Bravo Illusions. We are voting on something that has no statistics to know whether or not limiting the galleries would even provide a solution. I think at this point, I would probably table this poll and discussion until a week full of statistics could be provided to give us a good indication. I'm not saying Illusion that your figures aren't accurate, but a spot check is not necessarily what is really going on. I would think that the poll here is really skewed now by people not knowing the facts which have only been made clearer here as the discussion has gone on. Also I don't think this was posted in the gallery where it would make the most impact. Most people never heard of it, but would sure to be affected by it. I would have to say that I would be seriously disappointed if this was just all about how one artist feels he's getting buried too quickly and not about the honest effort to alleviate the viewers from having to sift through 517 images in a day.

I still think something needs to be done (not because my image gets buried, but as a viewer, there should be a bit easier way to see the images we want), and Illusions gallery filter idea seems to be the best one I've heard. It's not mandatory and it will help viewers who may not be interested in all galleries (or even genres)...It won't stomp on anyone's rights or censor anyone or keep them from posting their works.

Right now, buried or not, the gallery viewing time runs about 18-24 hours. Every image in that time has a pretty equal shot of being seen. Just because you are no longer on page 1 doesn't mean people don't see it. I go back about 20-30 pages often and pick out the thumbnails that I think are interesting or artists I know of their work. If you aren't getting views Tuttle, find thumbnails that work better. If I'm not mistaken you use all full screen thumbnails which don't always do an image justice and can turn many viewers off, figuring they've already seen the pic by the thumbnail only. Generally any full thumbnail I do is almost guaranteed to do worse than the tease ones.

Another 2c and I may be out of change...
ShadowWind

Oh wait, found a couple pennies...Also keep in mind Tuttle that different galleries have different view ratios. In Poser, a good view ratio is generally 200-500, where in Bryce it's only 100-300 on average. In some of the quieter galleries, it's even 50-150. So don't try to compare why you aren't getting as many views as the Poser people, because many viewers only look at the gallery they are most interested in. Just thought I'd throw those coins into the fountain of knowledge here. I'd make a wish, but probably a dragon would come out and devour me whole. :)