Fantastic job answering this cynlee!! I appreciate your help.... :~) Yep, everything cylnee said is very correct, the votes determine the Hot 20... There was a point in time going back about 2 years ago that the Hot 20 was a bit of a joke.... I still see the questionable image in there once in a blue moon (rarely these days), but I have to say that the Hot 20 has come a long way! In my eyes it really is a pleasure to pop in there and see what's about. But please do not think that just because your image is not in the Hot 20 that it isn't a worthy image! As far as leaving the v thing in comments, yeah,.... I've been guilty of it a couple of times.... when an image literally blew me away, but usually I just vote quietly, on those images that I think are exceptional..... I've decided that I wasn't going to do it anymore like that because I felt it's a bit like saying "I'm voting for you so go vote for me".... not that this is why people do it, but I just felt uncomfortable myself.... The ranking system I am uncomfortable with, and I never allow it on my images, and I don't rank anyone elses work. Why? Well all I ever see are "excellents", and maybe the occasional "great", even on images that clearly are not excellent or great.... shrug I don't know, I think people are afraid of being honest..... I know I don't feel very nice giving someone a Needs Improvement, while everyone else is giving Excellent and telling the member how wonderful. Usually in cases like this I don't leave a comment at all... So I avoid the rankings like the plague.... get prepared to duck from the flying tomatoes

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