Am I the only one who got banned from a photo site for a casual critique?

I miss when photo sharing felt like just showing your work. A few years back, I got banned from a popular app for saying a common editing style looked overdone. I didn't know that kind of talk broke their rules. After that, I made a point to actually read the app's community standards before posting. Now I always check what counts as okay speech on any new platform. It's wild how much tighter the rules have gotten over time. At least I learned to dodge more bans by paying attention first.

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dakota3792mo ago

Feel like honesty got outlawed. I posted that a sunset looked fake because the colors were cranked to neon, and boom, warning for being negative. Called out a portrait where the skin smoothing erased all pores, like a plastic doll, and got a temp ban for "unhelpful feedback." Where's the line between a tip and an insult? Now I just type "great lighting" and move on. Why even have comment sections if every real thought gets you in trouble?

brooker922mo ago

Heard someone call it the truth police online now.

black.beth2mo ago

Got banned from a photo group for joking that a heavily filtered pic looked like a cartoon. My dumb attempt at humor got me kicked out fast. Now I read the rules like they're a secret code. Sometimes I wonder if I'm too honest for my own good. Guess I'll never be a pro critic.