Ahh! Crazy!
Things definately blew up online today. I woke up and checked RAM, where I saw (to my dismay) that about 50 bogus accounts had been made to vote. So I again posted the rules, went to work, and hoped that might calm things down.
When I got home, I found that I had about 300 new users over the course of 8 hours. Yeah. So guess who's going to be spending all next week verifying 700 usernames? Gah.
I love doing the music awards mainly because it really draws attention to the site...get's people talking and new interest in what we're doing, and because it's a nice thing I can do to give the bands who win a little extra something to put in their press kit. So it kills me when things like this get blown out of the water by cheating. I really really want my business to be a legit, on the table, honest company (unlike most of the rest of the entertainment industry) but I'm wondering now if I'm living in a dream?
I remember a few years ago how sad I was when D1 made the decision to shut down the BOTB's. I understand now why. What good is an award if no one is ever really sure if it meant anything?
I need to find a better system for voting next year, that's for sure.
Anyways. Work was ok today. The fun part was trying to get home. I've decided that I need to pay more attention to politics, not for my own interest, but just to be at work on time. After having to deal with half of DC being shut down due to an abortion protest, and then the events of tonight, I need to plan my driving a bit better, lol.
So I leave the parking garage and notice that traffic is stopped down at the intersection of Constitution street and there are two cop cars, so I figure there's an accident and turn down to go to the next street. Then I notice that traffic is backed up on that street, and the one after, so now I'm thinking that there must be some huge accident. Since I don't really know an alternate way out of DC other than 66, I decide to sit it out. That's about the time that 6 cop cars come flying down the road. Then more. And I see even more coming up and down Consitution and Indiana from both directions. There are police everywhere, and traffic isn't moving in ANY direction. About that time I notice my fifth or sixth helicopter flying over, and then I really start to worry. I guess in the back of my head I always considered that living in the nation's capitol meant I might eventually have to deal with something, like, I dunno, terrorism?? So I call a few friends and finally get in touch with Jacob, to see if he'll turn on the TV and tell me what's happening up here, lol. He's like, "Uh, well, there's the State of the Union tonight." DUH! About that time I see what I assume was actually the president's entourage fly by with about 30 cop cars and several black SUVs. After that traffic resumes. Welcome to Washington DC.
Things definately blew up online today. I woke up and checked RAM, where I saw (to my dismay) that about 50 bogus accounts had been made to vote. So I again posted the rules, went to work, and hoped that might calm things down.
When I got home, I found that I had about 300 new users over the course of 8 hours. Yeah. So guess who's going to be spending all next week verifying 700 usernames? Gah.
I love doing the music awards mainly because it really draws attention to the site...get's people talking and new interest in what we're doing, and because it's a nice thing I can do to give the bands who win a little extra something to put in their press kit. So it kills me when things like this get blown out of the water by cheating. I really really want my business to be a legit, on the table, honest company (unlike most of the rest of the entertainment industry) but I'm wondering now if I'm living in a dream?
I remember a few years ago how sad I was when D1 made the decision to shut down the BOTB's. I understand now why. What good is an award if no one is ever really sure if it meant anything?
I need to find a better system for voting next year, that's for sure.
Anyways. Work was ok today. The fun part was trying to get home. I've decided that I need to pay more attention to politics, not for my own interest, but just to be at work on time. After having to deal with half of DC being shut down due to an abortion protest, and then the events of tonight, I need to plan my driving a bit better, lol.
So I leave the parking garage and notice that traffic is stopped down at the intersection of Constitution street and there are two cop cars, so I figure there's an accident and turn down to go to the next street. Then I notice that traffic is backed up on that street, and the one after, so now I'm thinking that there must be some huge accident. Since I don't really know an alternate way out of DC other than 66, I decide to sit it out. That's about the time that 6 cop cars come flying down the road. Then more. And I see even more coming up and down Consitution and Indiana from both directions. There are police everywhere, and traffic isn't moving in ANY direction. About that time I notice my fifth or sixth helicopter flying over, and then I really start to worry. I guess in the back of my head I always considered that living in the nation's capitol meant I might eventually have to deal with something, like, I dunno, terrorism?? So I call a few friends and finally get in touch with Jacob, to see if he'll turn on the TV and tell me what's happening up here, lol. He's like, "Uh, well, there's the State of the Union tonight." DUH! About that time I see what I assume was actually the president's entourage fly by with about 30 cop cars and several black SUVs. After that traffic resumes. Welcome to Washington DC.
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