Has anyone else noticed that most photography forums outside of Reddit have some very opinionated, bitter arsch-holes as members? I cannot find a single forum outside of Reddit that offers positive / constructive criticism, just people who are toxic beyond belief…
This sadly isn’t relegated just to photography but almost all hobbies and professions. There are a lot of insecure gate keepers who wish to keep newbies out and protect their fragile sense of falsely gained superiority. Thankfully there are also a lot of amazingly kind helpful people too if you look. But you can very be scared off unfortunately.