auh, got it.

they must've put a little thought in it though because i see there are no points issued for forum postings [snort]

and frankly, there's always been those seeking ways of manipulating their "popularity" here, and prolly the same elsewhere... just seems to me that all ranking and stat keeping and the like should go by the wayside and it really should be about the art, as you said, but in these days of facebook and hashtagging BS and all the pointless self-centered mindset[s] of the general masses, it seems sadly unlikely. stat keeping does nothing except stroke insecure egos and aids in the errosion & fracturing of the idea, the heart and soul so to speak, of community -- but that's just me [shrug]