I've been asking myself this question today. Maybe you've been in a similar situation.

When I've submitted fiction for critique recently, I've found that most of the responses aren't very in-depth. Nagging little things like readers who lack basic vocabulary and want monosyllabic words because anything else is "pretentious". Or those who pose as authorities on grammar when a quick web search shows that they're clueless beyond their own idiosyncratic pet writing theories.

Most of the original writing posted to Reddit is at the fan-fiction level. Naturally, then, most of the critiques tend to hover at that standard -- and that's not great if you're looking for responses that go farther than "young adult fiction".

So I'm curious what your next step would be if you've outgrown the "ask random people for critique" phase as a sci-fi writer or artist. Sending stories to be published in magazines is fine, but what if you want to find people who will read and reliably give intelligent feedback?

(And before you mention it, original fiction posted in /r/scifi and /r/sciencefiction tend not to receive many responses of any kind.)

Thanks for your thoughts if you have any.