I haven't been a victim of a flamer yet, but then I haven't submitted much to the gallery either... Only time I got annoyed is when I asked the viewers NOT to judge my Princess Diana image on whether they agreed it was a close likeness, but to judge on the over all content..Then I get someone who gives me a 4 (which was fine) but they gave it to me because they didn't agree the image was a close enough likeness to the real Princess..ugh!..lol The 4 wasn't the problem but the reason for it and the comment annoyed me.. Oh well, I should count myself lucky .. I'm one of those people who give out 5's not because I think the image is a masterpiece (I'm not sure I'm qualified to know what a masterpiece is) but because I think the image works or it's different and fresh... When I give a 5 it's because it was pleasing to my eye or appealed to me for some crazy reason.... I've given one 3 and a couple of 4's but always leave a comment even if someone has already expressed my opinion.. Most of the time I just look and leave without rating or commenting, even though I might love the picture I'm viewing.. I just get lazy sometimes... I prefer the comments to the ratings but seems like it doesn't work without checking both comments and ratings... I don't understand why I can't just have comments without the ratings sometimes.. Tuwood be nice... =) ~Cindy