Well, Vera, I can understand what you're saying... But tell me: generally speaking, if I see an image that has absolutely not one bit of artistic or photographic quality, nor relevance, where do I begin my constructive critique... especially when that image has already gotten 30, 40 or 50 comments, saying how fantastic it is..? Frankly, what's the point? Personally, I find the whole thing so terribly ridiculous... too ridiculous for words. Sometimes I even find it hilarious to read those comments and to see who writes them... and sometimes I wanna say: okay, if you just want to say hello or comment back, just talk about the weather or something (some actually do), but don't go saying how fantastic an image is when it stinks like hell. I've seen people making the same horrendous mistakes on their last 200 or more uploads, and nobody's ever mentioning what's wrong... all they say is: "super-fantastic"... even the people that are supposed to 'know' what they're talking about. What they don't realise is that this attitude undermines the credibility of the whole system of giving and receiving valuable and constructive critique. I think there are some people here who know what they're talking about, but when I see some of them praising an image that's got nothing to be praised for, I'm really scratching my head, you know... and it has made me loose all faith in the 'critique' here. And me... I almost completely stopped commenting because it has become so stupid, empty and ridiculous. I'm not here for that particular buddy-factor. And another thing: it seems that what the majority are striving for (or what they want to see) is 'picture-postcard-perfect' images... Since when is there any photographic or artistic relevance in that..? I mean, if the purpose is selling, we can as well go selling candy or lemonade... This 'non-diplomatic' reply will probably hit me back in the face, but I had to write it one day or another... It's how I feel about it at this moment; and it will probably and hopefully change...

We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ