Everyone is going to be different when it comes to giving and receiving criticism, that is pretty much a given. 

	For me personally, as a Gm - yes - I will go in and tell people what is wrong with their posts. Now, that doesn't mean I am critiquing their grammar, whether they are gilding the lily too much or not enough, or the like. When I am pointing out something about a post it is 99% of the time a rule break or a simple call out of - "Hey, you missed this", "took too much liberty here", "messed up on coding", etc. gonna need an edit. Granted my Rp's are set up to push people a bit more than perhaps they are used to and I make no claims that I won't be running through things with a fine toothed comb if need be. 

	As much of a "hard ass evil Gm overlord" I am, I make sure to put out as much praise, if not more, as I criticize. I make sure to call out Rpers when they do something awesome, when I see character development, and so forth. I use those up vote "likes", make mentions in the OOC, or if I see massive improvement over time I will make a specialized posting about how far they have come. Each time an Rp of mine hits a certain milestone I ~gush~ about it and thank them for sticking it out. They are what makes the Rp live. 

	I am very lucky when it comes to my Rps. Most I have in my Rp's currently have been with me at least a year, some far longer (one I have been Rping with over a decade); so they know to take what I say as a means to help them be better in just general Rp mechanics. Which again, my way of doing things doesn't work for everyone, it just happens to work for me and there are those out there that enjoy how I do things. Some people hate it, so we don't Rp together. They go their way, I go mine, and we are better off for it instead of trying to butt heads with each other.

	With a CS, I will rip it apart before I approve it. I make sure their skills match their back story, do they think they can pull off the fears listed, is everything filled out. That is just part of the Cs approval process and is an entirely different matter. 

	Now, outside of an RP I am personally Gming, unless someone just simply missed something that my character did, say speaking to them directly, I leave it to the GM to do as they see fit no matter my personal thoughts. Even further outside of that, when it comes to my tutorials I always leave in there that this is [i]my way[/i] and that my way doesn't work for everyone. That each Rper and each Gm has to find what works for them. I just provide an outlook that has worked well for me over the years. Just because it has worked for me, doesn't mean it will others. 

	Rp is a creative outlet. Some take it more seriously than others, some find a different way to do it. As long as you find what works for you, that is all that matters. If you want critiques, don't be afraid to ask. If you don't - set your foot down and tell someone you appreciate their outlook but you are happy the way you are. You go to a hair dresser and want them to cut your hair but the stylists says "Hey! I think you would look awesome with a rainbow Mohawk!" it doesn't mean you have to get the rainbow Mohawk, it means you can go "Yeah, thanks but no." If you want to give critiques, you can always take a few minutes to place it on your bio page that you are willing to critique posts. 

	Anywho, my two copper pieces worth as per usual.