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

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Aww... next time I will x-link it for you.

I went looking for the original, but I couldn't find it. I will look harder.

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's usually hard to find stuff that's made up. I think between you, Gary, and Shitting_Fire, I've been accused of over 200 things I haven't done and given a reputation I don't deserve...can probably add KR to that list after this week.

Oh, and Twirly.

Maybe you should search though comments made by Gonads.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

Who is Shitting_Fire?

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

*shhs* sort of like voldemort

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

last season's biggest "everyone is against me" person.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

ah. their username was actually shitting_fire? wow.

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

no, it was tulipinyellow, and then she deleted her journal and all her Idol friends and changed to spitting fire, or something along those lines. I was just being mean about it because she spread rumors about me...I guess I have to go spread some about Spydie now to get back at her comments about me above.

Hey, did you know that Gary actually told Spydie how to embed the poll, and she did it this week without telling anyone. And, in fact, she is the one who invented it when she used to a be a programmer for LJ 5 years ago?

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

I am Switzerland?

I did hear about the tulipinyellow drama from last year, a bit of it anyway. But I only read and voted last year and didn't look at the green rooms at all, so I don't really know the whole deal.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

*backs away*

I so don't want to revisit this. I have had enough of her. I only know that she was false with me from the start (denying we knew each other when we did, only she knew it and I didn't).

Have at... with my blessing.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

Oh, I wasn't asking for a rehash of it, just noting that those of us that weren't around last season don't really understand what all went down.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

*snort*

My dear, I love you more each day!

It is a good thing I share well.

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

wait...I detect sarcasm in your second line!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

With Ashlee

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

with Ashlee? what? am I missing something now?

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

SHT already commented that its not but I think that would be a pretty badass name! :D

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

1. I believe the comments were made at the beginning of THIS season

2. Someone else has agreed it was you *grin*

3. Don't worry, it will give you lines.

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

Someone else who can't provide a link to it anywhere? How convenient.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

You know, it's always interesting following a conversation in which there is obvious subtext but where you have no idea what the subtext is.

Very sociological. I like sociology.

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know that there is any subtext.

I do think it's funny that sometimes like to paint it like I've been stirring up people for years...or at least since I started Idol...though any of them would be hard pressed to find even a single comment from me in the Green Room until after I was in the top 20 last season. Other then to sometimes defend Gary when people were acting like someone had put a gun to their head and forced them to play and now he owed them a pillow to cry on and a foot massage every time they didn't like something that happened.

[supremegoddess1.livejournal.com]

It's just interesting to watch the politely nasty comments going back and forth.

It's like the good old Southern truism that you can insult anyone anytime and get away with it as long as you include "bless their heart" somewhere in your statement. You know, like "She's really not that bright, bless her heart."

Except here it's "snark claw snark claw smiley emoticon." The smiley emoticon makes it all better.

An Epic Truth

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Ahahahaha an epic truth!

[superhappytime.livejournal.com]

Or the northerner "no disrespect, but..."

but, really, I have nothing against Amy at all. I would just prefer NOT to be pulled into these cat fights unless given proper credit for things. I have no problem stirring the pot, but I want it to be for things I actually said.

In this case, I didn't even see his original post as really a starting shit post. I mean, it seemed it a little bit, but I'm not sure that it was clearly doing it. If so, it went pretty easy on people.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

And all I really wanted was "oh hey, you are right, I can see how that might be taken that way, let me add a clarification."

I didn't get it. I got more annoyed.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

*serious face*

I sincerely respect SHT. He is one of the few I think I can tease, have a little fun, and still escape with most of my skin intact.

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Next he will call this mysterious person Sue (it wasn't)...