Ok, first of all, I do apologize if this topic is a dead horse... I don't seem to be very good friends with the search function though, so I'm going to ask anyway :)

I'm new to the site and was quite surprised at how civil and polite people are here when commenting on images in the gallery. It's rare to see any kind of critique at all. I try to offer constructive criticism when I can, but I'm afraid I might offend people by doing that since it doesn't seem to be the norm... do I have that backwards or what do you people feel?

I troll another board where people can request different levels of C/C from 1 to 5 (1 being "be nice, please" to 5 being "every little flaw will be mentioned") and it seems to really help the artists, as other people might notice things they don't think about themselves as well as offering new ways of improving the image. I'm aware there is the option to focus it on critical comments here as well, but I've never seen anyone choose that option (it's easy to miss too).

Personally I enjoy getting C/C, as I'm still a complete Poser newbie, so it can be extremely helpful.

Anyways, was just wondering what the consensus is here. Thanks for your time :)