Sometimes, on YWS, you will see a critique that just makes your blood boil and you want to put said-critiquer's head into a blender and just turn it on full blast. So what many people do is write critiques of critiques on the same thread of the story or poem.
Don't do this.
First of all, it's rather rude, especially to the writer. Comments are supposed to help the writer improve, aren't they? Then what does responding to the previous comment do? Blow off steam? Help make the critiquer ashamed? Angry?
It doesn't really make sense. If you need to rant, do it privately. Or, if it's really bad, report it to a mod. We're the guys in green and there are quite a bit of us. We try to keep everything in order, but every once in a while, things do get out of hand, and your help is essential.
So... with that said, how can you fight bad critiques? Simple. Give the writers good ones. Look at some of the writing tips on how to produce good, helpful critiques, and follow through. The bad critiquer is only one opinion. Let's hope your opinion will out-weigh that one opinion.
Happy critiquing!
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