Right, we're all in agreement.

Trouble is, we can't change human nature, and the mods can't just start culling mindless comments, so this is never going to go anywhere.

Ah well, I'm going to keep adding harsh criticism to people's work, regardless - i rather enjoy being the bad guy (hence the 'nemesis' part of my username), and if people notice that, yes, perhaps they should try & improve rather than thinking their cr4p is excellent, then I think the ends justifies the means - it was only through criticism that I improved.