Hm. That may be something worth doing on another note which is to prevent people from thinking that this is just a drive to get more subscribers. If we set a cut off point and only let those subscribed before that point vote AND its worded properly, then it'll actually enhance the perceived fairness of the voting.
As for your example, the same one could be made with all your girlfriends. :) > Well I think that anyone that signs up after a certain date shouldn't be > allowed to vote. > Reasoning is that it prevents a rush of people sent by the companies > being represented to vote for that company's product. > > Take things to the extreme. > > Take for example if Ablecommerce is up for an award, then Mike could get > everyone in his little town of Alaska to join HOF and vote for his able > commerce program.This may be extreme, but it could very well happen, and > in that case it wouldn't be people in the community or from the industry > that are voting for the products. It would be just people signing up and > artificially inflating a vote. > > The point of the thing is to have people who are a part of coldfusion > and use coldfusion to do the voting. Not Jack Hick Dooby who sells > sealskins and is getting paid 5 bucks to signup and click for a product. > > -Gel > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'd watch the new subscribers carefully after a certain date but would > not stop people from voting. > > I'm not sure. I didn't hear much along these lines. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
