Not All Bad Content is Slop

Awhile ago, I heard someone describe a bad Newgrounds animation as slop. This seemed wrong to me at the time, but I had trouble articulating why. I think I can now. Slop is not merely bad content, nor is it merely low-effort content. Non-professional singing is often bad, and it is typically quite low-effort, but it is certainly not slop. Neither is a child's drawing. A let's play can be quite…