I know our moderators are busy folks and I really don't want to make unnecessary work for them, so I would like some clarification regarding the "not constructive" comment flag.
I recently flagged two comments as not constructive on this answer that were declined.
They read:
imho this is too much complicated
and
This answer is the correct solution. And it is not too complicated
Perhaps I've missed something, but I don't see any value in either of these comments. Should I stop flagging these types of comments? Are they constructive?
To address some points made in the existing answers, I would like to add the following:
The help center reads in part with regard to when someone should comment:
Leave constructive criticism that guides the author in improving the post
I don't see how either comment guides the author in improving the post. To put myself in the author's shoes, if someone left a comment to the effect of "This is invalid/inefficient", I would likely think to myself, "Ok, where/how?" There is no guidance in any either of these comments.
Further in the help center, under when someone should not comment:
Compliments which do not add new information ("+1, great answer!")
and
Criticisms which do not add anything constructive ("-1, see previous comments you scallywag!");
The first comment I view as a criticism which does not add anything constructive
The second, to me, is clearly a compliment that does not add new information.
Have I gone wrong somewhere in my interpretation of the help center?
