Some things never change.
Friday, October 25, 2002 by davad70 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Check the most recent comment on ym last skin update. https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?library=1&SkinID=2391 Comments like that make it all worthwhile. 
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Fuzzy Logic
Reply #22 Monday, October 28, 2002 7:16 PM
Reply #22 Monday, October 28, 2002 7:16 PM
If critisism is destructive. Critisism can be constructive and therefore welcome. Like all things it depends on how you choose your words 
c242
Reply #23 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 5:50 AM
Reply #23 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 5:50 AM
Found as a comment for a new screenshot : 'your a idiot........' Hmmm, well that's constructive... 
paxx
Reply #24 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:09 AM
Reply #24 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 6:09 AM
No, c242, that's not a comment, that's a personnal attack. Saying "That skin does nothing for me." is not an attack. I really don't think it's bad at all. I've seen far worse comments. The person is only saying that that style of skin isn't his thing.
Of course it wasn't too elaborate, but then again, tell me how "Great skin, man!" is in any way constructive and helpful? All it does is boast your ego, and I don't see anything constructive about that. Most people don't need a bigger ego.
I'm sorry, I'll be blunt: if you don't like negative comments, don't post your work in public. At this point, Davad, this isn't just for you, but for all the people who just want to be flattered about their work.
In short, long comments are better. But some people are lazy. Some people are incapable of typing more than 5 words in a row. The person who leaves as a comment "This skin sucks" on a skin he doesn't like is very likely to write "This skin rocks" about a skin he does like. Neither are helpful, either are meaningless. But if you accept the later, you have to accept the former as well, they are part of the same package.
Of course it wasn't too elaborate, but then again, tell me how "Great skin, man!" is in any way constructive and helpful? All it does is boast your ego, and I don't see anything constructive about that. Most people don't need a bigger ego.
I'm sorry, I'll be blunt: if you don't like negative comments, don't post your work in public. At this point, Davad, this isn't just for you, but for all the people who just want to be flattered about their work.
In short, long comments are better. But some people are lazy. Some people are incapable of typing more than 5 words in a row. The person who leaves as a comment "This skin sucks" on a skin he doesn't like is very likely to write "This skin rocks" about a skin he does like. Neither are helpful, either are meaningless. But if you accept the later, you have to accept the former as well, they are part of the same package.
KarmaGirl
Reply #26 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:11 AM
Reply #26 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:11 AM
wombat-"Some people are just plain ignorant.
Ignore them."
That would make a good tag line: "Ignore the ignorant"
Ignore them."
That would make a good tag line: "Ignore the ignorant"
c242
Reply #27 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:23 AM
Reply #27 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:23 AM
Hey, ho, of course that's an attack. And that was pretty much everything I intended to say with that post.
UBoB
Reply #28 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:32 AM
Reply #28 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 7:32 AM
A line from the movie O Brother, Where Art Thou said by Ulysses Everett McGill,
"Pete, the personal rancor reflected in that remark I don't intend to dignify with comment. However, I would like to address your general attitude of negativity. Consider the lilies o' the goddamn field or... hell! Take Delmar here as your paradigm of hope."
....people just don't like negativity. It's not in our nature to like it. So, no, we don't have to take it as part-and-parcel along with 'positive' comments. We don't have to accept negativity that is intended to be nothing but destructive. The world has for too long been turning a blind eye to negativity and look at the state of the world now!
No, if someone offers a negative and destructive comment, I say jump all over that persons head. Confront them, back them into a corner, tear them down until they reveal the whimpering cowards they really are, show no mercy. Postitive comments like "this skin rocks" are benign. Comments like "this skin sucks" are malignant and like any cancer need to be cut out before it spreads.
So as not to sound too negative I will not say "I hate negative people", however I will say that hating them "rox"
"Pete, the personal rancor reflected in that remark I don't intend to dignify with comment. However, I would like to address your general attitude of negativity. Consider the lilies o' the goddamn field or... hell! Take Delmar here as your paradigm of hope."
....people just don't like negativity. It's not in our nature to like it. So, no, we don't have to take it as part-and-parcel along with 'positive' comments. We don't have to accept negativity that is intended to be nothing but destructive. The world has for too long been turning a blind eye to negativity and look at the state of the world now!
No, if someone offers a negative and destructive comment, I say jump all over that persons head. Confront them, back them into a corner, tear them down until they reveal the whimpering cowards they really are, show no mercy. Postitive comments like "this skin rocks" are benign. Comments like "this skin sucks" are malignant and like any cancer need to be cut out before it spreads.
So as not to sound too negative I will not say "I hate negative people", however I will say that hating them "rox"
Frogboy
Reply #30 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:22 PM
Reply #30 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:22 PM
It's not criticism that is the issue, it's lack of constructive criticism.
paxx
Reply #31 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:27 PM
Reply #31 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:27 PM
Well, personally, I'd rather somebody writes "I don't like this skin" than he lies and tells me he likes it, or even than not writting anything at all.
I'd hate to have the false impression my skin is good when it really isn't.
I'd hate to have the false impression my skin is good when it really isn't.
Aqua.
Reply #32 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:30 PM
Reply #32 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:30 PM
Fortunately, there aren't many skins out there that I feel compelled to write a negative comment on. When I do, I explain why, but even a simple "this sux" can be helpful (if annoying to the artist).
Aqua.
Reply #33 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:32 PM
Reply #33 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:32 PM
What bugs me are the people who go around rating skins "1" but not leaving any explaination why. I had a hit and run on one of my skins recently and I have no idea why... Especially since it's one of the more popular ones.
KW88
Reply #34 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:09 PM
Reply #34 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:09 PM
The person that left that comment on my screenshot is ignorant and I am ignoring it and him.
I have asked for it to be removed because it's at me and not my screenshot.
I have asked for it to be removed because it's at me and not my screenshot.
Jafo
Reply #35 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 5:33 PM
Reply #35 Tuesday, October 29, 2002 5:33 PM
KW88...it's gone.
I'm a firm believer of nipping insult in the bud, before it degenerates into all-out fighting.
It's proven that the faster graffiti is removed the less likely it will be propagated [in that area].
If it is left to fester it will and does attract more of the same..
I'm a firm believer of nipping insult in the bud, before it degenerates into all-out fighting.
It's proven that the faster graffiti is removed the less likely it will be propagated [in that area].
If it is left to fester it will and does attract more of the same..
I do appreciate it. 
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Reply #21 Monday, October 28, 2002 7:11 PM
Criticism is destructive. It hurts everyone.
Sometimes suggestions are the equivalent of criticism - now the picture gets blurry..... and I don't know what else to say.