The zeitgeist is filled with comments, reviews, recommendation engines and collective bias. There is ample arsenal at everyone’s disposal to judge, critique, offer an opinion on anything and everything. Most of the world is gainfully employed doing this. So, the jury need not be out on this one.
Someone else’s opinion of you, your art or business is NONE of your business. Because a lot of the input coming in is irrational with utter disregard to the rational context it has to be perceived in. They are not emotionally connected but given the infinite freedom of expression inventory at their disposal, they find a way to say something. And in any case, humans are woefully slack at explaining our irrational feelings in the context of rational reasons. So, we make things up. Fill the void. Without realising that it ends up being void and baseless.
Your daughter applying for University or a close one getting admitted to a hospital. Yes, a second opinion might matter. Generally though, in public domains, the comments or recommendations may not align with relevance and reality.
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance- Plato. Be careful how you operate on the altar of ‘ collective bias ‘.
ENDS