We have the winners!

Nov 14, 2008 13:19



Hi All

I have pleasant news, so let me not indulge in pleasant talk :)

The judges have given us the much-awaited, celebrated winners of the Quick-Tales contest, and we are keen on having some pomp-and-show around the annoucements too! So, we'll be letting the news out on the 18th of November, 2008 at Oxford Book Store, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi. We ( Read more... )

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redpillpedlar November 14 2008, 19:09:11 UTC
Just a quick question, Manpreet.
I live in New Zealand, so it is very unlikely that I will fly over for the event. I am just wondering if it is possible for you guys to announce the winners on the internet at some point?

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sepiaverse November 15 2008, 08:58:52 UTC
hi redpillpedlar,

Just as the event would proceed, we'll simultaneously be posting the results to the community..18th evening India-time is when the results should be out at india_writing :)

sepiaverse

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redpillpedlar November 15 2008, 20:19:10 UTC
Okay great. And since you're answering so promptly, can I ask another question? Last one, I promise :-)
When you say 'the winners will be announced', do you mean the top five or the top ten? Are you going to ANNOUNCE the top ten and READ FROM only the top five or something?

Sharath

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sepiaverse November 16 2008, 07:51:25 UTC
will announce the top ten :)we are keeping the readin session flexible..

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People's Choice sachinkalbag November 15 2008, 12:02:02 UTC
Hi Peter / Manpreet / Annie / Manisha,

My story is one of the 134 shortlisted and, to my surprise, was one of the leaders when I last checked two days ago, with a mean score of around 8 and a median score of 10. Since I was busy with some project, I could not check my progress since yesterday. This morning, to my shock, I saw that my story -- in the last 48 hours -- had 18 instances of a rating of "1", while my "10" ratings remained constant at 30.

At the risk of sounding like a pompous ass, I find it intriguing that my story suddenly received so many "ones" and that my overall score has fallen from 8 to 6.99. As a citizen of a democratic country, I respect the fact that votes are subjective, and that one person's Ulysses can be another's The Secret. However, I do want to bring to your notice that, even if I am saying so, I see a disturbing trend. Are my ratings (and, by extension, those of other leaders) being manipulated by someone who has the time to do this ( ... )

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Re: People's Choice sepiaverse November 15 2008, 12:20:57 UTC
Hi Sachin

The poll mechanism ensures that one LJ user can rate an entry only once and no more. If they do attempt to rate it the second time, their previous scoring is automatically discarded.

However, I have requested the tech team to look into this in the meanwhile. I'll get back to you on this!

I notice you've registered for the event too. Hope to see you there on tuesday then :)

manpreet

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Re: People's Choice redpillpedlar November 15 2008, 20:44:29 UTC
Now that you mention it Sachin, I see a few very questionable poll results on some of the stories - one of them (I won't state the entry number for the sake of being nice) has nineteen '10' ratings out of a total of around 25. I could be underestimating the story, but I find that a little too incredible.

But again, the purpose of this people's choice award is simply for Live Journal to increase its number of registered users, and I suppose it is achieving that. Who cares about the credibility of the award? :-)

Though I understand your anguish, I reckon it is impossible to correctly moderate online polls like these that are open to anyone with an account. Maybe restricting the voters to only the participants would have resulted in a more believable result - though, as we've already established, Live Journal was not really after credibility with this one.

Which is fine; they're giving away ten 'true' prizes. One marketing gimmick is perfectly acceptable :-)

Sharath

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Re: People's Choice sachinkalbag November 16 2008, 05:25:25 UTC
Hi Sharath ( ... )

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orangejammies November 17 2008, 07:42:32 UTC
Hi there ( ... )

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sepiaverse November 17 2008, 08:34:34 UTC
Hi OJ,

I just forwarded ur comment to our team as well!

point by point, we didnt have a set of rules stone-writ, coz the intention of this was to engage the members as a whole, u know the entire writer-reader-reviwer gamut..with complaints like this coming in, we are nudged into looking into this deeply in the middle of setting menus for the event tomorrow :P I am going to come back with an informed response from the tech team on the winner of this, even if that means a delayed announcement of the people's poll award!

to ur second question, am pretty sure Sharath gave an indian address while submitting his entry..and that was the only criteria he needed to fulfill.

Best to you too :)

sepia

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orangejammies November 17 2008, 08:56:49 UTC
Oh no! Don't let me distract you from the menu-planning. A finely made gouda toastie is the best form of justice. ;) (To everyone else: I kid, I kid!)
On a more serious note, the intent of my comment is certainly not to be a rabble-rouser. I do realize that contest organizers have limited control in open polls on platforms such as this and speak for no one but myself when I say please don't let this issue detract from the main event. Some of us may be stellar writers, but the judges' decision holds infinitely more weight. An eventual response to my technical question, though, (about several votes from different LJ accounts but with the same IP address) will be appreciated.
About non-residents participating: explanation accepted. :)

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sepiaverse November 19 2008, 03:14:20 UTC
:) coming "soon"..(soon defined as by end of this week)

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Time for the results! sidsareen November 18 2008, 14:03:53 UTC
Hey y'all:

It's been fun to see the debates on this thread. They spell out pretty clearly most of the stuff on my mind regarding the poll. And yes, it has been a fun time these past couple of months. Some special writing came out of it, and besides, it was nice to pen down a bit of flash fiction.

That having been said, now's not the time for retrospection. The question on everyone's mind (everyone who's not present at the actual event, that is!) is, I'm sure: where's the on-the-go update we were promised?

Waiting with bated breath, with dinner plans hanging in the balance. So should I say 'weighted'?

:) BestO, everyone! For a change the focus will be on the flash, and we're all going to get the picture...

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Re: Time for the results! sepiaverse November 19 2008, 02:57:09 UTC
hey sidsareen!

LJ had a down-time while we had the event, which went on till about mid-night! so we could only get around to posting by then..I'll also post about the event in the day today :)

Hope you did eat in the meanwhile..

Best, always

Manpreet

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