Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
I believe a lot of the "looking good" comments are the result of people being afraid to offer constructive criticism where it is needed, lest they open themselves up for criticism or personal attacks.
I would disagree and see the comments a genuine on the grounds that those who were genuinely afraid to make constructive criticism on those grounds would tend to say nothing at all.

There could of course be exceptions but on the whole I think that people who have something to say express it. I don' think that many take umbrage at criticism that is genuinely constructive and if they disagree they make equally robust responses. It's all done in good fellowship and without rancour in my experience.