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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
Who the hell would compromise their integrity for a piece of plastic?
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Someone who has zero integrity to begin with.
This could even be that guy's version of trolling... trolling the organizers and the other entrants.
Do you remember that "Vote for the Worst" website that sprang up when one of those TV shows with the weeks-long run had their final elimination shows?
It might've been "American Idol" and with people being able to vote online, it became a huge deal that this website's creators posted the name of who they thought performed the poorest on that night's show and encouraged their lemming troll followers to text in the entry number of that person. Also, IIRC one could vote up to ten times.
We don't watch those shows, but an extended family member told us about it and my reaction was that the only way to fix the situation was to let only those in the studio audience vote...
which is analogous to only letting those who attend the truck show vote.
Sure, to promote viewership, the network wanted the national audience to feel like they had input, but they forgot about how insidious and pervasive the troll society is.
EDIT: Just found this: VFTW started at the Survivor Sucks message board[6] and moved to a GeoCities website during season three of American Idol. The very first VFTW pick during Season 3 was Jennifer Hudson, dubbed "Boomquisha Santiago" or just "Boomie," during the semi-finals, but the site never picked her again as she improved in further weeks.[7] When Hudson sang "Circle of Life" during finals, the camera went to a shot of Hudson's family members, with a cousin who sat with her arms folded while the others cheered. This cousin was dubbed "Whatevia," the namesake of VFTW's annual awards. The site began to upset regular Idol viewers with their support of John Stevens and Jasmine Trias, but it was largely unknown to the general public at this time.
More here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vote_for_the_Worst