Personally, I'm all for encouraging people to develop with by rating them according to their skill level and providing glowing and helpful comments. As far as I know, though, the only way votes are seen is when something makes it into the hot 20. Voting for some one doesn't really encourage them to develop further. It simply raises a "developing artists" work to be on display as "exemplary work". If anything, it could discourage further development, in that "Hey! This got me into the Hot20, I've pretty much got it down pat now!" Just MHO though. I think still think that everyone that has an issue (and really everyone in the community) should just go through the gallery and vote for the images that they feel truely do belong in a gallery that represents both the abilities and merits of this tool as well as the skills and talent in the community. Have fun!