This thread has jogged me into a fresh way of thinking. I have decided I LIKE the Hot 20. It functions like one of those ant traps loaded with a sugar lump. The overpainted and underdressed Vickies and the "OMG! Best Render EVER!" commentators all go into the box leaving the rest of us free to ignore them and go about our business. Just as long as the smell doesn't spread too far...so far, it is safe to give detailed constructive comments in Historical or Science Fiction, and there is nice work happening in those and other sub-catagories.