Some folks are OK with crits but an awful lot can get very touchy about it - especially if you point out a flaw and then everyone who reads your post looks for it ;-) For that reason, if ever I do spot an obvious error (I don't tell people that figures are floating - if they can't work that bit out for themselves....well) I will send them a private IM about it, hoping that they'll accept it as help and not an attack on their work. I've seen plenty of 'WOW's' on images that don't really deserve them. I;ve seen plenty of work that REALLY deserves to be on the Top 20 page and vote for it - but they never get there. I belong to a Yahell group and we all post links to our new gallery pix, but I felt that they were just saying "WOW, GREAT, AWESOME" or whatever because they're friends and feel they HAVE to make a comment. I no longer post new image links to that group and I've told them why. If they wanna seek out my work and comment that's fine, adn if they don't then that's fine too cuz at least those who DO comment are doing it because they want to not cuz they feel they have to. Can I take my serious head off now please and put the ditzy one back on ?? ;-)

Gill