Jeez, I really need to proof myself before posting :) "we would all be able to get a better to see what we are missing in haste" should read: "we would all be able to get a better chance to see what we are missing in haste" Thanks

My point is not about bandwidth and regardless if it is not the reason for the change, it will impact the speed of the site by limiting the total number of images posted. Neither is it a posting/viewing issue or a creativity issue. It is simply that with a reduction in the average daily images that can posted, more images, in more categories, can have a better chance of being seen and the artist can have their creative voices heard. I am a someone who does not post, but loves to view artworks and over the last year, I have been finding it harder and harder to keep up. The favorite artist and favorite image thing was helpful in keeping up with a few artists, but I still miss a lot of other images because I cannot spend hours upon hours viewing every new image, every couple of days. If it is about the community, it cannot be just about the freedom of the artist to flood the galleries with thousands of images a week (which if I had the time, would be fine with me :)), it has to take some consideration for the people who are trying to view all these works. It would be like going to the museum and as you are walking down a hall, they keep adding more and more pieces. You would start to more faster and faster to view them all and eventually, you start skipping over pieces and rarely stop to appreciate what you are viewing, because the time you have is limited. I like to be able to stop and smell the roses, so to speak, and although I know that it will not solve the problem, I feel that if the number was reduced, even marginally, we would all be able to get a better to see what we are missing in haste. Thanks again :)

A 7 image a week limit with a max of 3 a day with in that 7 day period should satify just about everyone on both sides of this issue. The argument about quality over quantity or the restriction of artistic expression is truly a mute point, as all the previous posts show. a. Restricting quantity does not improve quality, quality will only increase with time and practice. b. Not being able to post 3 images a day is not stifling creativity, it is limiting the number of images posted, it does not limit your ability to CREATE images. It is a community and everyone should have at least have a fair chance to be seen and heard. I think that changing it to 7 images a week will have a positive impact on bandwidth (which almost goes without saying) and it will also allow the avid browser to "keep up" with all of the galleries in all the different catergories, and then maybe even leave enough time to catch up with life ;) Thanks for listening :)

I am just full of thoughts today :) Although I am a programmer by trade, I do not know the exact dynamics of this site and its code, but I imagine that by simply looking at a flag set with the image, you could choose to show or not show the button that allows voting? Again, just another thought.

BTW, Thanks for listening :)