I started the thread in the complaints forum about the rating system (because I'm a newbie and hadn't noticed this forum yet, heh). My impression so far is that there are a LOT of images here that have dozens of perfect 10 scores, and I don't think they really deserve that. (This includes my OWN artwork, by the way.) Sure, there's the little note that says "If you give everything a 10, the ratings become useless", but OBVIOUSLY that hasn't worked. When I see an image that I think is worth a 5, and it has a bunch of perfect 10 scores, I hardly want to identify myself as the "streak wrecker" by giving an honest rating. Instead of rating that piece, I'm just going to cruise on to the next image, and when I finally find one that I DO think is worth a 10, sure, I'll vote on that one. But there's no reason whatsoever that I'd cast a rating for something I think is worth a 5. Identifying the rater does NOT encourage honest ratings -- it encourages HIGH ratings. If we want the rating system to have any meaning whatsoever, this must be changed. Rating votes must be blind. I feel certain that this would not only encourage more honest ratings, it would encourage more ratings, period. I agree, however, that the comments should not be changed. If someone wants to leave some "helpful advice", that should to be tagged with the commenter's name. If I was running the site, I'd wipe the ratings off every single piece here and start fresh. Dan