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I try to make an effort to vote every month for both. I think that really the issue is lack of visibility. The forum category is about a 1/3rd of a way down the page and you still need multiple clicks to get to the active competition. The competitions don't appear in the "What's New" first page unless someone has posted to the current thread recently (or is one of the last 10 with activity since your last visit). I think if the active competitions were pinned to the top of the Forums page (above Latest Images) and the "What's New" page it would help drive traffic to them.

Lack of participation is due to:

1. Not knowing about them (posting and voting)

2. Forgetting about them (posting and voting)

3. Not having faith in your work (posting)

4. Not caring (posting and voting)

Pinning the active competitions can help with the first two.