Darcy Anielski wrote:
I'll try it out!!

AMENDMENT

RULE #4. Any MM member may cast ONE vote per competition. Please do not solicit votes in any way, on behalf of yourself or others, directly or indirectly, in MM or in any other social media. This contest is not a popularity contest and if we suspect your friends, family, associates or fans may have been solicited by anyone to vote for you, we will disqualify your entry. A DQ however, is not a charge of cheating or vote stacking; it is a systematic safeguard we have in place to flag and remove entries that show vote patterns normally associated with vote stacking. If you are wrongly DQ'd please accept our apology, get over it, and feel free to enter again in the next round of competition.
Administrator actions are final and will not be reversed.

Kirsten Bilodeau wrote:
I understand how it may seem like that, but in the new rule # 8, admin mentioned that they want this contest to be bigger.. so of course i mentioned it to others especially photographers that i keep in touch with, but i didnt solicit or convince anyone to vote for me, especially some people i dont even know. And there are people voting for contestants that live near them that aren't disqualified, i just think its unfair.

Model_Jenny wrote:
Ah well. U live and learn. It happens to the best of us and we just have to move on and not stress about it. At the end of the day rules are rules right.

When the rules are conflicting, the rules are wrong, not right, right?

How do these contest grow larger and get more voters? People have to publicize the contests. The person entering the contest cannot encourage others to vote without it seeming like they are asking for votes. A totally disinterested party would need to encourage others to vote, but that comes across as spam. Voters cannot encourage others to vote, for their vote influences others, too.

While a fan club is not fair to all, accusations based on an assumption without proof is unfair to everyone.

With so few voting, I suggest these go to a juried pool for selection.

When the rules are conflicting, the rules are wrong, not right, right?

How do these contest grow larger and get more voters? People have to publicize the contests. The person entering the contest cannot encourage others to vote without it seeming like they are asking for votes. A totally disinterested party would need to encourage others to vote, but that comes across as spam. Voters cannot encourage others to vote, for their vote influences others, too.

While a fan club is not fair to all, accusations based on an assumption without proof is unfair to everyone.

With so few voting, I suggest these go to a juried pool for selection.

Personally i don't think it will grow popular. If you win your a suspect, if you lose your not. I had to be shamed and embarrassed before I got my winning badge. If the photographer who took the picture is in your friends then he cant vote for you or his own picture because this is deemed as suspicion of cheating. So best we have no friends if we want to win, right. REMEMBER THAN ANYONE IN YOUR FRIENDS LIST CANNOT VOTE FOR YOU. But how many members on here are voting for the people who they have as a friend? Isnt that cheating or at least suspicion.

My_Twin_Sister wrote:

Personally i don't think it will grow popular. If you win your a suspect, if you lose your not. I had to be shamed and embarrassed before I got my winning badge. If the photographer who took the picture is in your friends then he cant vote for you or his own picture because this is deemed as suspicion of cheating. So best we have no friends if we want to win, right. REMEMBER THAN ANYONE IN YOUR FRIENDS LIST CANNOT VOTE FOR YOU. But how many members on here are voting for the people who they have as a friend? Isnt that cheating or at least suspicion.

Lol its true, i had to tell some people NOT to vote for me so i didnt get dq'd!