liking poems

[ellajam]

I saw in another thread somewhere here the idea of critiquing criticism, and imagined a sort of rating system by mods.  Feedback can be very difficult to give, and a lot of my browsing has been just reading the feedback, unsure if anything I add would be useful in the slightest.

Way too facebookie.  Likes are, as lizzie points out, shown to be a disincentive to comment.  I even hate them on facebook, the kingdom of like-don't-read-just-pretend-you-love-stuff-so-people-pretend-to-love-you-too.

As someone who loves editing with lots of crit I can tell you that every one is worthwhile. If three members point to the same high or low point it weighs differently than if one had liked or disliked something.

While I love reading the crit on all the threads, when I write my own I start from scratch and examine my own experience with the piece. Often as I write I see things I hadn't seen before.

Don't hesitate, jump on in, the more crit the better.

As to rating critique, people are hesitant enough to post their critiques, no need to hang fear of a poor rating over our heads. This ain't school or work, it's supposed to be fun. You can always use the PM system to say Great crit!