Matt, I find your rationale on the multiple voting thing to be somewhat specious and more than a little disingenuous. The basic, bedrock principle of the idea of voting in a democratic or pseudo-democratic system is ONE MAN, ONE VOTE. Period. Regardless of how many accounts an INDIVIDUAL has set up for themself, they are still only ONE PERSON. It is illegal in all democratic societies for a person to vote more than once per election for any given elected position and this is what is termed as the "normal operation of the community". Hope you don't get mad at me for speaking out, man - I like your wit and art and consider you a friend. Let's not cloud this issue with hyperbole. The bottom line is that voting more than once for the same image is CHEATING and does a disservice to those whom conform to the free and normal operation of any group. Now we can bandy about the other aspects of the Hot 20 or the supposed "popularity" of the artists that have works residing on the list and some points are well made. Personally, I'm not offended or bummed my image was bumped - I'm just honored so many thought enough of it to bestow such an honor that it made the list. A better thing might be to not have the same image stay up on the list for so long, which would give many more a chance to be on the list if that is what makes them happy or feel energized to keep going. The idea of creating and DISPLAYING images for ones self only seems ludicrous, too. Why display them at all, then? It would be illogical and a large waste of time that could be spent creating more. Truth is we all enjoy the creation of our images, but we post them in hopes someone else will like them, too. Been that way since we were little kids running thru the house with our latest stick-men drawings to show to Mom so's she could ooh and aah over them. Our "skill" as artists doesn't improve so much from "helpful critique/opinion" (though coaching on a personal level helps) as it does merely through practice and experience and encouragement of a new artist to continue can be a key factor in whether or not they bag it and move on or stick with it and become proficient with their chosen program(s) We ALL had to start somewhere. Anyhow - gotta get back to work - sorry for the "soapbox" junk... Rick