The easiest solution is to change the name from "Hot20" to "Vote Swapping Extravaganza!!!!" .. Those extra exclamation points mean extra fun! Although this might offend any Hot20ers who actually think every one of their images really is worthy to be recognized as a top image.

Lagardo- perhaps nobody claims it is other than a popularity contest, but I think most of us can relate to visiting another gallery and checking the Hot20 first expecting to see the best recent work that is in the gallery. I often go to C4D and TG galleries and look in their Hot20.. And you know what, the best work generally is in those Hot20s. Our Hot20 is too watered down with the auto voted/swapped voted images. The fractal window weekly is a much better example of great work.

Today there is an image in the Hot20 that is not even an image, it is a message. Sorry, that just seems wrong to me.