I'm fairly new here (and have only just found the hot twenty!) .. I am overwhelmed by the supportive comments people make. I have no idea who you are and don't have the time to thank you all individually though everytime I post I feel guilty that I don't. I'd rather spend my time commenting on those images that I find striking. This is a wonderful community and the whole controversy over who gets in the hot twenty or who doesn't is just a small part of that. I am awed by the enormous talent here. Any comment/vote is a mixture of the artist's work and the viewer's subjective response. Its up to us to comment or vote, that is the democratic process.