Personally I’ve experienced a lot of disagreement/pushback on this forum (mostly about features, software UI etc). Some people “attacked” my skills too and I was pushing back hard and defending my position as I always do if I’m exploring an idea or I think I’m right.
But you know what. In most cases those people were right and I was wrong. I think I’ve grown so much not only as a photographer but as a person too as a result of that criticism that people gave me. I’d have it no other way. Some even gave me pointers about written communication in the DMs. People on this forum care very much about other participants so I just love what Pat, Mica and others have created here. It’s an open space for constructive ideas and often very harsh but well meaning criticism. All in an attempt to improve everything from software to skills to many other things. I’d feel free to share anything here (as long as I don’t put any copyright at risk). But I understand the opposite point of view.
Criticism should be viewed positively imo because people are taking time out of their day to look at your work, think about it very hard and then critique it. In my view that’s an honour because your work is not being dismissed outright but actually talked about. That means you must be doing something right but better yet that means that you can improve. It’s a gift to, when you think you’ve reached the top, to find out that you can be even better. And in this case it’s with post processing which means you don’t even have to go back out there and reshoot the image. And here we share and get knowledge for free. Amazing.
So I’d agree with the original premise bearing in mind I might have imagined completely different images that you are referring to.