ahhhh now i see what you mean ... you're wondering if someone wants the favor returned. I am pretty snazzy in my ability to read others usually but this thought slipped by me because i didn't think of it. I guess you would need to try and get rid of any kind of 'feeling of obligation' to anyone who may be doing that but that lies with you, not the voter. See I think it would SUCK if people voted on my images only because I voted on theirs. It would be doing me a great disservice if it really didn't stand on its own merit, my art... I personally do not care about the hot 20 and rarely look, except to see if there are any images I've missed, once in a while. I guess what I'm saying is that each person has his/her own reasons and its up to the artist his/herself to decide on how to feel about it in general because if you worry about people being dishonest, what good will it do to ask 'hey are you dishonest'? You wouldn't believe them anyway right? hahaha (((hug))) looking for you in chat. V