Funnyfarm | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 10:47 am     Looks like someone is "stuffing the ballot box" for Ali. As someone mentioned in a thead yesterday, Ali's votes have doubled over the week end. Pennsylvania must have discovered how unpopular she really is, and is attempting to change the numbers. It has gone up another fraction since last night. I'm sure the poll doesn't mean much, but this year it appeared to be an accurate reflection, until now. |
Crazydog | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 10:48 am     Yes, I think it's obviously rigged. She was at 2 point something just a few days ago, and now she is at 7.0? Yeah right. It's too bad that people feel the need to manipulate the polls. It would be nice if it were an accurate reflection of how unpopular she is. |
Philamom | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 11:41 am     I think it was me who mentioned Ali's numbers doubling. But please don't blame Pennsylvania (my state). Trust me, we have nothing to do with it. My guess is that someone with IT knowledge has set up one of those votebot things. I asked my son (who is a computer engineer) to look at the numbers and tell me what he thinks. He said it looks as if about 60,000 people vote weekly in the CBS polls (he got the numbers from one of the other CBS BB polls). He said for Ali to have increased from 3.6 on Friday to 7.6 today, in just 3 days over 600,000 people (10 times the normal WEEKLY total) would have had to vote for Ali, all giving her a grade of 10. His opinion is that someone is using technology to increase her numbers. |
Funnyfarm | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 11:44 am     I agree Crazy. It doesn't seem to me the polls are as active this year as others. I think only 56,000+ voting on who is evicted, etc. So I was taking the results to be an accurate reflection of those voting .....until now. Your choice of words of "manipulating" the polls was sooooooo accurate and funny ......... especially considering the "manipulating" was for "the manipulator" |
Funnyfarm | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 11:50 am     Sorry Phil .... I should not have said Pennsylvania. Besides if it had been the state, they would have voted for Justin!!! What I really wanted to say was ......... maybe her dad is giving a 10% off for new divorce cases in exchange for a vote for Ali !!! I'm sure you're right about the technology ... but someone close to Ali is doing that. She has never been that popular in the polls, and has sunk weekly. |
Philamom | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 11:57 am     That's okay, Funnyfarm ... you're right, we (Pennsylvania, that is -- I'll speak for the whole state, LOL) would have definitely voted for Justin over Ali. And I agree, it's probably someone who knows Ali and who has some IT knowledge who is responsible for her numbers soaring. |
Kaili | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 11:59 am     Can we set up one that votes her at 0 to counter it? Heehee. |
Funnyfarm | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 12:08 pm     Hers is at 7.6 now, Erika at 7.7 and Jack at 8. Jack and Erika has been consistent. Ali's was 3.6. I like the idea of the 0 counter. |
Crossfire | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 12:09 pm     It will be interesting to see what value they use when updating the chart. They may scrub the numbers prior to an official update. |
Philamom | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 12:24 pm     Cross, from watching the polls at CBS, I can tell it's a cumulative poll ... because after they update the weekly chart, the numbers are still the same on the "daily" vote count. So, for example, Jack's 8.0 rating is representative of what people have thought of him since the show started, not just in the past week. Hey, does anyone know how to do a votebot? Xarph? You there? hee hee |
Needmylifeback | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 12:29 pm     Well Ali is now tied with Erica for 2nd place in popularity at 7.7 with Jack hanging in 1st at 8....shall we 'take bets' as to when Ali surpasses them all and claim her crown as most adored by a computer??? My guess is 3:15 today. |
Katann | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 12:30 pm     Please, so where is there a place to make our(viewers) vote count? where can I vote? |
Sanfranjoshfan | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 12:38 pm     Maybe the "Ali's Ex Lovers" newsletter went out asking all of her past "dates" to stop in and vote for her! |
Funnyfarm | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 12:39 pm     CBS.com - Polls - Love 'em or Leave'em |
Andiegirl | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:03 pm     This is so amusing. Why would anyone want to "stuff the ballot box" for such a trivial thing?? The silly little poll counts for NOTHING! You've got me hooked Funny and Phila. I'm gonna be watchin' that poll right along with ya! |
Crazydog | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:05 pm     Why? To me, it's obviously something being done by someone close to Alison, or it's at least a huge fan who can't bear to see that their beloved Ali has fallen so far in the popularity polls. They want her to think that everyone loves her when she gets out of the house and sees the poll. |
Spwisc | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:13 pm     Ok, I go to CBS.com, then to Big Brother, then to polls and finally to 'love them or leave them'... now what? It doesn't come up with a place to rate them for me, like in past years. |
Kaili | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:21 pm     Spwisc- go to the main Big Brother CBS page- at the very bottom of that is a link where it says "Take the Big Brother Polls"- click on that and it'll take you to where you can vote. Link to polling area This should take you there  |
Andiegirl | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:24 pm     Well did you all read that interview with Ali's mom that there was a rumor Ali snuck a computer in the house? Maybe Ali's the mastermind. |
Philamom | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:38 pm     I agree ... I can't imagine anyone taking the time to set up this thing up for Alison. It is silly. We all know it's bogus, so I'm not sure exactly what the point is. Except possibly to annoy me, LOL. Wow, Ali's tied with Erika now. A few more hours, and she'll surpass Jack. I'm going to go and give Ali numerous "1" votes, but I don't think it'll make a difference. |
Funnyfarm | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:50 pm     SP - unless your computer won't allow pop-ups |
Pengoh | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:55 pm     Spwisc; when you go to the cbs big brother home page, there is a very small link on the front page underneath all the squares with the houseguests faces in them. I believe it says 'rate the houseguests' and it should bring you to the right screen. |
R151996 | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 01:58 pm     I wouldn't get too worked up about the CBS website. On the "Who's Next" results from last week, the greatest number of voters picked Nathan as the evictee, the first time this season that the correct evictee had the most votes. But Jack's picture and name are displayed in the evicted column for last week. |
Neko | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 04:48 pm     Holy CRAp!! It just change while I was at www.cbs.com!! It's now Jack with 8% and second highest now says Alison 7.8% When I first got to the website (Just a few minutese ago), it said Ericka!! |
Xarph | Monday, August 18, 2003 - 04:54 pm     America loves Ali.  |