Originally Posted by
JonNYC
Actually, I was really just being a little silly.
Originally Posted by
CMK10
Enough with the "The Poll Was Gamed" nonsense. I've seen some wild conjecture in my almost 13 years on Flyertalk, but the idea that TalkBoard members, or other Flyertalkers, would game a poll over a like button is without a doubt, the most insane theory I've ever heard.
I think the idea that people will create new handles just to vote is a bit black helicopter, but to think that FTers & TB members don't lobby behind the scenes on issues (re: of issue) is definitely not insane.
I've seen it happen/experienced it over the years, both as a FTer and as a TB member. Re: of which side of an issue one is on, as long as lobbying doesn't violate TOS, it's allowed (TB general elections by candidates being the sole exception).
Re: the like poll #s itself, there was a sudden influx of votes in a 48 hour period. Prior & post that the voting has been pretty stable/not that many votes. So it's not out of the realm of possibility that there were some PMs being sent encouraging folk to vote yes. That there hasn't been many since then might mean some folk have run out of folk that they feel they can lobby/gone through their FT rolodex
And hey, the folk who are against this also have the option of contacting their FT rolodex to PM them & ask them to consider voting & to vote no
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Knowing TB members I know they'll consider both the poll & the comments when deciding whether to move forward with this & not just an either/or.
Cheers.