"If I really want criticism I post the image in this forum and ask for it." Unzipped has the right idea, if there is one. The gallery comments format is just not conducive to the type of real critique that some people want. The forum allows that plus you can easily post improvements and the threads to an extent can self-police out the trolls. Really, what you need is a separate critique forum for those who want this type of thing. The idea that people are wasting their bandwidth and aggravating their carpal tunnel just to issue insincere praise seems a little (a lot) squirrelly to me. If someone says "great" and they're not a member of your posse, then maybe, just maybe, they're being honest. Even if they're lying, people getting almost as upset about being praised as being dissed is just above my non-artistic understanding I suppose--but whatever.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken