5. I sometimes check, but only because I don't make a lot of icons and therefore am not incredibly well known. But I do really like it when I'm randomly reading comments on an entry, and see that someone said "Icon love~" to a comment with one of my icons. It's awesome~

7. I do that too, but with pairings. It works really well for getting my roommate to like a bunch of pairings that she hates. XD