Thank you for this thread PeeWee05. It's been very informative listening to everyone's thoughts. 

For the most part the amount comments you get is in direct proportion to how many fluffy comments you leave in the gallery. I don't play that game, my lips are chafed enough from living in the frozen North. :)

It makes my day when someone new I've never seen before leaves me a comment. The comment was based on my photo and not who I am. And I appreciate everyone that takes the time to studied my photos and leave constructive comments to improve it. 

PhrankPower made a good point in another thread about how it would be interesting to have the ability to post pictures without reveling who the artist/photographer is and see how many comment the posts are received and than reveal who the artist/photographer is. 

I'd like to make a suggestion here. For those of you who are tired of getting fluff comments. Turn off comments. Ask viewers to instant message with constructive comments. 

That's just my two cents.