I agree with the premise that making is harder than commenting, and this can be frustrating. But I don't think that telling people not to comment is the right solution.
There can be a lot of value in comments, even ones that have not been thought through very deeply. In fact, casual, uninformed comments are often the most valuable as they're representative of how someone new to your product or project will perceive it.
I've found that the keys to getting value out of comments without getting discouraged are:
1. Not to take comments too personally or get defensive about it. They're not attacking you. In fact they're not attacking anything. They're just making an observation. (On rare occasions, you may get a comment from an asshole who really is attacking you personally, but it's pretty easy to tell when this is the case and ignore them).
2. Take a more statistical view on comments. If one person mentions something, maybe they're just an outlier. But if 10 people mention the same thing, they're probably on to something.
There can be a lot of value in comments, even ones that have not been thought through very deeply. In fact, casual, uninformed comments are often the most valuable as they're representative of how someone new to your product or project will perceive it.
I've found that the keys to getting value out of comments without getting discouraged are:
1. Not to take comments too personally or get defensive about it. They're not attacking you. In fact they're not attacking anything. They're just making an observation. (On rare occasions, you may get a comment from an asshole who really is attacking you personally, but it's pretty easy to tell when this is the case and ignore them).
2. Take a more statistical view on comments. If one person mentions something, maybe they're just an outlier. But if 10 people mention the same thing, they're probably on to something.