My first reaction when seeing this was that I enjoy being able to post three a day. But after reading and pondering, I must admit that 7 per week makes sense. For nearly a year, I never visited anything but the fractal gallery. Now I have begun to visit the main gallery and enjoy viewing the other galleries and seeing the diversity of art and the diversity of great, great talent here. But it is nearly impossible for someone with limited time to seeing all the postings in a 24 hour period. I also agree that being able to somehow filter out the galleries that you wouldn't want to see in the main gallery would make it easier on the viewer to see only what is of interest to him/her. (even if many of you would choose to filter out the fractal gallery, sniff, sniff...:D). I think this would be a wonderful idea. I myself have been guilty in the past of posting three variations of the same work, so I understand that viewpoint, even if at the time I thought it was a good idea. It's so easy to eagerly post one's latest three works, but a month later when going back, I might think it was a mistake to post that one because it really isn't that good, after all. Being limited to seven per week, would make me pick and choose very carefully which ones to post, thereby weeding out the chaff.

I don't think that less postings per day will get you more comments. Most folks know when they see the thumb if they want to view the full size image or not. Seeing 10 or 20 comments would probably make you more likely to want to see the full size image and all the comments. But not being able to view all the postings, I have bookmarked fav artists and also bookmarked the hot 20 for the bryce gallery, the vue gallery, and the mixed medium. So I am definitely for keeping the hot 20 for each category. Whether or not they all belong there as someone mentioned before, is not an issue with me. I know I am more likely to see what y'all thought was the best of the past week if I go to the hot 20, because more than likely, I have seeing it the first time due to the volume of posts. As far as the 'give it to me straight' issue, past experience in various lists and groups has taught me that this is best handled by personal emails and IM's. Human nature just tends to let things get out of hand if harsh comments are posted for all to see, and could be embarrassing for the artist. This way, constructive criticism can still be given without any offense and opening a pandora's box, so to speak, of unpleasant replies. For me anyway, I have received emails offering constructive criticism, and I appreciated the personal email approach. So there's my 2 1/2 cents worth. Thanks for the thought provoking discussion.