/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>OP just points out how twatter artists give out fake compliments and manipulate lower skilled artists for clout
>gets called names
Think it like this
If someone would dish out the same compliments to everyone and you started to see a pattern on who that person compliments and what kind of compliments he makes regardless of skill level, is that really a compliment or just pretty words to gain favor?
Would the compliments even mean anything?
If compliments are generic, they could be as well as an insult.

Isn't it the same as with critique? You can't criticize nilly-willy and have to be constructive and an architect in some cases.
Why are compliments exempt from this? Why can they be whatever?

Real compliments are something insincere individuals are unable to pull off.