Whereas all my stuff probably is a load of crap, there are people whose stuff isn't, and some of those will be commented upon askance on review and IMDB websites, or as YouTube comments or whatever. The value of the critique on such places is at best floccipaucinihilipilificated by comments which are merely snarky and destructively critical, possibly because the commenter holds themselves to such a high standard that they simply don't bother to put anything of their own out there.

This can be prevented by insisting that anyone who submits a comment or review on a creative work first submits a link to a creative work of their own before the comment can be approved. Granted, this work could just be the word "blue" repeated 100 000 times, but everyone would know, mark and inwardly digest that this was so.

Oh, and it is a CAPTCHA. The people submitting the dragging down comments in such places are clearly behaving robotically and have somehow been pulled into not being real online, so they aren't real people.

This will improve the quality of their critique and make the interaction more authentic.
-- nineteenthly, Jun 21 2015

With respect, I don't think one can floccinaucinihilipilificate transitively. Although a bot might be able to.
-- pertinax, Jun 23 2015


Oddly the entrance bar for this place remains low. One wonders about the conditions that keep it out of the realm of Breitbart troll territory.
-- RayfordSteele, Jun 23 2015


// I don't think one can floccinaucinihilipilificate transitively.//

One most certainly can. I can floccinaucinihilipilificate, and you can be floccinaucinihilipilificated. Intransitive floccinaucinihilipilification would be pointless.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Jun 24 2015


The entry bar is indeed low. The idea is to put oneself out there and expose oneself to criticism rather than carping from the sidelines without risk.
-- nineteenthly, Jun 25 2015


"To complete the sign-up process for this website please study the random group of objects pictured below and complete either (a) an oil painting of them in a free, impressionist style or (b) a mixed-media textile/applique/needlework artwork representing the objects. Send your completed work to the address below for assessment by our team of art critics."
-- hippo, Jun 25 2015


^
"So, where's your stuff ?"
"Minimalist."
"Ah, right then... carry on."

[ ] wouldn't that tend to support only the artists' artist (that's possibly a conundrum) ?
-- FlyingToaster, Jun 25 2015



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