"Scoring low? Please offer constructive feedback. Scoring high? Tell us what you loved and why!
Cruel, offensive and/or unhelpful reviews will be removed and can result in a ban."
How about, letting people just... react ? Why does it have to be "constructive criticism" ? Why are conversations limited to two posts at most, one "constructive criticism" and one answer from the author ?
I'd rather have people feel freer to say what they think instead of forcing them into being constructive. I'm sure it's a turn off for most who won't bother saying anything because they don't think their thoughts fit well enough into that "feedback" box. Plus it's fertile grounds for pedantic assholes. Like me. I like critiquing things, especially negatively. And yet I still refrain cos I don't want beef with anyone, even if I meant my feedback in good faith.
This studious approach to interactions is limiting more than anything else.
CharlieDaAwesome
I 100% agree, but I feel like those rules are in place to reduce as much spam as possible, because a lot kids love to spam 'lol' on animations and stuff. Honestly I think a way to compromise having the reviews be meaningful and helpful and to have people have total freedom when sharing their feelings on things, would be to add a comment system separate from the reviews, like on Deviantart some deviants have a critique section and a comment section. The comments would have a reply option like on mostly every other site and the reaction system in place already with reviews.