Hello Friends of this Forum,
And those that are not too for some reason, you are invited also ;-)
As said earlier we had taken note of concerns that were expressed here in regards to judging, voting and criteria issues.
No, we did not forget about it nor did we ignore them, we have been discussing the issues with Bogdan, and have decided to bring it here in an open dialogue to gage what the general feel of our members are, and to do that which is reasonable and fair to all.
We trust that all comments here will be in good humor, as we are here to discuss and not fight over anything. From what will be apparent here we will then go ahead and do that which is necessary for the betterment of this award.
We want to thank all those who so ardently have supported us right from the time this award was implemented. We are grateful for your continued support and encouragement.
With that said...lets move on to the debate:-
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RAJARAM Said:
Re: VOTE - BFA April 2009
As many would have found difficult to vote, I too
found, but I voted. This is the main reason, I suggested that this voting
pattern must be avoided or conducted in such a manner, that every nominated
forum must individually be graded by everyone in Adlandpro.com, and not just a
few....and the three judges.
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KATHLEEN Said:
I agree with Rajaram, part of the
judging is about graphics, what if the person's computer cannot handle posting
graphics? Everyone doesn't use the same computer system.
Also, it was mentioned to me before during one or more of the times I came
close to winning, that my loss was partially due to myself and visitors not
staying on the topic. Peoples' conversations usually do branch away from the
original topic, trains of thought go to other ideas. Is that really something
to lose judging points about? These are forums within a networking community,
networking is not a term of absolute focus because it must contain numerous
unknown entities, people. Are forums losing points because there are PEOPLE in
them having conversations that veer off the topic such as a music group? Which
reminds us of other music groups, or eras in time, or memories, or whatever?
Are we to stay precisely on the topic of the group featured in the first post
only? I'm using my Whammy music forum as an example here in mentioning that
subject. That's why I told my forum visitors to stop nominating Whammy because
I'd rather have it veer off to other related conversations and not conform to a
strict adherence to stay on the first post topic.
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RAJARAM Said:
Thanks
Kathleen for agreeing with me. I really appreciate your lovely response and the
way you pointed out other points for the BFA Team and CEO to think about.
Except the attractiveness in using Graphics, from somewhere, other sources, to
attract people to ADLANDPRO.COM, I don't think that should make some
difference, when used and when not used...THOUGH BEAUTY IS REALLY TO BE
APPRECIATED, WHEN BROUGHT IN.... But...... Anyhow,
there are some other politics playing, unknown to me and many others, that play
a big part here, I feel so, that we are quite either unaware of or simply few
neglect that to happen that way......since many of our brothers and sisters
seem to be quite about it........ For example,
when Mr/Ms .....XXXXX is appreciated otherwise in many forums, when the
question of voting xxxxxx get only few votes or no vote at all....How and why are
the questions, everyone has to think? If given chance for me and may be many
others too, we will vote for all our friends, nominated, grading them with
Marks, if necessary....but that is not the case right now......
KATHLEEN Said:I'm going to say one more thing, probably not a popular statement...
What's the point of adding points to the top 3 vote-getters from a
potentially invalid vote-count from an electronic ballot?
The foundation of that vote is already questionable, so giving people more
points for already having a high number of votes may only be an incentive for
some to find any way possible to initially inflate their own vote count, not by
cheating, of course! But possibly by requesting new members just to come
in and vote for their forum, when those new members have not had time to visit
around all the nominated forums yet.
$200 is high stakes for a non-verifiable voting
system. Winning is not always about the best, sometimes it's about
who wants the prize the most. People are people, not perfect competitors****************************************************************
BFA TEAM & BOGDAN Says....
What do you say about the following:
Voting: The regular electronic vote VS 'Write in Votes' with conditions.
Judging: suggest alternative process.
Criteria: Debate the issue at hand besides giving suggestions!
At the end of your post please submit in your 'write in vote' after stating your concerns and why you think you would vote as you do...this will then give us a count on opinions that will help us to decide.
Thank you and really looking forward to reading all that you have to say.
Oh and one last request...posts that seem to be rude and disturbing the atmosphere of decency and respect for all will be DELETED...! please keep them 'kool' kind' n 'kal-q-lated' LOL KKK ;-) some english here:-)
Ok you got what we mean't lets get on with this debate !!!
Your BFA Team
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