这篇文章探讨了“批评捕获”这一现象，即创作者在创作过程中，因担心潜在的负面评论而过早地加入辩解或免责声明，这会扼杀创作的乐趣。作者分享了自己因担心批评而潜意识修改措辞的经历，以及收到关于在影院拍照的负面反馈，尽管该行为源于个人喜悦，却被批评为影响他人观影体验。作者认为，这类反馈会加剧“批评捕获”，使创作者在分享作品时面临持续的压力，从而影响创作的初衷和热情。

💡 “批评捕获”是指创作者在创作过程中，因预设潜在的负面评论而主动添加大量辩解、免责声明或修饰性语言，以规避批评。这种心理担忧会内化为一种“想象中的批评者”，干预并主导创作过程，最终剥夺创作本身的乐趣。

📝 作者在转录过程中，不自觉地将“And the crazy thing is”改为更温和的“And the bananas thing is”，正是“批评捕获”心理影响的体现。这表明，即使是创作者本人，也难以完全摆脱这种对批评的预设担忧。

🎬 文章举例说明了“批评捕获”如何影响创作者。作者分享了自己在播客中抱怨一次不错的 Genius Bar 体验，以及因在影院看到喜欢的元素而拍照的行为。后者收到了批评，认为其影响了他人观影体验，这让作者感到恼火，并认为这类反馈加剧了“批评捕获”的倾向。

⚖️ 作者承认自己会努力改进，但认为像影院拍照这样的反馈，虽然有批评意见，但其背后的动机（分享喜悦）和行为本身（拍照）并不完全是负面的。然而，这种批评会“润滑本已湿滑的斜坡”，使创作者在每一次分享时都可能面临类似的压力，难以保持创作的纯粹性。

An ATP listener pointed me to a video that I have absolutelyno interest in, but this one segment rang impossibly, incredibly true for me.

Here’s the quote:

Audience capture has a tricky cousin. And their name is criticism capture.Criticism capture is when you create something, and — instead of justsaying what you wanted to say — you start adding caveats, disclaimers,little hedges to preempt the negative comments. And the bananas thing is,the imaginary critic starts living rent-free in your head, acting like a directoror executive producer in your creative process. And if you create for the joy of it,you can see how that can quickly steal the joy from your work.

What’s funny about this concept is, as I was transcribing what was spoken, Isubconsciously changed the direct quote — And the crazy thing is —to the more-agreeable And the bananas thing is. Because of criticism capture.

As a creator, it can (and often does) get the best of me.

I endeavor to be better. I doubt I’ll ever really succeed.

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On the most recent ATP, if I’m honest, I spent an entire segment whiningabout what was ultimately a pretty decent Genius Bar experience. Comically, sofar, I’ve gotten almost no negative feedback about that. In fact, I’ve gottensome insightful feedback from former Geniuses that I’ll share on the next episode.

In a later segment, I made an off-handed comment about how I snapped a photoof the F1 movie while I was watching it in the theatre. I was overjoyedbecause there was a pinball machine briefly featured in the film, and weown that exact same machine! I wanted to quickly capture it to show Erin.

Then I got this feedback:

I’ll give you a pass for the AppleCare screed on the latest episode ofATP, but did you just admit to taking out your phone in a theater tosnap a photo?

Please don’t do this. While this was a delightful moment for you, andsomething you wanted to share, you just pulled attention from the screenfor everyone beside or behind you.

As someone who still cherishes the theater experience, I find this kindof blatant disregard for the experience of those around you maddening.

There’s a lot wrong with the above, and a lot of assumptions made aboutmy behavior that are untrue. But that’s not the point.

This feedback really pissed me off, but that’s also not the point. Thepoint is: I hate that this kind of feedback reinforces criticism capture.

I will always and forever endeavor to be better, but it’s feedback likethis that greases the already-slippery slope.

And it happens every time you share something with the world.

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