Well, about the comment thing - i have to agree with svdl - when i see something wrong - like, as you say, clipping or missing shadows - i point it out, always in a polite way (really no need to be rude to give away a suggestion) and i never got a flame IM, i've received instead many "thank you" messages for this. The same obviously i believe in the other way - even when i'm not following a suggestion, i'm always fond to receive them, since they help me improve my future work!

Also, you say that the Hot20 is important for many newcomers and become progressively less important, if i got you right. It was not like that for me - i've never wanted to be in them, since i'm not here for competition, but rather to meet other people who share my interest in DG, which i believe to be the original intent of the site. And i can hardly believe that i'm the only one to think that way...

And the fact that caused agitation in the first place i think was not the accusation against the Hot20, but rather the fact that this accusation was made against a specific person, and this was not fair - if the system doesn't work, fine, tell it, but there's no reason to pick on people who got on the Hot20 - they had done nothing to blame! Or at least so i think...

Bye,
Grim

Message edited on: 09/03/2005 21:07