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(...) The majority of people get a new IP address every time they sign in. They tend to get IP addresses that are clustered, so it's possible to spot ballot stuffing by IP address, but they will be able to vote from many IP addresses. And what you (...) (24 years ago, 20-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) The software engine that is used on From Bricks to Banthans does not allow multiple voting from the same machine. I'm not sure how it does it, but I would imagine that it uses both an IP address and cookies. As I said before I am not familiar (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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I like the idea of saying that you can't vote for yourself as well. I think we will get better results. Amy Hughes <lugnews@public.atreides.org> wrote in message news:G92q76.7IH@lugnet.com... (...) tend (...) addresses. (...) ballot (...) my (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) I don't think that entrants for themselves matters all that much. It's the entrants' non-FOL friends that are skewing the results. I don't have any suggestions on how to handle this, except to limit voting to contestants, or have people (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Well I can give at least one reason why not being allowed to vote for yourself might be counter productive. For example say there are 5 entrants in a catagory and I feel the following. 1. My entry (can't vote for me) 2. Really cool layout I (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Hmm... I see what you're getting at. But that's why my g/f's 'selected voting panel' would be good: have Kevin select people who he thinks WON'T do that (I'm sure there are plenty on Lugnet). Or fall to plan b, which is no voting in a category (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Why is the contest so important that you feel that you need to campaign for it? Shouldn't the fun of this contest be the simple act of participation? Just to be proud of your accomplishment and to be part of a group of people sharing something (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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(...) Um, because I'm not interested in how many mundane friends you have? I'm interested in what your *peers* (as in LEGO fans) think of your work. Even then, I'm only mildly interested in the *outcome* (winner). I'm much more interested in the (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-01, to lugnet.town)
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