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So true!

When we need help or ideas on a tech project. If we ask how should we do this or what would the POC do? Crickets... If we propose how to do something or build a POC and demo it... The comments come rolling in, critical, but there is value, and at least it gets the conversation going, never fails.

T'is hard to say if greater want of skill, Appear in writing or in judging ill, But of the two, less grieveous is th' offense, To tire our patience than mislead our sense?

This! If you know better: teach! If you don’t, ask 🤷‍♂️

This reminds me of Andrew Gelman on negativity/criticism applied with rigor statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2020/07/22/i...

Yes, see the “man in the arena” Roosevelt quote that starts with "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena…”

💯💯💯

Receiving criticism on something you create isn’t the easiest thing in the world, despite expecting, welcoming, or encouraging it. You can teach yourself to process criticism in a positive way but I’m not sure it can ever be a purely positive experience.

I’ve only now realized that you’re on this platform. So good to “see” you & your insights again Kelsey

That being said, high-quality critique is not easy either and worth its weight in gold.

Criticism is especially easy when you get to complain but never have to come up with alternatives.

So true and I think you can get away with “Creating something is the hard part.”

Lol. Tell me about it 🤣 #EventModeling

I don't mind being criticized, it means I did something. People who don't get criticized are people that do nothing.

Criticism is a skill, like any other linguistic skill. Delivering criticism in a way where it can be taken personally shows a lack of skill. Too many critics write lazily and then just excuse themselves by offloading responsibility for the way it is taken onto the original creator.

This will be my new go to description for pull requests

💯agree. Critical thinking is also important, but what's often overlooked when providing feedback is to keep it constructive and respective!

I feel like the corollary to this is everyone wants to believe they’re Rick Rubin

Complains and then do nothing is meaningless, is you think can change something start moving 🙂

Well, yeah. This is why I stick to criticism. Creation is a lot of work.

Critics are a sign you are doing the right thing 😀