I was just wondering... But what's with the new features? Is our creativity and our imaginations competition now? There's Featured, Randomly Featured, and suddenly a promotion with bidding? 
 And the fact that   you need 100 karma just to vote.  Just saying, but there are other authors out there who have the greatest stories. But they don't have the popularity. Geez.  

Is my passion and enjoyment for competition? Why so suddenly? I don't write for competition... But the new features make it seem like we're fighting for the spot. The popularity... Just curiosity. Neh.