No argument from me.
However, I think that it will just take a little while longer before the "token" upvotes for marginal works will decline.
There's a saying, "I don't know art, but I know what I like." I think there are a number of users here that don't look for the most technically proficient and tasteful photos to upvote. People are used to instagram filters and oversaturated and oversharpened fluffy photos that pass for great pictures on various "photo" sites. They aren't really qualified to determine what should be in the Society of Illustrators, but they do know how to click a button. So there you have it.
We'll get there my friend. Just not yet. So until then, keep plugging away. Just be sure to get your slice of the pie before a lot of the other amateur, semi-pro and pro photographers get whiff of this place. The competition will get fierce trying to snag 50 dollars! : wink :