From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ihldt!ll1!otuxa!lsk Newsgroups: net.singles Title: Re: ** sigh ** Article-I.D.: otuxa.150 Posted: Thu Nov 18 11:16:05 1982 Received: Sat Nov 20 06:00:38 1982 References: pur-ee.653 Mark's points concerning negative SCREAMING, FLAMING, NIT PICKING, and just plain venting of emotions are extremely correct and well said; although I am waiting for someone to flame about something like , "THAT DIDN'T BELONG in net.singles " or some such nonsense. Perhaps we need to review/learn what makes effective FEEDBACK!! Saying, "Boy you are stupid to think that" or "Boy, that sucks" is (perhaps) emotionally satisfying to the submitter. >>>>>>> IT IS NOT CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK. Period. Larry S. Kaufman, Western Electric, Network Software Center, Lisle, Illinois