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 Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:21 am 
I don't think using multiple computers or multiple browsers, or asking friends and family to to the same is 'cheating'. We pay for each and everyone of those computers and browsers. We have the right to spread the word of this great and undernourished band to any and all. Once it was understood that it was trying to be a fair poll (as opposed to an 'all clicks encouraged and appreciated' poll, all talk of hurting cookies and such ceased. Sanctimony is.....well, sanctimonious. |
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Joined: 26 Jul 2004 | Posts: 420 | Location: Cranberry Bog, MA
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 7:35 am
oh, great! see, i said i was going to shut up, but... the MSNBC website itself uses the example of individuals using "multiple computers or multiple browsers" as a way for people to subvert the intent of the polling process — or, "cheat": MSNBC.com wrote: In addition, while MSNBC.com’s Live Votes are designed to allow only one vote per user, someone who wants to vote more than once could simply use another computer or another Internet account. |
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Joined: 23 Mar 2006 | Posts: 1126 | Location: Temple Terrace, Florida
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:04 am
Ya'll are no fun. 
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 9:52 am
RockerChick wrote: Ya'll are no fun.
sorry! but, something i just realized: i don't think this poll ever ends! there's no end date mentioned anywhere on the poll, and i just voted on a "LiveVote" from 2005! so, how can Eisley ever "win?" hmm… |
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Joined: 23 Mar 2006 | Posts: 1126 | Location: Temple Terrace, Florida
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:10 am
do not be afraid. wrote: but, something i just realized: i don't think this poll ever ends! there's no end date mentioned anywhere on the poll, and i just voted on a "LiveVote" from 2005! so, how can Eisley ever "win?" hmm… HA HA AWESOME. DRMS_7888 wrote: TheAntrider wrote: In general, this is the dumbest argument of the year. Sorry, but I think the Hippo wins that award. bashing?  
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 10:12 am
By the way, I meant dumbest argument of 2008 ... _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2003 | Posts: 25184 | Location: East Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:23 am
TheAntrider wrote: By the way, I meant dumbest argument of 2008 ... Ok. You can have that one.  _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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Joined: 20 Feb 2005 | Posts: 8868 | Location: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 4:26 pm
DRMS_7888 wrote: TheAntrider wrote: By the way, I meant dumbest argument of 2008 ... Ok. You can have that one. for now. cuz 2008 only just begun _________________ Wil's excellent description of me. wilsmith wrote: You're the Anti-Censorship+Topless Twitpic Parodying+Youth Group Video Directing guy that's a champion for the 1st amendment, Videogames as Art, and unrepentant file sharing... Instagram - Facebook - Twitter - YouTube |
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Joined: 09 Aug 2004 | Posts: 4836 | Location: illinois
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 5:23 am
do not be afraid. wrote: but, something i just realized: i don't think this poll ever ends! there's no end date mentioned anywhere on the poll, and i just voted on a "LiveVote" from 2005! so, how can Eisley ever "win?" hmm… I'm going to say that since Eisley was winning at the stroke of midnight on NYE, they win the poll. Congrats Eisley! "Combinations" is America's favorite album of 2007! The plaque along with the one for selling 50 million records is in the mail. True this poll may never end. But over the next week the number voting on it will decrease to a miniscule rate and Eisley will remain at or near the top. All we can hope is that some people in the industry will notice that Eisley has a lot of support and be more encouraged to give Eisley further opportunities to excel in 2008. As mentioned by a previous poster, at the very least, we created some buzz for other voters who have never before heard of Eisley and are now intrigued by this band who's album must be good to have such a high number of votes. You'd be surprised how many people who look at lists or polls like this and will buy an album simply because it made a "best of the year list." They at the very least may go to the website and find out what all the buzz is about. And Eisley will inevitably get more fans. For that we have succeeded. Good job Eisley fans! |
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 12:43 pm
RockerChick wrote: This makes my heart happy. _________________ INTELLECT AND ROMANCE OVER BRUTE FORCE AND CYNICISM Smokemonster |
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Joined: 24 Sep 2003 | Posts: 14510 | Location: Alone on an airplane, fallin' asleep against the windowpane...
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:44 pm
Incredibly stupid, this whole no-ending poll thing. What's the point of that? I wrote to Marc (the writer of the piece) and he confirmed. Here's what he said about it: "The poll is utterly meaningless. I can't state this enough. Folks can vote-bomb the thing until they're blue in the face (or mouse-button finger), and it will amount to nothing at all. It's just a way for the site to incorporate some interactive content. But it has absolutely no importance whatsoever. There's no "winner," no "band of the year" and the poll never closes. It's just a thing that means nothing." I think it DOES mean something, that out of a poll of 13,000 readers, Eisley came out on top. But, I still wrote to MSNBC and told them it was stupid to have a never-ending end of the year favorite poll. |
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Joined: 26 Jul 2004 | Posts: 420 | Location: Cranberry Bog, MA
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 3:50 pm
i don't find it stupid because it's still interesting to see viewer's thoughts, even though it doesn't end. 
and who cares if it never ends? it wasn't a contest. it was a poll. |
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:16 pm
They expect the story to die, hence the ending of the vote. That story is pretty dead by now, I'm sure. It just ticks as long as the story is alive. They probably keep it open in case a story sprouts legs, and that way it'll still be interactive. There's nothing to winning anyway. It is however something to do to get some little word out there. "Eisley seems to be doing well. Maybe I'll check them out." Even just a few new people could lead to a lot. So it's not fruitless at all. Just not something to get worked up over. _________________ My photography:www.jamiemphoto.com You can't spell awesome without emo...backwards! -Julie definingawesome (11:44:11 PM): Eisley shivers our timbers |
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Joined: 15 Aug 2003 | Posts: 25184 | Location: East Texas
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Post subject: Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:17 pm
Wow, that's great! _________________ WE WANT MUSIC! |
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Joined: 05 Jan 2008 | Posts: 22 | Location: Henderson, Nevada
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Post subject: Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 3:03 am
Yeah for Eisley! Some more great press. 
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