tact. Then, it is possible to say only negative things without hurting. Another interesting article to find somewhere is how to take and read critics from others in a positive way. In a critic exchange, there are two parties, the critic and the criticized one. Both have to make some effort to manage the negative effects of criticism. --- On Wed, 7/4/12, Derby Chang <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Derby Chang <[email protected]> > Subject: Constructive Critique > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, July 4, 2012, 12:36 PM > > Not a bad post from Eric > > http://erickimphotography.com/blog/2012/07/how-to-give-a-constructive-critique-in-street-photography/ > > -- > [email protected] > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly > above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
