Heh... Cross-posted Sipapu... I agree with your point, completely. A critique forum would have to allow for both ends of the spectrum. I think it could be easily workable, as long as the mods and members could work together to keep it clean. I wouldn't mind someone saying one of my images was dull, lacked technical ability, etc. so long as they didn't say, "Entropic sucks and shouldn't even bother." Most of the people I know want honesty in their feedback. I don't think it's honest to use hurtful commentary, even though a lot of folks would defend it as such. Honesty generally implies objectivity. If the mods of such a forum could understand that simple axiom, and maintain that standard, I'd frequent the forum. Also: I've noticed that a lot of the best artists have either lowered the frequency of their posts, or stopped altogether. Many of these say that it's because they don't feel that comments like, "Nice Work." and "Good Job" are useful. If this forum would give those people a reason to return, and even help newbies, then I think it's worth a shot. Paul