You're right, V, I do appreciate when people comment on my images. I don't write thank you notes to people but that is a personal choice, I would rather spend the time looking at other peoples work or making new ones myself. I really don't understand why people would want to tell me that they have voted for one of my images...Isn't it enough to know that you have voted? Why does everybody else have to know? I truly do not understand the thinking behind this... The only reason I can come up with is that they are trying to influence the people that they are giving the votes to into returning the favour. Seems to me that people are placing way to much emphasis on the 'Hot 20' lately anyway. Does it really make that much difference if you get in it for a few days? And if what I have said above is true, then aren't you getting into it under false pretences? Wouldn't everyone feel better knowing that they made it there through the validity of the image rather than because they know a lot of people? This has been touched upon in a different thread and I would really like to able to say that this isn't what is happening. Convince me otherwise people... Matt.