I posted this in another thread and pasted here for general consumption (or regurgitation...grin)... "Pardon me for being new and speaking out, but it seems to me that using most viewed as the criteria for "Hot 20" is also a waste of time. If people are having their friends vote now, they can just view and refresh their own post over and over (and thus chalk up "views" till thier heart's content...or bordom sets in). IF this community is set on having some sort of competition(s) and IF Hot 20 is one of them, then I would suggest (off the top of my head without giving it deep thought) that R'sity randomly choose 100 members and assign them some sort of Nielson (the TV stuff) status and what THEY vote on for the Hot 20 are the only votes that count. While I realize that some "friends" may be randomly chosen, the odds are in a community of 75,000 that most of the people will be just plain people not looking to vote just for thier friends. Keep the 100 anonymous (of course, they could divulge it) and leave them in that status for one month. Or 3 months, then randomly chose another whole set. Just a thought."