The difference is that you assume that a public place like FA or inkbunny etc is being used as a public place SO that you can give feedback. Some artists post for feedback. Some artists just post to make the public aware of what they do. To assume that everyone who posts is welcoming critique is naive.
If the house example does not work, then say its your clothing. You go out and one of your friends outwardly tells you in front of other friends that you look terrible, you should have worn a red shirt. You wore it out in public, sure. And maybe you're welcoming of that criticism, but if you're not, its rude to do it in front of everyone. If you feel like you're really being helpful, what you would do is whisper it to them. If they responded poorly, next time you wouldn't help. The problem is that in the furry fandom, people feel as if they're CHARGED with a duty to publicly force criticism on all artists and writers. If the artist doesn't like it in public, they argue that oh, sorry, that's the internet, get over it. There's no interest in being polite...the criticizer assumes that because they didn't say "wow, your shirt looks like shit!" that its somehow still polite to do it in public. Its not always just about wording. Most artists post for the sake of public awareness and marketing. Some artists don't mind crit in public, some prefer it in private, and some don't want it at all. I don't understand why that is so difficult to comprehend and respect!
Anyway, I say this because I get frustrated by people feeling like its their duty to critisize, and then get angry when its not received with many thanks. Personally I don't mind crit out in the open, but that doesn't mean that's what works for every artist.
The difference is that you assume that a public place like FA or inkbunny etc is being used as a public place SO that you can give feedback. Some artists post for feedback. Some artists just post to make the public aware of what they do. To assume that everyone who posts is welcoming critique is naive.
If the house example does not work, then say its your clothing. You go out and one of your friends outwardly tells you in front of other friends that you look terrible, you should have worn a red shirt. You wore it out in public, sure. And maybe you're welcoming of that criticism, but if you're not, its rude to do it in front of everyone. If you feel like you're really being helpful, what you would do is whisper it to them. If they responded poorly, next time you wouldn't help. The problem is that in the furry fandom, people feel as if they're CHARGED with a duty to publicly force criticism on all artists and writers. If the artist doesn't like it in public, they argue that oh, sorry, that's the internet, get over it. There's no interest in being polite...the criticizer assumes that because they didn't say "wow, your shirt looks like shit!" that its somehow still polite to do it in public. Its not always just about wording. Most artists post for the sake of public awareness and marketing. Some artists don't mind crit in public, some prefer it in private, and some don't want it at all. I don't understand why that is so difficult to comprehend and respect!
Anyway, I say this because I get frustrated by people feeling like its their duty to critisize, and then get angry when its not received with many thanks. Personally I don't mind crit out in the open, but that doesn't mean that's what works for every artist.