as i mentioned in the other thread, where it was said that this was an artificial way to generate views and comments, this is actually the best way to get me to comment on your work.  i don't feel comfortable constantly posting "beautiful!  perfect!"  and it's hard work making meaningful and only positive comments.    so i don't feel that this is a perversion of the commenting system, but rather a use that embraces a type of people who previously weren't participating.

the only way that my favorited images will be affected is that i'm now seeing much more of the gallery than i did.