Wait, you're in HRM too? It's a Small GAF, after all, it's a small GAF...
Voted!
I'm going through the photos and have already seen a dozen friends voting for other kitchens.
I keep getting shitty updates of people's crap kitchens on my wall...you better win!
If I only knew this was in Halifax, we'd have a new kitchen.. Too late, voted.
what's up cuz?
I knew there must be a small Haligaf contingent here. You're the first one I've run into honestly.
You're number three for me. If we can get a few more we can have a meet up to make LA, NYC, Toronto jealous.
We found some evidence suggesting that the second place people have been cheating by buying likes, so shit might get crazy as this contest gets down to the wire.
Is asking strangers on GAF to vote for you and then raffling off videogames for them really that different from the buying votes form of "cheating"?
Yes.
At the beginning of the contest we called the company and asked them about the rules, specifically about online communities and things of that nature. They said it's totally fine since its a legitimate form of social networking. When we noticed that the other people were buying likes we called them (without accusing the other people or naming names) and asked hypotheically about buying likes. They said that buying likes would definitely be cheating. So far we've been playing by the rules 100% while the others started breaking the rules when they fell behind.
I remember my best friend and his wife were in this contest to win something (I don't remember what it was, it was awhile ago), and they asked all of us and our friends to vote for them in this contest. For awhile, they would always be around the 3rd or 4th position. The first place team had such a big lead it was almost on borderline cheating.
So, I thought of something that surely in this day and age wouldn't work, but sure enough it did. The poll for this contest was on the company's web site itself, not on Facebook. When I voted, I went and deleted the cookie the web site made off my computer, and just voted again. It worked. So my wife and I just went to town (I know most of you are saying right now that we aren't any better, but keep in mind the first place team had such a lead, there was no way they were doing it legit).
The web site for some reason noticed this, and actually reset the poll. The said there was a bug and it had to be reset. When voting started again, guess which team shot up very quickly again, and won the contest by a long mile?
The way I see it with these online polling contests, it is always cut throat, and people will do anything to win. I actually commend LowEndTorque for doing this raffle. I should have thought of that when my best friend was doing his contest.
I think I would agree with you if not for the video game raffle you're doing.
Well, I respect your opinion but I really don't see how having a game raffle with an online community that you regular is the same as hiring a company to spam votes for you with fake accounts. I assume I'd be in an extremely generous mood if we won, so It's more of a thank you to gaf and a gesture than "paying" people to get likes.
people in Halifax use their kitchen and don't just eat godly delicious Donairs all the time?
If I only knew this was in Halifax, we'd have a new kitchen.. Too late, voted.
Ahhh I see. I didn't understand at first that they hired a company to spam. I think we're on the same page now. In fact I think I'll go vote for you too since I think the spamming thing is bullshit. Good luck to you, and I didn't mean to come off like a dick before.
Yeah, I guess I wasnt really clear about that. My fault.
A few weeks into the contest we noticed that she created a facebook group for her entry. Someone posted Buy Likes! on her wall put a link to his/her website. I copied the link and held onto it for evidence just in case things got ugly.
A couple of weeks later we noticed that on random days of the week they would get bursts of votes in increments of 40-70 votes during odd hours of the night (like 1a.m to 5a.m-ish) No votes for the entire week, but a sudden burst of 70 votes overnight during odd hours of the night.
So I decided to look into who these mysterious overnight voters were. All these votes came from facebook accounts with open profiles, no friends, and the only activity from these accounts was liking hundreds of facebook pages.
I went back to that link and saw that the pagemaster had even put up a voting schedule, listing the times that they vote (which matched the times they were getting votes). Didn't report them to the company or accuse them and I'm hoping I don't have to. It's only a last resort if things get ugly and we lose.
Give the company that runs the contest the evidence you have of them buying votes.
Give the company that runs the contest the evidence you have of them buying votes.
Yeah, I'd do it ahead of time rather than only if you lose. Personally, I wouldn't want to look like a sore loser.
what's up cuz?
I knew there must be a small Haligaf contingent here. You're the first one I've run into honestly.
Currently at Dal, but going to Labrador to work for the summer.
A fellow Tiger on gaf? Never thought I'd see the day.
I did my Master's at Dal and I'm going back to Dal this September to start Law School. Are you originally from NFLD?
No, Caper and proud of it.
Yes.
At the beginning of the contest we called the company and asked them about the rules, specifically about online communities and things of that nature. They said it's totally fine since its a legitimate form of social networking. When we noticed that the other people were buying likes we called them (without accusing the other people or naming names) and asked hypotheically about buying likes. They said that buying likes would definitely be cheating. So far we've been playing by the rules 100% while the others started breaking the rules when they fell behind.
I think so too, what with the timbit/lolipopthing, but by technicality no. The kitchen isn't as bad as I thought it would be, and it really should go to whoever has the worst one. Sucks that social networking counts. But hey, that's some dedication you 2 have. Props for that, and sticking by the rules (though I don't exactly agree with).Is asking strangers on GAF to vote for you and then raffling off videogames for them really that different from the buying votes form of "cheating"?
I think so too, what with the timbit/lolipopthing, but by technicality no. The kitchen isn't as bad as I thought it would be, and it really should go to whoever has the worst one. Sucks that social networking counts. But hey, that's some dedication you 2 have. Props for that, and sticking by the rules (though I don't exactly agree with).
Hey man deleted my facebook but i already liked. Hope that isn't taken away now
Did you win or what dude? It seems like this has been going on an pretty long time.