#94 “The Advanced Specialist (#93) – like I said on another page, please use the blockquote tag when you copy comments like that, it makes it easier to see ;>”

It does?

1. What people are complaining about is not comments that informatively points out a program flaw, or shows thought and insight about the function of the program, or an error, or even an observation about subjective quality of the program’s design or artistic appearance. This kind of ‘Evaluation Comment’ is fine and this type includes some technical review or informative evaluation of the software. This type of EVALUATION COMMENT is fine! EVEN if it results in a THUMBS DOWN.

2. What people ARE disgusted with here, are useless comments. Comments where the person did not take any time to list Alternatives, or to document an error #, and has nothing of value or help or anything in it except personal attacks. THIS is a “Negative Comment”. And this is the kind that everyone is really tired of, and drags down the site and reflects poorly even on the GiveAwayOfTheDay site because people have just turned it into some name-calling fest. This is what people are saying they DONT like, on here. Comments that informatively point out a technical error, and say the REASON why they don’t like the program, are fine.

Here, this is what people are talking about:

Example 1 GREAT!:

#83 LARRY B wrote: “Tried this one. It was a disappointment. As mentioned by someone else…No marine life. Under water scenes seem mostly black, with no filtered surface light. Submarine looks like a Disney rip-off. Some scenes had horizontal “noise” lines. Good idea with room for improvment. If this was to be an example of “3planesoft” to market their other products, it backfired. If they wish to encourage interest in their products, they should provide better quality offers. No way a keeper for me. 8-(
Comment by Larry B. — February 24th, 2007 at 9:54 pm ”

THIS IS GREAT! Nice review by Larry B. It’s not positive. It says he doesn’t like the program. This is fine. Because he points out specific observations, he took a minute to evaluate it and review it and makes some good suggestions how it could be improved. Wonderful. All good here.

Ok, now EXAMPLE 2 BAD!:

#37 DEU DEU WROTE TALKING TO #17 “Ursula” as follows:

“#17, you are mentally challenged….”
“…You sound like an idiot…”
“Go start a business and you will learn quickly that negative feedback is useful.
Comment by deu deu — February 24th, 2007 at 8:59 am

THIS is the type of comment and poster about whom people are talking here that is not appropriate. THIS is a Negative Comment. And includes name-calling, personal insults, and barely any technical information or documentation of results of actual testing of the software program, nor any links to alternatives that people might like, it’s just a Negative comment. Comments that only go “#284 you are retarded” or “Pfft.Not another Screensaver, this is so dumb” or “GAOTD sucks!” or ‘Give me the program *I* want and that *I* deserve to get for free and this site sucks because I took all my time to come here and get MY free software and it’s Not the one I want! I demand you give me free things that I want NOW!” etc. ….Things like that are not unuseful. And make the site less fun.

However “Special mention” goes to this one:
“This screensaver is $15? ….The black screen looks more classic and mmmhhhh….how do I say it?….Simple! ….I wanna run out of space on things that will make me CREATE something…..I don’t wanna look at a submarine and feel like Moby Dick will suddenly pop out of nowhere and swallow me :P …..Anyway…..Thanks GAOTD TEAM for all the exciting software you bring to us everyday…oh yeah…and thanks (I guess) for the “exciting” screensavers.
Comment by B!cho — February 24th, 2007 at 3:08 am ”

Hahahaha! I don’t know where that came from but it made me laugh! haha. Good one. Even got a visual. Just when the negative ones were making me feel like not coming back here very much, that one made up for it and brightened my day. Haha.

Also liked this one:
#16 Jules Verne wrote: “Very nice. But the book was better.”
Comment by Jules Verne — February 24th, 2007 at 4:06 am

lol. :)

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