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Originally Posted by Conscience
When the rules state "one vote per day per person" Hmmmm..... Yes i think it is cheating, what do you think?
pretty sure they didn't. But you are correct about the visibility point. Not so sure they enjoyed the Pillsbury bashing thet took on this forum though.
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Pillsbury messed up. The people responsible for this debacle of an internet contest didn't implement a way to ensure that voting was authenticated. Oops. Lesson learned, and perhaps next time they'll do a better job. Or maybe they won't. Asking people to authenticate themselves will turn people away. Less eyes on the site. Less lucrative stats to show their advertisters/sponsors.
Their PR people surely didn't want the bad publicity of banning someone from the contest for doing exactly what they wanted them to do - beg for votes. It is about hits, ad impressions, branding, word of mouth. Do you really think that Pillsbury cares who wins the contest? They just want their brand and their sponsors' brands shown. Over, and over, and over again.
And get this - I didn't even vote in the contest. Not my style. I'm just finding the fallout a little amusing. Anyway, this "kid" has a big day of putting his degree to use and can't be worried about tears shed over a Pillsbury contest...