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totally agree.
If you can't offer help or make a useful suggestion to go with your criticism, then don't criticise at all!
"[fansub-group] does make some small errors that spoil an otherwise excellent release. Possibly holding off the release for one day for extra QC on the grammar could change their next release from a good release to an absolutely superb release." - is an example of constructive criticism.
"How f*****g lame are [fansub-group]? I wasted half an hour watching that s**t! Someone should h4x0r their channel" - is an example of childish, spoilt behaviour, unfortunately seen all to often, by someone who considers themself some kind of otaku, when really they do nothing, probably close their BT window down with a s/r of 0.1
It is hard for a new group not to fall into the speedsubbing trap. What's even harder is to get good results without lagging behind all the rest. What's hard? The WORK is hard. Sure, it's rewarding knowing your work is being watched and hopefully enjoyed by thousands of people - and yes, the ego does get a boost from that. But it would be far easier to sit back and just d/l what others do. IMO a group has "made it" when they needn't release first, because people will hold off to collect an entire series by that group. But how does a new group get noticed? By releasing fast. Some groups will improve quality and keep up the speed as they progress, others won't. But encouragement for groups which are striving to improve all the time is rare, and wouldn't go amiss
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