Just to give my two cents... as a merchant, as a beta tester, and as an artist. As a merchant: If a particular image uses one of my products, I am very likely to comment... I mean, if someone liked something of mine enough to buy it, then I owe them at least the courtesy of posting a comment, even if it's just to say "I'm glad you like my stuff.". As a beta tester: I don't care how much I like a person, if I'm testing something for someone, they will get my honest oppinion. I recently tested something for someone that is avaiable now, and I told the person honestly, that it wasn't "to my taste", but it worked as it was supposed to, and it worked without error... that is the goal of a beta tester... to TEST the product... to find out if it does what it's supposed to, in the way it's supposed to... what's often mistaken as beta testing is advertising... I do this too... I'll give away a copy of something I'm working on, or something I've made to someone that I like, or someone that does good work, and ask them to check it out... it's not because I need them to test the item, it's because I know that they'll make an image with it, the image will be good, and the image will be seen... that's just good marketing strategy... I'm sorry if you don't like it when someone says that they're using so and so's new product, and that it's great... but this isn't JUST a gallery anymore... this is a store... there are customers and there are merchants here now, so you're going to see this type of thing. As an artist: If I see an image, no matter who it's by, and it's good, I'll comment... if it's by someone I consider a friend, and even if I don't really care for it... I'll comment... I'll find something to say about it... that's what being a friend is all about... being supportive... I've made comments on images by people I've never even heard of before JUST because I liked the picture... I've also made comments on images by the 'big names' because I LIKED the picture... if I like the picture, I'll make a comment... shrug I browse through the gallery often enough, but if the thumbnail doesn't graby my attention, or if it seems like the thumbnail image shows me enough of the picture that I can skip the picture, then I won't look at the image... there are just too many images now to look at EVERYTHING everyday. Well I guess my two cents adds up to about a buck fifty now... but those are my thoughts.