MSN poll We're Getting CREAMED!
POSTED BY: Gophermuncher
UPDATED: Monday, September 19, 2005 16:46
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Originally posted by RocketJock:
T'aint cheating; a non-scientific poll of this type is the equivalent of a battle-of-the-bands decided by who gets the most applause. It isn't cheating to clap louder or longer -- or in this case, more often than most.
What this poll is designed to measure isn't the percentage of the MSN readership that prefer one upcoming film over another -- it's designed to measure enthusiasm based on how much noise the audience can generate.
I don't agree that it isn't cheating. However, your argument has been the only one to hold any water in the "is cheating okay" debate. Arguments such as, "It's okay to cheat because we'll benifit from it," were juvanille and shameful.
Like I said, I don't agree with you, but I'm glad you actually made a point that didn't boil down to the idea that anything is okay as long as it is self serving.
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I never said cheatin' was right--just said that this particular bit o' popular leverage wasn't cheating. Thank you for the implied complement though. Still, the ethics of cheating are a separate issue.
But if you still feel repeat voting is wrong, feel free to not vote. Don't worry, I'll pick up your slack. 
"You can't enslave a free man. The most you can do is kill him." -- Robert A. Heinlein
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I didn't mean that you thought cheating was right. I'm sorry I came across that way. I figured you meant that repeat voting in this case WAS NOT cheating. I was annoyed with those who agreed it was cheating but justified it.
Doesn't matter anyway . . .Serenity is winning! 
I wish I could vote for more than one . . .I happen to also be a big TB fan. *Ducks to avoid flying objects*
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Whoa, were down to 29% now...
May have been on the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one.
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Looks like a couple of dedicated Zorro fans (wait, those exist?) flooded the poll, and now Zorro 2: Electric Boogaloo is in first place with 25% of the vote, and Serenity is at 23%.
"Go Buckeyes!" -- God
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23%... I wouldn't mind being beaten by Tim Burton, but to be ranked lower than Zorro is just plain insulting. *blinks*
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wow, were at 37% yesterday with corpse bride at a close second. Zorro came out of nowhere.
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Somebody rigged a bot. It's the only way the poll doubled votes overnight, and every single one of them went to Zorro.
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Man, aren't those fandoms that stoop to cheating on a poll annoying? They ruin the fun so that we don't know for sure what movie is really the most anticipated.
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Dang, how did we get to this sorry state?
An Unfinished Life: 4%
Elizabethtown: 9%
In Her Shoes: 2%
Legend of Zoro: 32%
Shopgirl: 1%
Doom: 6%
Flight Plan: 8%
Just Like Heaven: 9%
Serenity: 14%
Corpse Bride: 16%
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