Quote Originally Posted by gcflora View Post
From your post it seems to me that you think the words criticism and critique are equivalent... but they're not.
the words criticism and critique are equivalent
Not to get into semantics, but they are synonymous and interchangeable.

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Quote Originally Posted by Jaded62 View Post
Bear,

Thanks for your post. I don't speak for anyone but myself...........I post my photos for critique which in my mind is me asking for educational feedback. Sometimes I take on board what the critic says and it is usually something I hadn't considered/didn't know/didn't see in my work. Even if I don't action the critique I still appreciate it. Other critique is often just comment which I either appreciate or not but as long as people are not rude its all good.


Do we need to validate each and every criticism received? No, I don't think so. Why? If we were all in a room talking about my photo I would not feel the need or have the time to address everyone's comments, nor would everyone in the room want or need to make comment. Forums are a conversation, a meeting place, not a classroom.

Cheers,

Mark
Appreciate reading your thoughts Mark, thank you.