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Re: CLSOTW voting
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 20 Dec 1999 01:09:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bram Lambrecht writes:
> I think what Todd is trying to say is that if a site is especially
> noteworthy, he'll pick it over the other sites in the list. For the
> Halloween and Star Wars contests, it made sense to pick those sites for
> the respective weeks because the contests had just ended. Picking them
> as CLSOTW brings people's attentions to the results of the contests right
> away. When Todd picked my tutorial last year, I think he was just trying
> to flatter me by giving me #100 :) (Actually, I think Todd asked first on
> RTL if anyone minded, and there were no complaints.)
This defeats the whole purpose of voting then. I wonder how much worth a vote
has if Todd is ultimately going to select the site he wants.
> Remember, it's Todd's site, so he has the last word.
Yes of course! I think about this every time I post in here.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: CLSOTW voting
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| (...) Of course it doesn't. (...) You weren't listening. Go back and read what I wrote again. --Todd (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: CLSOTW voting
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| (...) I think the point is that the sites are picked by Todd. The vote is there as a sort of aid. It's not an election. (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | CLSOTW "voting" (was Re: CLSOTW voting
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| (...) Our input is important but it's not merely a popularity contest. A lot of stuff around here works that way... For instance, Spotlight: (URL) for one like it that way. I'd rather trust the judgement of someone whose aesthetics and sense of what (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: CLSOTW voting
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| (...) I think what Todd is trying to say is that if a site is especially noteworthy, he'll pick it over the other sites in the list. For the Halloween and Star Wars contests, it made sense to pick those sites for the respective weeks because the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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