What if the comments could only be read by the artist, rather than everybody? Veiwers could say what they wanted with out worrying about what everyone else thought and without "humiliating" anyone in front of their friends. People would have to decide whether to vote based on what they thought rather than what everyone else was doing. That should cut down on the voting cause everyone else did factor.
And there could be a delete button next to every comment so that the artist could delete any comments they didn't find helpful and keep the ones they find usefull or favorable. I'd guess trolling wouldn't be as much fun if everyone didn't get to see the nasty comment and it could be immediatly deleted. Nobody'd have to feel bad about saying 'that's nice' after 50 other people said it was wonderful.

I'm sure there's something wrong with that idea, but at the moment, haven't figured out what it is. I don't really care if anyone sees my comments or not...but that's just me.

Message edited on: 10/25/2004 01:13