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Languorous Lass The Order of Denderah
Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 2571 Location: Gone, baby, gone
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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I voted William Sledd, LG15, Nobody's Watching, Will It Blend, Chad Vader, Soup of the Day, Marco Tempest, Ask A Ninja, Snowmen Hunters, and that idiotic Dolly. |
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longlostposter The Order of Denderah
Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 5186 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 3:06 pm Post subject: |
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voted!
Picked "ask a gay man:denim edition" second. I love that vid. _________________ You can call me Juli or LLP, whichever suits your fancy.
I want the ghost of Jim Morrison to come and haunt me.
Proud member of the DB Fan Club.
Shout outs to my beautiful daughter badkittyx1505, Aithne, and Lurker. |
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blahblablee Lonely Fan
Joined: 31 Dec 2006 Posts: 237 Location: FacilityJ
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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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And now we wait...*sigh*... we better win...I mean...The Creators better win >_< ...
I don't think i can wait 3 days... _________________ HHE is the laugh of the future |
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Kanazaka Enthusiastic Fan
Joined: 04 Dec 2006 Posts: 464 Location: Worth, IL
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Posted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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I voted, and moved "My First Kiss" to the top and "Chad Vader: Dayshift Manager, Episode 1" up a spot. _________________ The samurai knows all |
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milowent Devoted Fan
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 883
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 8:07 am Post subject: |
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So, the winners of the YouTube awards were announced today, and Ask A Ninja won for best series. This is absolute baloney. When you voted, "Ask A Ninja" was automatically ordered in the top slot of the 10 videos listed. People had to move the videos around as they wanted, but I am sure this pre-ordering affected a lot of the categories and, in this case, seriously helped "Ask A Ninja." (Anybody with polling experience care to comment? - I've never seen this method of voting before.)
link to winner list: http://www.youtube.com/ytawards _________________ “Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!” |
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Marbella Ambassador
Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 7196 Location: HOOBS
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: |
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I'll certainly keep an eye on this and keep moving LonelyGirl up to #1. This is fun...very cool!
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Marbella Ambassador
Joined: 18 Nov 2006 Posts: 7196 Location: HOOBS
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milowent Devoted Fan
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 883
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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Marbella wrote: | I didn't see Milowent's comment..
I'm sad. What number was LonelyGirl? |
it's not clear, marbella. an AP article says LG15 was 4th, but that's also where lg15 showed up when you pulled up the voting page.
this use of a preferential (ie., ordered) voting system that required voters to put all 10 videos into a slot (instead of allowing voters to rank only those they know and leave the rest blank) was ill-conceived. not that internet polls are accurate anyway, but this made it much worse. _________________ “Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!” |
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Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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milowent wrote: | This is absolute baloney. When you voted, "Ask A Ninja" was automatically ordered in the top slot of the 10 videos listed. People had to move the videos around as they wanted, but I am sure this pre-ordering affected a lot of the categories and, in this case, seriously helped "Ask A Ninja." (Anybody with polling experience care to comment? - I've never seen this method of voting before.) |
milowent wrote: | this use of a preferential (ie., ordered) voting system that required voters to put all 10 videos into a slot (instead of allowing voters to rank only those they know and leave the rest blank) was ill-conceived. not that internet polls are accurate anyway, but this made it much worse. |
As someone with polling experience I can tell you that you don't need polling experience to spot the flaw in that system - you've already pointed it out yourself. It was a horrible idea.
Anyone who's taken a political science class, for that matter, could have told them that in polls people are going to do one of four things:
1) Go straight for what they're looking for if they've got something in mind, and pretty much ignore everything else
2) Give heed only to those things they recognize, even if it's only recognition of the name (local elections, for instance, basically come down to only name recognition)
3) Give votes to stuff ordered closer to the top of the list in the event they don't have a lot of familiarity with everything
4) Some combination of the above
I'm not saying "Ask A Ninja" didn't get a lot of intentional votes, but I am saying that polling system was the most god-awful I've ever seen. |
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longlostposter The Order of Denderah
Joined: 11 Feb 2007 Posts: 5186 Location: Louisiana
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:29 pm Post subject: |
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Not to mention that people could vote over and over again; that's just ridiculous. It should be one vote per person. _________________ You can call me Juli or LLP, whichever suits your fancy.
I want the ghost of Jim Morrison to come and haunt me.
Proud member of the DB Fan Club.
Shout outs to my beautiful daughter badkittyx1505, Aithne, and Lurker. |
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wh_pirate Enthusiastic Fan
Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 295 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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I tried to vote more than once but it wouldn't let me. _________________ You can call me Pirate. But don't ask if I am really a pirate. You may end up missing some of your booty. |
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Languorous Lass The Order of Denderah
Joined: 24 Oct 2006 Posts: 2571 Location: Gone, baby, gone
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 9:05 am Post subject: |
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You could only vote once per hour. |
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wh_pirate Enthusiastic Fan
Joined: 26 Dec 2006 Posts: 295 Location: Arizona
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Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:02 pm Post subject: |
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It was a couple of days later. _________________ You can call me Pirate. But don't ask if I am really a pirate. You may end up missing some of your booty. |
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