I guess I'm the only one not bothered by the idea of friends voting. That's what friends do, and I don't think anything would eliminate that. It's not as if we have many people who are trained art critics on the lists so I'm not sure I distrust the opinions of my friends anymore than I would distrust the opinions of strangers. I invite my friends to view my graphics....they aren't members so they can't vote (nor would I ask them to) but I do like to share what small accomplishments and progress I have. That's just natural, and natural for friends to vote for friends. Not horrific. Not the collapase of the universe. Natural. The Hot 20 just isn't that important. If someone feels compelled to do something that gets them on the list, then let them have their fun. It's meaningless and hurts no one. Is it corrupt? Well, no more so than anything else that encourages random voting. No one has to post in the galleries. I just don't get the point of people telling us over and over again that they don't (especially when they make a point of telling us their art is too good for the likes of us....that really is unnecessarily insulting). If you post anywhere on the Internet, you take the risk of getting ripped off (whether or not it is your own website, whether or not you have right click disabled, whether or not you splash watermarks and copyright notices all over the graphics). The Internet is not a civilized place. Since it goes out to the entire world, policing is a very difficult thing. I don't have a great solution, obviously...it's just something we all have to be aware of.