Really good job guys.
POSTED BY: Sniper
UPDATED: Saturday, January 14, 2006 00:35
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As much as I respect the Firefly fan group, this is pretty disapointing:
From the SciFi Wire:
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.
People, have a little self control.
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One thought... do we know it was the serenity fans that skunked the poll? maybe in the hours before something was amiss on the other end - like 1000 spike fans suddenly swamped it?
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Exactly! I checked it yesterday, and Firefly was way ahead. All of a sudden, today Spike was tied with it. I was disappointed to see that, but I wouldn't be surprised if a Spike fan stuffed the ballot box. I wouldn't go and blame Firefly fans straight away.
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Yeah, I'm seeing no indication that that was us.
As far as I know, we're usually pretty good about pumping our numbers using recruitment rather than trickery. And even if it was us (not saying it's impossible), there's no *indication* that it was us.
Maybe hold off on the finger-pointing, then?
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People, have a little self control.
Strikes me as slightly idiotic to expext this kind
of poll to go down with 100% acuracy. If they want
scientific data as to which series would win, they
need to take the time to provide for user-logins so
each vote is unique. Setting up a poll like that
and expecting accuracy just shows ignorance of the
medium. I'm not surprized, but I'm calling SciFi
the dumbasses here -not the fans.
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Originally posted by STDOUBT:Quote:
People, have a little self control.
Strikes me as slightly idiotic to expext this kind
of poll to go down with 100% acuracy. If they want
scientific data as to which series would win, they
need to take the time to provide for user-logins so
each vote is unique. Setting up a poll like that
and expecting accuracy just shows ignorance of the
medium. I'm not surprized, but I'm calling SciFi
the dumbasses here -not the fans.
Exactly! What happened is to be expected--it was a Joss Whedon poll and it will be the fans that are inputting there. Obviously--they know where the biggest fan base lies--and someone must not like it. I mean, to assume so. Most likely it will be the Serenity & Firefly fans frequenting the Sci-Fi website, ya think?! Grrrr...
*Never judge a book by it's movie*
*The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark,less sharp version of the truth*--D.Koontz (Forever Odd)
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Come on. It was obviously us. There's no huge battalion of Spike fans ready to charge any poll they see.
But then again, our swamping does indicate a strength of feeling. And given that Revenge of the Utter Sith has just done well at the People's Choice awards (another online voting thingy), it's not just Serenity fans that charge into polls.
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Originally posted by Sniper:
People, have a little self control.
People? Yes, our bad... We all got together and had our own little "Poll Pumpin' Shindig"
A case of delinquent Malus Pumila...
U gonna be smart here Riva?!?
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Originally posted by SimonWho:
Come on. It was obviously us. There's no huge battalion of Spike fans ready to charge any poll they see.
Nope, but there is an acre of Buffy & Angel fans who would like to see their 'verses continued in any form possible. Could be the skewed the poll, not browncoats.
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