+1 Japan flag =)

visited again from Germany.

You can also employ Photoshop to create your FC image if you like proxy. Artificial proxy visits are worthless in my opinion.

noernberg wrote:

Visited all. Thank you.

Jens, in concept, I agree with you. Proxy flags are worthless in terms of their utility (as are all requests for visits from a site like this where it's not like people are naturally stumbling across your site because they are genuinely interested in what your site offers and sought it out). Your web traffic statistics are skewed either way. Also, I agree the results of the proxies are easily circumvented. However, there is still a process and a challenge that must be undertaken, and a "collecting" perspective that is not without value to the owner of the particular counter.

Now of course, people collect at different levels. Some might want real people from the country in question to be the exclusive source of their "high quality" flags. That's terrific, and extremely challenging to develop the collection.  And I'm not sure if you can really "exclude" proxies, because there are no ways to delete "improper" flags, I believe. However, some don't care. Same goes for any other collection... do you collect high grade coins or stamps, or does "filling the space in your album" suffice, even if not of good quality? It's what satisfies the individual collector. People have different motivations, and they are all acceptable because ultimately, it's what makes you happy that counts.

At least, that's how I see it. 

I understand your argument. It's no problem for me.
And I agree with you, one can't delete flags which were provided without having visited the site. That is really bad.
Although it is not my intention I can understand the collector argument.

So let us smoke the peace-pipe.   

Another jp flag~