What you're asking about here would for me fall under "constructive criticism"
I actually used "negative feedback" to encompass both types, constructive criticism and also the unhelpful kind, hence the mention of unhelpful criticism in the post.
imho, "negative feedback" is not constructive, simply an expression of dislike.
Given that "positive" and "negative" are antonyms, though, if constructive criticism is not negative feedback it should be positive or at least neutral feedback. Yet constructive criticism also comes from a starting point of "I didn't like this/this didn't work," which seems to me negative rather than positive or neutral.
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Date: 2016-07-16 02:32 pm (UTC)I actually used "negative feedback" to encompass both types, constructive criticism and also the unhelpful kind, hence the mention of unhelpful criticism in the post.
Given that "positive" and "negative" are antonyms, though, if constructive criticism is not negative feedback it should be positive or at least neutral feedback. Yet constructive criticism also comes from a starting point of "I didn't like this/this didn't work," which seems to me negative rather than positive or neutral.
(Where's the "pedantry" icon when I need it?)