I am sitting in front of this computer with a friend and reading through the forum..This is the first acquaintance I have had with this incendiary discussion. And though I couldn't quite agree with the taste involved, I had to LOL @CI's photograph! ..A little, if ambiguous, comic relief to puncture some of the turgidly distended tensions here... I thought that Rykk-(but not only)-contributed some solid sanity to the discussion: I, too, before I read this and consequently understood that it was considered taboo, had explicitly registered a V in the comment..Not to indicate a "vote-trade" but simply to reinforce the compliment...I obviously will exercise greater caution hereafter.... It seems to us-(I and my friend)-that all the difficulties with vote-trading could be effectively resolved by requiring of each artist intending to vote for the H20 that they submit a list consisting of their twenty preferred images, by a specified time limiting the event, to the moderators, Barbara and Nick, who have been proven as eminently qualified artists and moderators, for final judgement. We would then simply accept their selections as final. We may, in particular cases, dissent from their choices, but we could no longer complain of mediocre work appearing there.. This is the suggestion of my friend, which instantly seemed to me to constitute very good sense.. It, perhaps, would not entirely eliminate vote-trading, but, even if that were occurring, would subject the final lists to the scrutiny of persons whose every indicated inclination is in the direction of imagistic excellence.... It makes sense to me....