Comments on: Seattle Bubble Withdraws from Blog Contest http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/ News & discussion about real estate & the housing bubble in the Seattle area. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:04:18 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: explorer http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43661 explorer Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:46:29 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43661 I don't need no stinking contest prize to know this is the best source of fair-minded analysis on the facts and issues for the topic! So, it's not a beauty contest, and the prizes are not worth the effort. So who decided cheating gets you ahead in the Social Darwinism game anyway? You still have us Tim!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43661','explorer',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43661','explorer','I don\'t need no stinking contest prize to know this is the best source of fair-minded analysis on the facts and issues for the topic! \r\n\r\nSo, it\'s not a beauty contest, and the prizes are not worth the effort. So who decided cheating gets you ahead in the Social Darwinism game anyway? \r\n\r\nYou still have us Tim!',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> I don’t need no stinking contest prize to know this is the best source of fair-minded analysis on the facts and issues for the topic!

So, it’s not a beauty contest, and the prizes are not worth the effort. So who decided cheating gets you ahead in the Social Darwinism game anyway?

You still have us Tim!

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]]> By: Everett_Tom http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43538 Everett_Tom Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:39:10 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43538

Can you elaborate on “cheating?” What were these folks doing? I can’t imagine how you could cheat at a blog off. I would be interested to hear.

It came down to ballot stuffing. By performing some simple actions, a user could vote for their favorite site 60, 100, 1000, etc.. times. Which was happening.

(In case you missed it, a 3rd party website was holding the voting, with the winning sites going on to further rounds against other winning sites. by following the links in the story above, you can get to the site which is putting on the contest…)

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]]> By: The Denver Mortgage Broker http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43440 The Denver Mortgage Broker Sun, 02 Mar 2008 04:06:10 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43440 Can you elaborate on "cheating?" What were these folks doing? I can't imagine how you could cheat at a blog off. I would be interested to hear.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43440','The Denver Mortgage Broker',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43440','The Denver Mortgage Broker','Can you elaborate on \"cheating?\" What were these folks doing? I can\'t imagine how you could cheat at a blog off. I would be interested to hear.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Can you elaborate on “cheating?” What were these folks doing? I can’t imagine how you could cheat at a blog off. I would be interested to hear.
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]]> By: Shawn http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43421 Shawn Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:19:45 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43421 good move Tim. The greater goal is to preserve your good name. Just a note that most sites have usage agreements and to actually "cheat" is an illegal action. Not that anyone is going to jail, but who wants to be the first?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43421','Shawn',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43421','Shawn','good move Tim. The greater goal is to preserve your good name. Just a note that most sites have usage agreements and to actually \"cheat\" is an illegal action. Not that anyone is going to jail, but who wants to be the first?',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> good move Tim. The greater goal is to preserve your good name. Just a note that most sites have usage agreements and to actually “cheat” is an illegal action. Not that anyone is going to jail, but who wants to be the first?
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]]> By: disbelief http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43402 disbelief Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:43:47 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43402 Btw, Just reading that term "Blarch Badness" make me cringe. "Juvenile" is about all I can say.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43402','disbelief',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43402','disbelief','Btw,\r\nJust reading that term \"Blarch Badness\" make me cringe. \"Juvenile\" is about all I can say.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Btw,
Just reading that term “Blarch Badness” make me cringe. “Juvenile” is about all I can say.
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]]> By: disbelief http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43401 disbelief Sat, 01 Mar 2008 17:37:51 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43401 Good for you Tim, this contest stuff to see who's blog can get the most votes was/is completely meaningless. On a side note: I think that's it's an unfortunate truth that the more popular a site becomes, the less it's worth reading. Look at those "national" bubble sites for example and how many maniacal posts you have to wade through just to get to something insightful. There are already enough freaks who have found their way over here to spew thoughtless garbage along the lines of "Seattle is special" or (if you want housing prices to drop substantially), then you must be some kind of "anarchist" of "sore looser". I wouldn't blame you for pursuing a housing related site that does not function like a blog, but rather like a newspaper in that you act as the editor and post only a few pro/contra views.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43401','disbelief',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43401','disbelief','Good for you Tim, this contest stuff to see who\'s blog can get the most votes was\/is completely meaningless.\r\n\r\nOn a side note: I think that\'s it\'s an unfortunate truth that the more popular a site becomes, the less it\'s worth reading. Look at those \"national\" bubble sites for example and how many maniacal posts you have to wade through just to get to something insightful.\r\n\r\nThere are already enough freaks who have found their way over here to spew thoughtless garbage along the lines of \"Seattle is special\" or (if you want housing prices to drop substantially), then you must be some kind of \"anarchist\" of \"sore looser\".\r\n\r\nI wouldn\'t blame you for pursuing a housing related site that does not function like a blog, but rather like a newspaper in that you act as the editor and post only a few pro\/contra views.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Good for you Tim, this contest stuff to see who’s blog can get the most votes was/is completely meaningless.

On a side note: I think that’s it’s an unfortunate truth that the more popular a site becomes, the less it’s worth reading. Look at those “national” bubble sites for example and how many maniacal posts you have to wade through just to get to something insightful.

There are already enough freaks who have found their way over here to spew thoughtless garbage along the lines of “Seattle is special” or (if you want housing prices to drop substantially), then you must be some kind of “anarchist” of “sore looser”.

I wouldn’t blame you for pursuing a housing related site that does not function like a blog, but rather like a newspaper in that you act as the editor and post only a few pro/contra views.

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]]> By: JC http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43346 JC Sat, 01 Mar 2008 09:39:48 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43346 This is an excellent blog. Does the blogger, or any of his readers monitor their northern, and apparently as yet unscathed, neighbour Vancouver, a city Shiller dubbed "the bubbliest in the world" in 2006?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43346','JC',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43346','JC','This is an excellent blog.\r\nDoes the blogger, or any of his readers monitor their northern, and apparently as yet unscathed, neighbour Vancouver, a city Shiller dubbed \"the bubbliest in the world\" in 2006?',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> This is an excellent blog.
Does the blogger, or any of his readers monitor their northern, and apparently as yet unscathed, neighbour Vancouver, a city Shiller dubbed “the bubbliest in the world” in 2006?
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]]> By: Jason http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43336 Jason Sat, 01 Mar 2008 03:09:29 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43336 Thank you. Blog "tournaments" are shameless self-promotion to artificially inflate page views by adding meaningless articles over and over again. "Vote for us!" "Vote for us again!" "We need your votes!" "Vote for us!"<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43336','Jason',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43336','Jason','Thank you. Blog \"tournaments\" are shameless self-promotion to artificially inflate page views by adding meaningless articles over and over again. \"Vote for us!\" \"Vote for us again!\" \"We need your votes!\" \"Vote for us!\"',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Thank you. Blog “tournaments” are shameless self-promotion to artificially inflate page views by adding meaningless articles over and over again. “Vote for us!” “Vote for us again!” “We need your votes!” “Vote for us!”
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]]> By: WestSideBilly http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43313 WestSideBilly Sat, 01 Mar 2008 01:52:09 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43313

In any case, I would like to extend and revise my remarks, by noting that Mariner’s fans are more likely to cheat, just to experience the rare thrill of victory. Poor things…they must be starved!

What are you talking about? They win 70 times every season. :)

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]]> By: eugene http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43302 eugene Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:38:02 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43302 i was looking forward to saying: "I lost to the eventual champion." well, you're still the champ in my book.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43302','eugene',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43302','eugene','i was looking forward to saying:\r\n\r\n\"I lost to the eventual champion.\"\r\n\r\nwell, you\'re still the champ in my book.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> i was looking forward to saying:

“I lost to the eventual champion.”

well, you’re still the champ in my book.

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]]> By: Frederick Frederickson http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43301 Frederick Frederickson Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:37:47 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43301 you mr the tim are a pregnant female dog<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43301','Frederick Frederickson',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43301','Frederick Frederickson','you mr the tim are a pregnant female dog',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> you mr the tim are a pregnant female dog
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]]> By: Cougar http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43300 Cougar Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:29:21 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43300 Tim - have your own contest here on SB! You have alot of traffic and it could be fun. The prizes could be donated from your loyal bloggers, I know there would be a couple of free t-shirts ;)<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43300','Cougar',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43300','Cougar','Tim - have your own contest here on SB! You have alot of traffic and it could be fun. The prizes could be donated from your loyal bloggers, I know there would be a couple of free t-shirts ;)',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Tim – have your own contest here on SB! You have alot of traffic and it could be fun. The prizes could be donated from your loyal bloggers, I know there would be a couple of free t-shirts ;)
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]]> By: Mike http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43297 Mike Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:11:45 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43297 What a pity -- since I come to this site exclusively for its updates on blog popularity contests.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43297','Mike',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43297','Mike','What a pity -- since I come to this site exclusively for its updates on blog popularity contests.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> What a pity — since I come to this site exclusively for its updates on blog popularity contests.
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]]> By: MisterBubble http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43296 MisterBubble Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:10:23 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43296 There were actual prizes involved? Who knew? Gee. With something on the line other than pride, you'd think that they'd use a poll service that tracks votes by IP address. This ain't rocket science. In any case, I would like to extend and revise my remarks, by noting that Mariner's fans are more likely to cheat, just to experience the rare thrill of victory. Poor things...they must be starved!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43296','MisterBubble',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43296','MisterBubble','There were actual prizes involved? Who knew?\r\n\r\nGee. With something on the line other than pride, you\'d think that they\'d use a poll service that tracks votes by IP address. This ain\'t rocket science.\r\n\r\nIn any case, I would like to extend and revise my remarks, by noting that Mariner\'s fans are more likely to cheat, just to experience the rare thrill of victory. Poor things...they must be starved!',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> There were actual prizes involved? Who knew?

Gee. With something on the line other than pride, you’d think that they’d use a poll service that tracks votes by IP address. This ain’t rocket science.

In any case, I would like to extend and revise my remarks, by noting that Mariner’s fans are more likely to cheat, just to experience the rare thrill of victory. Poor things…they must be starved!

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]]> By: The Tim http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43295 The Tim Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:01:06 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43295 CG@9 - Hah, could be. What can I say, I'm a sucker for a contest. Bili@10 - <a href="http://seattle.metblogs.com/archives/2008/02/blarch_badness_34.phtml" rel="nofollow">These were the prizes</a>. Honestly though the only one that interested me much was the free night at the downtown hotel. I would have given the rest away in some sort of "closest guess" type contest on here. I was just enjoying the good-natured competition among Seattle blogs.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43295','The Tim',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43295','The Tim','CG@9 - Hah, could be. What can I say, I\'m a sucker for a contest.\r\nBili@10 - <a href=\"http:\/\/seattle.metblogs.com\/archives\/2008\/02\/blarch_badness_34.phtml\" rel=\"nofollow\">These were the prizes<\/a>. Honestly though the only one that interested me much was the free night at the downtown hotel. I would have given the rest away in some sort of \"closest guess\" type contest on here. I was just enjoying the good-natured competition among Seattle blogs.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> CG@9 – Hah, could be. What can I say, I’m a sucker for a contest.
Bili@10 – These were the prizes. Honestly though the only one that interested me much was the free night at the downtown hotel. I would have given the rest away in some sort of “closest guess” type contest on here. I was just enjoying the good-natured competition among Seattle blogs.
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]]> By: biliruben http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43294 biliruben Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:55 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43294 What was the prize?<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43294','biliruben',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43294','biliruben','What was the prize?',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> What was the prize?
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]]> By: CG http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43293 CG Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:59:31 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43293 Methinks that The Tim's initial enthusiasm for this "contest" exhibited the same kind of silly boosterism that he decries when he uncovers it among the real estate professional class. But, hey, we're all susceptible to wishful thinking!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43293','CG',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43293','CG','Methinks that The Tim\'s initial enthusiasm for this \"contest\" exhibited the same kind of silly boosterism that he decries when he uncovers it among the real estate professional class. But, hey, we\'re all susceptible to wishful thinking!',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Methinks that The Tim’s initial enthusiasm for this “contest” exhibited the same kind of silly boosterism that he decries when he uncovers it among the real estate professional class. But, hey, we’re all susceptible to wishful thinking!
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]]> By: The Tim http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43290 The Tim Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:33:05 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43290 Apparently Dylan over at Metroblogging is getting some angry emails from some people over the way this contest turned out. If any of you are sending such things, please stop, seriously. This was by no means Dylan's fault, and it was great of him to put on such a tournament in the first place. I don't envy the task of trying to enforce fairness in something like this.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43290','The Tim',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43290','The Tim','Apparently Dylan over at Metroblogging is getting some angry emails from some people over the way this contest turned out. If any of you are sending such things, please stop, seriously. This was by no means Dylan\'s fault, and it was great of him to put on such a tournament in the first place. I don\'t envy the task of trying to enforce fairness in something like this.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Apparently Dylan over at Metroblogging is getting some angry emails from some people over the way this contest turned out. If any of you are sending such things, please stop, seriously. This was by no means Dylan’s fault, and it was great of him to put on such a tournament in the first place. I don’t envy the task of trying to enforce fairness in something like this.
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]]> By: vanderleun http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43288 vanderleun Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:19:49 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43288 To paraphrase Henry Kissinger, "Why is there so much cheating in blog contests? Because the stakes are so small."<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43288','vanderleun',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43288','vanderleun','To paraphrase Henry Kissinger, \"Why is there so much cheating in blog contests? Because the stakes are so small.\"',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> To paraphrase Henry Kissinger, “Why is there so much cheating in blog contests? Because the stakes are so small.”
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]]> By: MisterBubble http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43286 MisterBubble Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:05:08 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43286 Bunch of knuckle-draggers....<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43286','MisterBubble',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43286','MisterBubble','Bunch of knuckle-draggers....',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Bunch of knuckle-draggers….
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]]> By: Grubbie http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43277 Grubbie Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:41:41 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43277 Hey Tim, I'm sorry to say as a reader of LL and SB, that in a straight up fair vote, SB would have been crushed. Not one other site was pulled in to help get votes. LL has enough sister sites, that they can pull in thousands of votes with a little help (see USSMariner vs LL last year).<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43277','Grubbie',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43277','Grubbie','Hey Tim,\r\n\r\nI\'m sorry to say as a reader of LL and SB, that in a straight up fair vote, SB would have been crushed. Not one other site was pulled in to help get votes. LL has enough sister sites, that they can pull in thousands of votes with a little help (see USSMariner vs LL last year).',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Hey Tim,

I’m sorry to say as a reader of LL and SB, that in a straight up fair vote, SB would have been crushed. Not one other site was pulled in to help get votes. LL has enough sister sites, that they can pull in thousands of votes with a little help (see USSMariner vs LL last year).

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]]> By: The Tim http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43274 The Tim Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:39:43 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43274 <blockquote>I was curious as to why we had so many votes!</blockquote> I still think we could have legitimately gotten quite a few votes (though there were numerous surges on both sides that were clearly <em>not</em> legitimate). Our traffic stats can be publicly viewed <a href="http://my.statcounter.com/project/standard/stats.php?project_id=846194&guest=1" title="Statcounter" rel="nofollow">here </a>or <a href="http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=stats&s=s23seattlebubble" title="Sitemeter" rel="nofollow">here</a>. According to Google Analytics, which doesn't have a way to view publicly, we had over 5,500 "absolute unique visitors" from Monday through today. So we should have been able to easily pull of thousands of legitimate votes, especially with the plugs on RCG and SREP. But once somebody starts cheating, it's all downhill from there.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43274','The Tim',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43274','The Tim','<blockquote>I was curious as to why we had so many votes!<\/blockquote>\r\nI still think we could have legitimately gotten quite a few votes (though there were numerous surges on both sides that were clearly <em>not<\/em> legitimate). Our traffic stats can be publicly viewed <a href=\"http:\/\/my.statcounter.com\/project\/standard\/stats.php?project_id=846194&guest=1\" title=\"Statcounter\" rel=\"nofollow\">here <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sitemeter.com\/?a=stats&s=s23seattlebubble\" title=\"Sitemeter\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>. According to Google Analytics, which doesn\'t have a way to view publicly, we had over 5,500 \"absolute unique visitors\" from Monday through today. So we should have been able to easily pull of thousands of legitimate votes, especially with the plugs on RCG and SREP. But once somebody starts cheating, it\'s all downhill from there.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div>

I was curious as to why we had so many votes!

I still think we could have legitimately gotten quite a few votes (though there were numerous surges on both sides that were clearly not legitimate). Our traffic stats can be publicly viewed here or here. According to Google Analytics, which doesn’t have a way to view publicly, we had over 5,500 “absolute unique visitors” from Monday through today. So we should have been able to easily pull of thousands of legitimate votes, especially with the plugs on RCG and SREP. But once somebody starts cheating, it’s all downhill from there.

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]]> By: Grubbie http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43273 Grubbie Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:37:44 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43273 What a joke.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43273','Grubbie',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43273','Grubbie','What a joke.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> What a joke.
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]]> By: AndySeattle http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43272 AndySeattle Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:35:00 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43272 I wonder if 'SoftwareEngineer' was one of the cheaters... being a Software Engineer and all. ^__^ Just kidding! Good on ya Tim for pulling out on these terms. Like WSB I was curious as to why we had so many votes!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43272','AndySeattle',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43272','AndySeattle','I wonder if \'SoftwareEngineer\' was one of the cheaters... being a Software Engineer and all. ^__^\r\n\r\nJust kidding!\r\n\r\nGood on ya Tim for pulling out on these terms. Like WSB I was curious as to why we had so many votes!',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> I wonder if ‘SoftwareEngineer’ was one of the cheaters… being a Software Engineer and all. ^__^

Just kidding!

Good on ya Tim for pulling out on these terms. Like WSB I was curious as to why we had so many votes!

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]]> By: WestSideBilly http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43268 WestSideBilly Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:18:15 +0000 http://seattlebubble.com/blog/2008/02/29/seattle-bubble-withdraws-from-blog-contest/#comment-43268 Honorable, Tim. I thought it was a bit odd that after winning the first couple rounds with ~100 votes, we had 2000+ and were losing in this round. I found a couple interesting blogs to read when I'm bored, so I guess the mission was accomplished.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('43268','WestSideBilly',''); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('43268','WestSideBilly','Honorable, Tim. \r\n\r\nI thought it was a bit odd that after winning the first couple rounds with ~100 votes, we had 2000+ and were losing in this round.\r\n\r\nI found a couple interesting blogs to read when I\'m bored, so I guess the mission was accomplished.',''); return false;">Quote</a></div> Honorable, Tim.

I thought it was a bit odd that after winning the first couple rounds with ~100 votes, we had 2000+ and were losing in this round.

I found a couple interesting blogs to read when I’m bored, so I guess the mission was accomplished.

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