Without criticism how can there be improvement? Criticism isn't a bad thing. Criticism leads to self reflection which leads to self improvement. At least it should.
Personally, I'd rather listen to 1 person criticize me than 10 people who praise me. That 1 critical person's going to have the most valuable thing to say that leads to improvement.
To an extent, note I'm talking about reasonable criticism, not assholes.
I agree with you, except that I like criticism when it challenges my thoughts and gets me to improve. On the internet you're at risk of losing your job over things you said 10 years ago, or getting death threats from random strangers. Criticism is great when it's well thought out and well intended. When it's an opinion someone formed seconds ago based on an image or a news headline or an image of a news headline, there's probably nuance that they're missing and their angry response just makes things worse
I hope that change is coming. Hope aside… I expect that, to riff on the quote, in the future, everyone will be globally infamous for 15 minutes.