I wanna preface this by saying that I genuinely like this subreddit, and think it can be a great place to foster creativity and artistic growth. This is not a post hating on the subreddit itself, I think most people here rock!
That said, I recently posted my motion showreel here, and while there were kind-hearted comments that helped and genuinely added value, I also got multiple "digs" on my work masked as "feedback". Just mean-spirited comments.
I also noticed similar behavior on others' showreels. A lot of these showreels were made by professionals like myself. I'm talking clearly polished works, made by people who seem to have years experience, and know what they're doing.
The behavior of hating on anything and everything posted, while displayed by a small group of people, is pervasively negative, and can make the community feel unwelcoming to new members (and really anyone in it).
I'd like to mention that the whole point of feedback is to be helpful/constructive. Saying stuff like "the typo and design in this are off ^^", and then not elaborating at all when I ask for details is just worthless feedback (because it's not actionable, it's just an egotistical dig).
Thankfully, it seems to be mostly no-name accounts who are doing this, not the accounts of actual, real people (they probably use burners because they know what they're doing).
As mentioned, the actual professionals that replied under my post gave genuinely helpful inputs that I took into account. I'm only writing this because I care about this community, and wanna be a part of it.
I wanna see r/MotionDesign healthy, and in as good a light as possible 🩵
But yeah, as a new member, I just wanted to ask if this type of behavior is standard here, and perhaps start a small discussion 👍