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Re: Cool Lego Site of the Week question
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Mon, 24 Mar 2003 20:53:43 GMT
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I don't vote because I can't. I don't think that CLSOTW should be limited
to members only, but alas, I have given up the arguement after I was shot
down at admin.suggestions. Oh well. Just look to the newfound sucess of
Minifig Hall of Fame, I would say opening voting up for everyone would mean
lots of votes! Not to cry for the dead, but here is my whole opinion on
LCSOTW... http://news.lugnet.com/admin/suggestions/?n=394
In lugnet.general, Bruce Hietbrink writes:
> So, why do so few people vote on CLSotW? Back in December there were over 20
> per poll (with 23, 26, 37, and 32 responses for those four weeks). After that
> it has dropped: 27, 13, 17, 20, 9, 14, 13, and coming in this week at a
> whopping 6.
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> I know that back when CLSotW seemed to die before there were some who said that
> every cool site had already been chosen. But I would argue that a glance
> through the picks since CLSotW came back proves otherwise. Even some important
> and popular sites from before like Peeron hadn't been picked by that point, and
> some really popular sites have sprung up in the last 18 months like the Brick
> Testament and the BI Portal. I would agree that each week there are some in
> the poll that don't match up to the others, but I am constantly surprised by
> some of the new sites, or at least sites that are new to me.
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> Is it that it takes too long to vote? Other polls (including profoundly flawed
> polls) seem to get more votes, and those are often hard to find. CLSotW is
> linked off the front page. Granted, it takes a little bit to click through an
> unfamiliar site, but isn't discovering new Lego creations part of why we are
> all here?
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> Anyway, I'd just like to urge people to vote more. CLSotW is probably the only
> ongoing community-wide recognition of people's creations (as opposed to more
> periodic contests or recognitions in smaller segments of the community). But
> if only six people are actually voting, it doesn't really mean as much.
>
> Bruce
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| Same thing here. For same reason I don't read it that often - no reason to. In general I have notices a very low period lately - seems like poeple is doing something else in the beginning of this year - just when I am doing a lot. There have been (...) (21 years ago, 25-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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| | Cool Lego Site of the Week question
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| So, why do so few people vote on CLSotW? Back in December there were over 20 per poll (with 23, 26, 37, and 32 responses for those four weeks). After that it has dropped: 27, 13, 17, 20, 9, 14, 13, and coming in this week at a whopping 6. I know (...) (21 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.general)
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