just do what the popular "in-crowd" does.. comment, comment, comment and brown nose other peoples work regardless if it's good or not.. ..(probably works best if you do it on the popular peoples images) just put "ohhhh that is amazing" excellent! VOTE! " and you'll end up in the hot 20.. sadly that seems to be the best way to do it.. very few seem to actually care what the actual image looks like anymore :( I should add that doing this, might not nessesarily make you gain respect.. but you'll have lots of praising comments. To get viewers that actually help and critique is a bit more tricky

CRITIC, n. A person who boasts himself hard to
please because nobody tries to please him.