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It seems we have some members who think they can give themselves a little bit of an edge in the competition by creating new accounts and voting for themselves.
Just so you honest folks know. There are 12 accounts that have voted in this poll, that registered today and do not have a single post.
I have tracked a few of the ips and have sent pms to a couple of people that I know for a fact did this.
Just so everyone knows, the rules here at inforoo dictate that each member have only one account. Creating multiple accounts is grounds for a ban.
Add to that the fact that some are trying to manipulate the vote so they can win the contest, I think that is definitely a bannable offense.
I will put this out there right now, and give eveyone who has done this and amnesty, if you will.
DELETE ALL OF YOUR DUPLICATE ACCOUNTS NOW!!!!!! I will repost the poll later, if I see this again, all of those with duplicate accounts will be banned and your entry will be removed from the contest.
Folks, this is downright dirty and dishonest!!!!
I am going to unlock this thread for replies in case anyone has anything they would like to say here.
the people who have done this know who they are, please take this chance to make it right. I will not hesitate to ban for this on the next poll!
Post by poopzilla33 on Apr 16, 2007 14:12:16 GMT -5
wow thats terrible.......someone trying to be nice and give away free tickets and some people cheat. is it possible if you could pm and tell em who, because i really don't want to vote for anyone who did that
^^ I have to agree with poopzilla - I would not want to vote for anyone that cheated by doing that. That just goes against the whole Bonnaroo experience.
Not yet, hopefully everyone who is cheating will suddenly find a conscience, and cut it out!!
I want to give everyone who wrote a story a chance to win. This is the one gimme, anymore cheating and the story as well as the account will both be deleted!
Post by poopzilla33 on Apr 16, 2007 14:35:27 GMT -5
well leo has 0 votes so i know it wasn't him, so it looks like he's got my vote. i was torn between leo and another entry, but the entry i originally chose is one of the ones with 6 votes so i can't help but be suspicious. so leo for me
Post by starrymack on Apr 16, 2007 14:36:24 GMT -5
That at least makes me feel a little better! I was wondering why so many people had a lot of votes and I don't even have one yet! I can use this for an excuse if nothing else, I suppose!
I don't like having friends/roomates, etc siging up just to vote - I think it should be limited to inforoosters (meanting the people who are already registered)
I don't like having friends/roomates, etc siging up just to vote - I think it should be limited to inforoosters (meanting the people who are already registered)
I think I am leaning the same way. It just makes it far too easy to manipulate. How are we supposed to know if it truely is a friend or just a duplicate account..... ???
I don't like having friends/roomates, etc siging up just to vote - I think it should be limited to inforoosters (meanting the people who are already registered)
I think I am leaning the same way. It just makes it far too easy to manipulate. How are we supposed to know if it truely is a friend or just a duplicate account..... ???
exactly - it should be limited to people registered prior to you posting the poll today
I don't like having friends/roomates, etc signing up just to vote - I think it should be limited to inforoosters (meaning the people who are already registered)
If I had done something like creating new accounts to get more votes, I would fully expect to not only be immediately removed from the contest, but to be banned from the board as well. I'm glad the final decision is up to the mods and the most generous benefactors of the contest.
I had considered asking my daughter to sign up and vote, but decided that would not really be fair. I feel that the voting, if continued, should be the priveledge of those who have been signed up previously. Maybe that's why there is a deadline for registering to vote in community elections.
Another consideration that I have had from the beginning, is that I thought this contest was mainly for the members of this Inforoo community. With this in mind, I would want to check out the entrants participation in the community as a whole. In other words, I would not likely vote for someone whose only post is their entrance into the contest. Even if the entrant had just heard about Inforoo and entered, I would expect some level of participation in the forum after that.
I wanted to have each entrant somehow post under their own, I cant think of the word, their own identity as a forum member, complete with avatar and posting info with easy access to their profile. I like to get to know people that way, by looking back at some of their posts to see what kind opinions they have and what they add to Inforoo in general. I hope this doesn't make me some kind of forum stalker or something Do any of you do this too?
I know that my entry was wayyyyyyyyyyyy long. I apologize for this. By the time I finished at 11pm , I didn't have many brain cells left to call on to read it over and delete some of it. My bad. Those who read the whole thing should get some sort of prize from me. hehe
I appreciate the votes I got and I promise I only voted once!
Post by BonnarooDetective on Apr 16, 2007 15:30:27 GMT -5
Well put Laura, I agree. Anyone who cheated should be given the boot.
Don't feel bad about your's being really long, mine was too. Frankly, when I looked at the others, I was suprised at how short they all were. Anything under a thousand words barely qualifies as a story. The shorter entries look like there was little effort put into them at all, but your's looks like something you really worked on. I liked the fact that your story was long because it actually allowed the story to develop, whereas most of the others simply established the plot and then the ending. Had I not voted for my own, I certainly would have voted for yours!
Also, keep in mind that if we let other members vote, it might turn into a popularity contest. Users that have been here a while and have alot of posts might get more votes for their stories just because other members know them.
Post by stallion pt. 2 on Apr 16, 2007 15:37:54 GMT -5
Having multiple accounts on one IP - That's a paddlin'. Spamming the contest poll - That's a paddlin'. Paddlin' the Inforoo canoe - Oh, you'd better believe that's a paddlin'!
John: We don't even understand our own music Spider: It doesn't, does it matter whether we understand it? At least it'll give us . . . strength John: I know but maybe we could get into it more if we understood it
There is just no way to assure that the voting is fair; the mods are competant enough, they can declare a winner.
I agree and after much thought (though I'm not totally computer savvy) I think that the only fair way is to let the moderators decide. Some of the people who have the most votes may have cheated...but then again, not all of them probably did...I would like to think that they didn't. Anyways, I think the Mod's are the way to go! I can't wait to go to Bonnaroo!!!!
Well put Laura, I agree. Anyone who cheated should be given the boot.
Don't feel bad about your's being really long, mine was too. Frankly, when I looked at the others, I was surprised at how short they all were. Anything under a thousand words barely qualifies as a story. The shorter entries look like there was little effort put into them at all, but your's looks like something you really worked on. I liked the fact that your story was long because it actually allowed the story to develop, whereas most of the others simply established the plot and then the ending. Had I not voted for my own, I certainly would have voted for yours!