OK, this is, as far as i can remember, my first input into the fractalforum. I started out here on RR in early march, and it took me about 3 months before i figured out what those V things meant ... That was at the time that i discovered that there was such a thing as a "hot20". To my surprise I was in there ...grin... I started using that V in my messages, because that way i can let someone know his work is something else. Just telling them that their work is realy special, doesn't do much good, since 99% of comments are telling the poster that his work is great and spectacular. So, I use it as a Xtra gradation on a work. I know i could do that with IM too, but i can hardly keep up with the massive amount of work posted here already, i never write "thank you" IM's, and then i still have to create my own work, do my work in the shelter, keep my house in order, go for long walks on the beach with my dogs and try to keep Linda happy ... So, a system where, with one click, i could let someone know that her or his work means something special to me, would be a great help and a real time saver. As for "playing the favorites game" I can see and understand that point, but doing the voting anonymous, wouldn't do much to stop that practice, because people can still IM each other to tell them that they voted, so ... Ah well, back to the comments, think I'm about 3 days of works behind ;-)