Week 8 Comments and Feedback

Feedback In

I think everyone is doing a really good job with the feedback! Nobody has been mean or unhelpful and it's nice to see that people are enjoying my stories. I think the feedback on my Comment Wall is the most helpful because people are giving me suggestions instead of just saying what they liked about the story. Don't get me wrong I love the ego boost that comes along with people telling you they like your work, but the Comment Wall is nice because then I actually get to edit my work based on that feedback. 

Feedback Out

I'd like to think I'm doing a good job of leaving people feedback. I don't read through the other comments before I write my comment but sometimes I worry that I might be mentioning something that the author has heard a lot already. I think reading other people's stories is very helpful because you can see different styles or perspectives that you didn't even consider using. I also like seeing the different ways other people retold a story that you had read that week.

Blog Comments

I feel like I am getting to know people when I visit their blogs. I mean, obviously, through

the introduction, but everyone has also designed their blog in their own unique style and you learn little bits of information through comments they leave on your posts and author's notes at the end of their stories. I love my introduction and blog style because I think they really do give people a sense of who I am and what I'm all about. Most of the pictures I use on my posts are because I think they're funny and gives people an idea of what my sense of humor is like.

Looking Forward

A good way for me to use feedback is to try not to focus so much on meeting the word requirement and focus more on making meaningful comments. I think I do that most of the time but sometimes there is something in there because I don't have enough words. Also I could spend a little bit more time really analyzing what I just read so that my comments are more meaningful. I don't want to change my blog at all though. I love it just the way it is.

Image

(Photo from Feedback Cats)

I picked this picture because I think an important part of feedback is making sure it's being done in the right environment. If people feel like the feedback they are getting is mean and unconstructive then they won't fix their mistakes. Feedback needs to be given in a way that doesn't make the person receiving it feel attacked and unsafe.