Idols and Twisted Gnostic Secrets

[aggienaut]

   Most recent LJ Idol poll is up. With 28 people remaining, its easy to read them all. I encourage doing so. And voting! (=

[Poll #1348977]

   I stared deep into the dark coils of lj, to understand its arcane inner magic, and lo, I was rewarded with gnostic secrets. Anyone can post any poll. I'm not a hacker, there is no secret. I simply questioned what I couldn't do and was rewarded.
   And I found this pleasing -- that specifically the kind of behaviour I thought most commendable (questioning your surroundings) yielded a reward of some usefulness. Personally I think the advantage gained by being able to post the poll in your entry was more deserved to those who found it and more proportional to the merits of earning it than nearly all the random "rewards" and "Special powers" that have been purposefully bandied about in this competition. In short, it made me feel like at least something was right in the world.
   However, all good things must come to an end. All too often good technology is eventually twisted, and this has happened.
   Gary became concerned and asked how it is done, and the knowledge was passed on to him. I hoped he would have the good sense to keep it under wraps, or at least would tell everyone about it all at once. Unfortunately however, he simply told two idolists, spydielives and kittenboo.
   It is no longer a slight advantage to those who have thought to question and investigate their surroundings on their own, it is now an advantage to those who asked Gary how to get advantages. That literally makes me feel sick, and I'll feel filthy until I rectify it.
   From here I'm quite clear that it will continue to spread, and until someone posts about it publicly the people who have gained the knowledge by asking others will do it under the table. Already today I'm seeing strange vote spikes NOT accompanied by a visible entry, that ARE accompanied by "last post: four hours ago," a spot I can't see an entry anywhere near.

   And so, I am levelling the playing field. I am telling each and every one of you that yes, you can post the poll. The method is shockingly, mind-blowingly simple, all you have to do is try. That or ask Gary.


PS: I thought I'd brighten your days with a visual representation of the poll standings. Please stand by, hopefully I'll have some charts converted to a postable size and form within an hour or two.

Comments

[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

Nope you can only vote one time then the poll is closed :(

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

nah...if you click on the poll # up top, it then pull up the poll again...then you click on "fill out poll" and you can change your votes as much as you want. I do it every week to add votes at the end of the weekend if someone who had a pretty good week is getting beat by someone who had a bad entry.

[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

Oooooh so the voting can be rigged :(

[roina-arwen.livejournal.com]

I don't know if you could exactly call it "rigged" as you can only give (or remove, if already given) one vote per contestant. But yeah, if you see someone losing by one vote, you can either vote for that contestant (if you haven't already) or remove a vote already given to their competition - which is NOT something that I advocate doing!

[glowy-lovers.livejournal.com]

Indeed not , I hope that people are ignorant to the fact that they can change their votes like I was :)