I also tend to ignore the ratings. I see them from time to time and wonder if anyone even uses them. I tend not to trust or believe them. Too often I'll come from other sites, usually 3D art sites where I do have other work posted, and those sites tend to have a problem where people have an agenda and will purposely rate an image low, or have a favorite member whom they desire to see have high ratings and will rate them the max all the time, reguardless of the quality of the image. There are always someone posting in forums about the need to be fair with the rating system, and I'm optimistic those who do use the rating system try to be fair, and yet there are always someone who wants to sway their own image or a friend's image, or effect a rival's image in a way that is not fair. So, I simply do not trust ratings on any system.

That is unfortunate because it's a good idea to have them, they can be used for other features for a site--highest rated images in a week, or for the month. Ratings can be used for voting best images in monthly challenges/competitions.

But still, I don't trust them to be accurate.

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