I just object to ridicule masquerading as constructive criticism. That is certainly your prerogative.
I agree that it's not nice to mock, but (like Mad Poetess said) it can be cathartic. Also, we live in a culture where some people like talk masters and comedians get paid oodles of money to mock other people in public, so I don't really feel like I'm out of line here.
I have discovered that critical feedback is not widely appreciated. So, instead of writing 25 feedback posts in which I say, "I liked your fic but you used the expression 'chocolate orb' and that sounds awfully purple" and crushing 25 egos with explicit criticism directed at them, I rather go into peeve-post mode every four months or so. I still think it's educational. And I totally agree it's not nice.
Re: LJ-Censorship?
That is certainly your prerogative.
I agree that it's not nice to mock, but (like Mad Poetess said) it can be cathartic. Also, we live in a culture where some people like talk masters and comedians get paid oodles of money to mock other people in public, so I don't really feel like I'm out of line here.
I have discovered that critical feedback is not widely appreciated. So, instead of writing 25 feedback posts in which I say, "I liked your fic but you used the expression 'chocolate orb' and that sounds awfully purple" and crushing 25 egos with explicit criticism directed at them, I rather go into peeve-post mode every four months or so.
I still think it's educational. And I totally agree it's not nice.