There are positive comments as well, but it usually goes like this:
*In response to Rudess saying that the next album is gonna be different*
Person 1: I'm glad... because The Astonishing BLOWS. I really hope they get their shit together and write something heavy, dark with balls!! They are so lame now.
Person 2: Yeah, WTF were they thinking? DT died with Portnoy's departure
Person 3: Hey, I LOVED The Astonishing. Keep it up DT! Screw the haters.
Person 4: Last good album was Metropolis Pt. 2.
Same people that keep posting on MP's facebook page 6 years after his departure after he has stated several times that reading such comments is hurtful to some extent:
Pls come back...DT is not the same without you. OR
DT is so much better without you.
I mean, internet is a good place to be open about things but are people just that ungrateful and bitter about some things? It's music, for God's sake. It's something that exists to make our lives better, not to create a friggin' competition and hate. I don't like Beyoncé, but I don't go through life bitching about how much she sucks or how much pop music sucks or whatever. I respect and admire that her music touches the souls of so many people, and that should be enough... I mean, that's what music is about, isn't it? It's okay if you don't like a certain album or band, but you don't have to be so bitchy and vocal about it, while insulting the band's hard work (and the band themselves) on the process.
At moments, I feel that such comments fall easily under the 'HEY EVERYONE! LOOK AT ME! I HATE THIS ALBUM BECAUSE MY MUSIC TASTE IS SO REFINED AND SUPERIOR!' category, and sadly I think that many prog fans over the globe fall under that category.