Blame Phil the Greek, everyone else does :p. I wouldn't bump my own either, for exactly the same reason as you. I just write it off as unappealing and move on.
Twisted Angel, it's not the length of the critique that's irritating, it's the content. We've all been around long enough to recognise the bullshit words that tell us someone's posting a comment just for the sake of looking like they've read the poem, when in fact they couldn't be arsed, they just want to get reciprocal comments on their own. Comments like "great flow" or "I like the message here" on their own are non-specific and non-helpful, because it's obvious they're just stock replies.
I've written one-line critiques myself, and so has everyone else here. If all you can say is "this is great because...", then that's fine -- we just want that specific "because".
If there are things you don't understand, there's no need to try to puzzle them out on your own. We're here to help. We use correct terminology whenever we can because that's how people learn it, but if it needs to be put into simpler terms, we don't always realise until someone asks.
Twisted Angel, it's not the length of the critique that's irritating, it's the content. We've all been around long enough to recognise the bullshit words that tell us someone's posting a comment just for the sake of looking like they've read the poem, when in fact they couldn't be arsed, they just want to get reciprocal comments on their own. Comments like "great flow" or "I like the message here" on their own are non-specific and non-helpful, because it's obvious they're just stock replies.
I've written one-line critiques myself, and so has everyone else here. If all you can say is "this is great because...", then that's fine -- we just want that specific "because".
If there are things you don't understand, there's no need to try to puzzle them out on your own. We're here to help. We use correct terminology whenever we can because that's how people learn it, but if it needs to be put into simpler terms, we don't always realise until someone asks.
It could be worse