Will You Help Make the Internet Fair?

[rwest]

Well okay, that'll never happen, but maybe you can help out my little corner of the world.

So, a woodworking tool maker in Portland made a set of real nice 6" combination squares with some "V" grooves in them and challenged customers to infill the grooves with a wood or some other item and he would post them and people could vote on which one they thought "most beautiful and most original."

So, I made one that I think is a solid effort and I'm proud of. Right off the bat, the usual bunch of guys who follow the blog vote and it is all over the place like one would expect, but now when I've checked the voting, a whole bunch of people have voted for one particular square in both categories! Seems suspicious and I figure the person who made that square is basically stuffing the ballot box.

Ethically I think it is wrong, so if you guys wouldn't mind, would you please check out the squares and vote? I'm not saying which one I made, I only want to win fairly and I think if a bunch more people vote, it should even out the tally. It is a Wordpress blog, so maybe you already have sign in capibilities and won't have to get an account.

Thanks so much in advance, I hate this sort of behavior, the contest is for the quality of work, not how many people you can get to vote for you!

Contest link TWO Talented Woodworkers are Going to Win $500 BCTW Gift Certificates- TIME TO VOTE! - John's Blog

Shot of suspicious votes and a picture of the squares before infilled.

[id10t]

If you post as to which is yours I can do a little scripting magic and vote from a large number of IP addresses

[rwest]

Originally Posted by id10t

If you post as to which is yours I can do a little scripting magic and vote from a large number of IP addresses

Made me laugh, you computer guys probably know way too much!

On a level playing field, I think my entry will do very well and if doesn't and voting was fair I would still be happy.

Thanks

[MBAtarga]

Looks like you have to actually register.

[rwest]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

Looks like you have to actually register.

Oh, darn, I was hoping it would be real easy for those that already use Wordpress logins.

I really would appreciate if people would take a couple minutes to register and vote- the whole thing is actually a bit depressing, I put a lot of effort into mine and to lose because somebody gets a bunch of people he knows to vote for him. I just want a fair contest.

Thanks,
Rutager