LOL.... :) Pablo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:47 AM Subject: Re: CFDJ Heaviest Advertiser awards...
> Hm. I think I'll set up a HoF contest to both generate new subscribers and get > that dollar per vote. A thousand votes is a thousand votes. ;) > > > > > when ebay pinged my credit card to make sure it was good it cost me a > > dollar. I was mildly annoyed as nobody told me this and it threw my > > bookkeeping off by enough to lead to a declined on an embarrassingly small > > charge. However, if people are notified of this possibility up front I > > don't see the issue and it also would tend to keep the voting sincere... > > most people don't mind spending a dollar; but won't spend three or four > > hundred.... no? > > > > Dana > > > > On Fri, 30 May 2003 01:33:51 -0400, Judith Dinowitz > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hmm... Good point. But doesn't authorizing and canceling a charge cost a > > > fee? (Michael says yes.) > > > > > > Judith > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Randolph" > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:17 AM > > > Subject: Re: CFDJ Heaviest Advertiser awards... > > > > > > > > >> Hello Judith, > > >> > > >> Whip's fun! I'm working on it now. Honestly there only been 859 or so > > >> votes it wouldn't be very difficult to see any garbage in the voting, > > >> IF they didn't just want there advertisers to win. *** I'm not buying > > >> the whole keep it fair thing ***. But if you wanted to keep it fair and > > >> assuming we're mostly adults with some form of credit card you could > > >> required require a valid CC to vote and auth it for 50 cents and then > > >> kill the transaction. Most people can generate a thousand email > > >> address, but how many people have credit cards in multiple names? > > >> > > >> Best Regards, > > >> Mike Randolph > > >> > > >> At 01:06 AM 5/30/2003 -0400, you wrote: > > >> >The real question is, when it comes to these things, how do you secure > > >> >such an application so that there is no cheating? It may well be that > > >> >CFDJ's new system of having previous subscribers count as two is to > > >> offset >people who log in multiple times to stack their score. This may > > >> be a good >community project: How do you secure such a contest. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
