Yeah, it seems that the group of actual developers is pretty small, considering, and seem to be very frugal with votes, as if showing approval with a vote is going to lower their standing.

The thing that needs to be realized is that votes are not the winning criteria. 

The subjective evaluation of the borg is what ultimately determines the winner. 

So, an app that matured with the API may not get any votes, while projects that had the list to themselves for the first few weeks gained momentum (*mostly* deserved, don't misunderstand me) leaving other quality software at the bottom, or not even on the list.

I am confident that, while votes can be a good indicator of acceptance, that the contest will be judged capably and all worthy efforts will be recognized and judged accordingly.



That is my rainbow and unicorns perspective on the thing.

`<whine>`

Something that really annoys me is that nobody is willing to chip in a vote for the bounty contest i posted. it doesn't cost anything and I am giving the points away, geez....

`</whine>`

now i can haz cheez?