Ariannah said:

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Later, I began craving criticism. I'd reached a point where I felt it would help me improve.  That's when I finally took a deep breath and began a gallery at RO.  Lo and behold, I was surprised to see how the commenting had changed.  Gone seemed to be the critiques and helpful suggestions for improvement in lieu of gushing, overdone comments. Don't get me wrong - some images here are truly excellent and deserve the accolades they receive.  But IMVHO, definitely not all.

I think she's right. After a long while, I returned to the galleries, and I saw the comments are really changed from the past. That's why, now that I'm learning XSI, I almost always flag the "critical preferred" option in the comments tab. It's really a matter of choice: if you are here to improve, then you simply must be happy to receive criticism, because here's full of talented people and you can only learn from them. Otherwise, no problem: you want hugz and kizzez, you have them aplenty, but... to what use?

Just my 2 Euros (you know, inflation times here in Italy) :)

Stefano