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Skriven 2007-04-20 17:56:40 av Amy Guskin (65.babylon5)
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Ärende: Re: OT: Finesse contest finalists - thanks to all!
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>>On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:28:51 -0400, robin.moss@gmail.com wrote
(in article <1177068531.073550.121130@p77g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>):
> 
> You should feel proud of the way you've comported yourself in this
> though, and have nothing but pity for the pathetic losers you mention.
> I'm not usually one for knocking people's hobbies and interests (get
> enough of that from other people!), but the more obsessively dedicated
> members of this 'sweepstake community' sound like a sad bunch with no
> lives even withOUT the mean-spirited attacks. <<

Thanks, Robin.  It's funny, but I haven't even had a moment to be sad, I've 
been getting so much support from so many people in this!  As for my pity, I 
won't even waste it on those poison-spewers.

>>At least there was
> someone there with the decency to tell you where it was coming from. <<

Before I managed to get that thread deleted, it had grown to eight pages, and 
interestingly...I was starting to get some support from some of her peers!  I 
assume my anonymous friend was one of those.  Anyway, some folks there 
pointed out to her that asking people to vote down the competition is no 
different than asking people to vote _you_ up, another was dismayed at how 
math is apparently no longer taught in schools (this was in response to the 
shockingly stupid comments made about scoring), some said that she ought to 
read the contest rules, and one even pointed out to the original poster that 
she was risking casting asperions on her _own_ entry by complaining to 
Finesse.  And, a few pointed out to the original poster that people _in her 
very own community_, people whose entries she was supporting, had done the 
same thing she was slamming me for, in other threads on their board.

So, since I did have a few 'angels' over there, let's definitely not slam 
_all_ of the sweepstakes people over this.  :-)

The lack of understanding of the voting was the funniest part, actually.  I'd 
read another thread there from back when the contest started heating up, 
early last fall, and more than a few posters there couldn't understand why, 
if they were voting a "10" for their friend every day, they weren't in the 
Top Ten.  Simple math, people!

The general mood there was that people were no longer willing to enter voting 
competitions.   At the very least, if they _are_ going to, they ought to 
understand the rules, and the concept of voting.  And a little math wouldn't 
hurt.

Amy
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