SCIFI wire cancels poll about next Joss Whedon project 'More Serenity or Spike?'

POSTED BY: Granite
UPDATED: Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:27
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GRANITE

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:14 PM

Reference to this thread:

http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=2&t=16442

Directly from scifiwire -

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Because fans have manipulated the SCI FI Wire poll on Joss Whedon's next project, the editors have deleted it and replaced it with a new poll.

Vote with care next time my over-zealous friends

NIRVANA

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:18 PM

this is lame and causes me confusion - are they not savvy enough to put in checks and balances to make sure people don't vote more than once? It's not rocketscience...

FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:24 PM

I am surprised too, that they didn't have a way to block people from voting more than once. I voted once.... happy to do it and was hoping that the results were accurate and that everyone really did want more Firefly/Serenity.

I'm sorry to see this. I was hoping that SciFi might be a possible home for the next incarnation of our BDH's. I don't like that this might reflect badly on us.

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

CBY

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:36 PM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:
I am surprised too, that they didn't have a way to block people from voting more than once

You can't. Cookies and browser cache can be deleted, dynamic IPs can be changed easily, registration forms can be filled with crap, java and javascript can be disabled, e-Mail verification can be tricked...

Personally I think internet polls are a waste of time because of their latent defects.

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FOLLOWMAL

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:41 PM

Then, if the polls can be manipulated, and it doesn't really matter, why should they care so much as to take the poll down? Doesn't make sense to me. If they know it can be inaccurate.... then they should just let it stay the way it is.

Why take it down?

" You hold. Hold til I get back." Mal

CBY

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:50 PM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:

Why take it down?

I guess it must have been really extreme this time.

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FREERADICAL42

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:57 PM

Had they considered, perhaps, that more people LIKE Serenity than Spike? It's kind of obvious, given that DVD sales for Firefly and Serenity are way, way higher than those for Buffyverse products.

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ANDRE83

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:06 PM

They didnt like the result....as always. Everyone hates us :(

Jayne: All those years of preacher training, getting knocked out by one bounty hunter
Book: Oh, dont get me wrong. I gave him a hell of a fight
Jayne: Epic i'm guessing

JAYRO

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:07 PM

Perhaps the poll result was not to F*x's liking?

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STORYMARK

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:15 PM

Don't go getting all paranoid now, folks. I seriously doubt Fox bothered to go to the trouble of asking another network to shut down a poll on that other network's site. I doubt they were even aware of it.

And I think the fact that Buffy DVD sales are lower than Firefly/Serenity speaks more to the fact that it's a show that's been airing a minimum of 2 times a day for the last 5 years, and a full set of the series runs $200+ rather than $40.

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