Which comment would be LEAST useful as feedback on a flash fiction story?

Question

The ending has just the right level of ambiguity—I was intrigued but not confused.

The story is so short that I didn’t get a chance to know all the characters.

The main character seems a bit too young to understand all that he does.

More “clues” at the beginning of the story would help me figure out the conflict.

Answer 1

The comment that would be LEAST useful as feedback on a flash fiction story is:

"The story is so short that I didn’t get a chance to know all the characters."

This feedback is less useful because it does not directly address the qualities or effectiveness of the story itself, but rather the constraints of the flash fiction format. Flash fiction is inherently brief, and while character development can be part of the critique, the comment suggests a misunderstanding of the genre's purpose and limitations, making it less constructive.