Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-24486926-20131105024437/@comment-24977230-20131105195757

LOLSKELETONS wrote: criticism /ˈkritəˌsizəm/

noun
 * 1) the expression of disapproval of someone or something based on perceived faults or mistakes.
 * 2) the analysis and judgment of the merits and faults of a literary or artistic work.

Obviously the first one is more along the lines of what you're thinking, but even that is not always a bad thing. Constructive criticism is not necessarily positive criticism. Constructive criticism does not have to be polite, either, as it's not supposed to cater to your feelings so much as help you improve as a writer. After all, if someone (the critic) feels you (the author) could improve in a certain area, there is no real need to sugarcoat their words.

If you post writing, you will get criticism. Sometimes destructive, but mostly constructive. Feeling "hurt" by what you consider to be needlessly harsh criticism against your work doesn't automatically make it destructive. "This sucks" or "WHOEVER WROTE THIS STORY SHOULD KILL THEMSELVES" are not valid criticism. Harshly criticizing the work may not always be helpful, but that doesn't always invalidate it, either. Maybe instead of raging and I'LL NEVER WRITE AGAIN BECAUSE TROLLS-ing, why not ask them what you could do better in the future? Criticism is what you make of it.

If you are in any way serious about writing, whether it be as a profession or as a hobby, you must have be able to take criticism. Banning people for it won't stop it from happening.

TL;DR: Grow thicker skin. LOLSKELETONS, you kinda seem to misunderstand something. There aren't always cases of "growing a thicker skin". Most of the time, and ESPECIALLY at my Poképastas, some "critics" are like: This is so shitty, that can't happen and more of that stuff. Not saying that your opinion is wrong, you are in most cases right. But a thicker skin isn't needed when you clearly see trollers at their finest work. Or maybe we need to encourage the critics, trolls and writers to go tell/ask what's wrong, but in a friendly way.