Green Room - Week 9 - Day 1

[clauderainsrm]

Last night featured some goodbyes: https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1020916.html

and a Hello to a new topic: https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1020951.html

It also had Golden Ticket byes becoming available: https://therealljidol.dreamwidth.org/1020455.html

and the usual offer to discuss how people did in the "email poll". (see the goodbye post)

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People seem to enjoy data, so I have a little bit for you. Maybe more later.

- "Email me your votes" should, in theory, have the same amount of votes as "click here". After all, ANYONE can vote. It's not like it's a restricted, contestant only, poll. But actually it's usually less. In this case, just over half as many people responded to the email request as do the "click here". It's also not the same people. There were definitely some familiar names. But across the board, in every category (including active contestants), the numbers were down. I'd say that's been true of a good 75% of the times that I've ran this type of poll. People are willing to sign up for a website and click a box - but aren't as willing to send an email. It's less work (for those not already on that site) but some folks just aren't willing to do it.


- There were 4 contestants who broke out of their "usual standing" in the polls, in a positive way, with vote totals spiking up a significant amount.

- There were 2 contestants who I thought were "out" about halfway through. One of them ended up having a mid-poll rally where nearly every single ballot that came in the second half had their name on it. The other had their name show up on the *last 2 ballots* received, and was saved by a single vote.

Both of those examples, to me, say - keep putting yourself out there, and never give up hope. Because your fate can change, if you work hard enough to help it along.

There were definitely a handful of stand-outs, people who did really well. But some of them are in that "improved in a significant way" category with the voters, and some usually do well. That said - I think Second Chance could very well play a huge part in what our Top 10 is going to look like. I predict a few major shakeups before the end of this. (Not even knowing who is coming - just knowing how the Top 15 to about Top 6 or so usually goes.) There are always a few unexpected stumbles/bye-outs and just weeks that go absolutely wrong... it's a short mini season, but a long road ahead of us game wise.

Comments

[kehlen.livejournal.com]

"Vote for X, Y, Z - unless voting for them will eliminate me."

Please never reveal who they are, or I'll probably never vote for them again :). I find this kind of strategy repulsive.

[bsgsix]

Okay, see, I FULLY agree with that. Which is why I do not like polls, where removing a vote (unless someone accidentally checked a box, meaning to click the one above or below it) is basically the same thing. If you vote for me one day, but then your friend is one vote behind me and I watch my vote disappear? It seems fishy. I'm not really seeing it HERE, but it's happened. And while I did watch a vote disappear in a poll here, it was only once, so I'm willing to chalk that up to a one-time error, not some weird conspiracy.

At the end of the day, I'm just going to write, and hope people like or at least respect my craft. And then I hope they vote for that so I can continue to play. On top of that, I'll chat with people and make friends. But I'm leaving the whole clique and "I'm better than these people but as good as these people, let's form an alliance" bit to the wolves, because I'm not interested. I'll do what I do and hope that's enough.

[clauderainsrm]

"Please never reveal who they are, or I'll probably never vote for them again :). I find this kind of strategy repulsive."

I'd never reveal how a specific person votes.

**At least not intentionally, there have been two times when a poll has not been restricted to only me being able to view the results, and neither time ended well**