and we need awards for?? :) we should give mikey money without having to get silly awards first
"When I came back from Korea, I had no money, no skills. Sure, I was good with a bayonet, but you can't put that on a resume - it puts people off!" Frank Barone, "Everybody Loves Raymond" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Randolph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 4:07 PM Subject: House of Fusion Awards > Hello, > > It's always been a popularity contest/subscriber drive and everyone would > have the same fair shake in regards to getting family and friends to > vote... so long as everyone has an equal vote. Me living in a town where > we only have 18 kids in the local school from K-12 actually puts me at a > disadvantage in these regards. But I really still do like the idea of > requiring a credit card to vote and donating the money do a worthy > charity. That would keep the fraudulent voting to a minimum. Either way > we've seen about 1000 votes for the CFDJ voting and it doesn't go up that > much each day, I truly don't think it would be an enormous task to keep the > voting semi-square. > > Cheers, > Mike Randolph > > At 03:54 PM 6/5/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
