>>3333940Nah /p/ definitely helped me with my landscapes, sure it can be stinging the first couple times but if you're patient and ask for advice usually a couple anons will help you point out whats wrong. Some people will even try editing/cropping to fix it if it's just a minor tweak.
I find on reddit/dpreview the standard's much lower and people always follow the "compliment-criticise-compliment" sandwich thing to be polite, but sometimes you just got to call out someone for not taking a good shot. But I have noticed myself becoming more bitter in critiques for myself (which is good, you in-camera delete more snapshits, don't bother taking boring shots), and others (which is not as good since sometimes I become jaded lohabits
It's true that on /p/ if it's a total snapshit there's not going to be any constructive criticism at all
I think that's why the blue line on this chart diverges for /p/ vs flickr/deviantart, there's too much feel-good circlejerk on those other sites. And while I don't disagree that there's too much unwarranted bitterness on /p/, if you're able to filter that out you'll be able to find legit criticism that will motivate you to improve, as opposed to fake feel-good bullshit that will reinforce your bad habits
