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Marc
I agree with that when you can meet face to face or in a Critique "Group" session
But here the folks only see the printed page. A critique or suggestion doesn't help anyone but the writer if it's done in a PM.
When I first came here I spent as much time reading the critiques of other people's songs as I did my own.

I haven't spent much time on the lyric forums the past year but when I did we helped each other improve. Have things changed?
Of course there was always someone who would get offended if you tried to offer suggestions. They usually didn't stick around very long.

If you do a critique session workshop you don't take the writers in the back room and critique their song, you do it in the open for everyone to hear. That's a teaching mechanism.
Why would you do it here?
The lyrics on the lyric forums are a group effort to help each other learn.

There shouldn't be any arguments. If you don't want a critique don't post the song.
Actually the MP3 boards are not really meant for critique. I think the main purpose there is to show off finished songs or songs you consider finished.
Of course some folks do ask for feedback.
I have attended critique nights in Nashville from Publishers and other writers. I can assure you the Publishers at the NSAI nights did NOT give pats on the back if the song sucked. They might have been gentle but you still got spanked.