I thought we agreed that you were not to disturb my delusions...

All right, with them strongly back in place. No deliberate cliques, you say?

I see an image, like it and comment. I receive the tit for tat complimentary comment. I put 2 and 2 together and miraculously come up with 4. I favorite this artist. The next time they post, I post a complimentary comment.... guess what? Not only will I in all likelihood get another complimentary post... I'll probably be favorited as well. I see another image by a different artist, again I post, the cycle repeats. There is now an unofficial clique of the three of us. As I'm commenting on the images of my new bffs the odds are I'll see the same names posting over and over on all of their images. If I just reach out and touch a few of them, I'll be tapped right into the same network. And if I want to make the connection even quicker, I'll dedicate my image to them

Seems like a clique to me... In fact, it seems like a deliberate clique to me, but then I have a touch of the cynic as well. :tt2:

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