On the whole the community has shown either a real lack of interest or a distaste for the whole event. Artist of the Month and the Hot 20 has and always will be a constant sticking point for many members, with accusations flying. The only way to stop the comments is to remove the source, however I don't believe in removing what is essentially a good idea, this is why I made my suggestion. In the beginning all we really had here was a place to post our freebies and our images. I'm not saying take away AOM at all, I'm saying take the final judgement out of the hands of the masses and give it to a professional. This can work two ways, the first thing it will do is remove the element that believe it is a rigged contest and secondly by exposing the community to more professional input gives artists here a greater opportunity to be discovered. If the later is a bad thing then I don't know why the truly talented come here. We, as a community, still have so many more avenues to have our say here. Sometimes you need to step back to move forward.