I wrote a quick post in response to this comment (though I’ve also been thinking about this issue for a while).
I think people should just share their reactions to things most of the time, unless there’s a good reason not to, without worrying about how substantive their reactions are. If praise tends to be silent and criticism tends to be loud, I worry that authors will end up with a very skewed view of how people perceive their work. (And that’s even before considering that criticism tends to occupy more space in our minds than praise.)
I wrote a quick post in response to this comment (though I’ve also been thinking about this issue for a while).
I think people should just share their reactions to things most of the time, unless there’s a good reason not to, without worrying about how substantive their reactions are. If praise tends to be silent and criticism tends to be loud, I worry that authors will end up with a very skewed view of how people perceive their work. (And that’s even before considering that criticism tends to occupy more space in our minds than praise.)