Voting for yourself in a Rumble? - Created by Owl Identified on Oct 30, 2011: EdenFantasys Forum

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Originally posted by Paladin Fantasys

I don't know if it applies to your review after it has been chosen for the Rumble or only on the review page itself for voting on how useful it is, but...
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That's in reference to votes on the actual reviews, it was put in place before we had Rumbles I believe. At this point, I don't think you can vote on your own reviews from your own account.

As far as voting for your review in a Rumble, I stick by my initial feelings.

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10/31/2011

Owl Identified

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Originally posted by Paladin Fantasys

I don't know if it applies to your review after it has been chosen for the Rumble or only on the review page itself for voting on how useful it is, but...
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"We consider voting on your own ... more

This seems only to apply to voting on your review's usefulness. Kristi - the Ethics of Conduct Manager - clarified above the EoC position on this.

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10/31/2011

darthkitt3n

I've never been nominated. If I was, I would probably not vote for myself.

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10/31/2011

mandys11

why not, i guess?

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10/31/2011

Antipova

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Originally posted by Kindred

I don't have a problem with people voting for their own reviews in a Rumble. It's also extremely rare that voting is even close. More typically the winner is by a large margin, so a single vote is unlikely to have any impact.

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A lot of times, thanks to bopping around the site, I will actually already have read all the rumble nominations before the rumble goes live. So I won't go through and re-read each one if there was an outstanding one that caught my eye (though I will go double-check any new ones that had escaped my notice).

And, shame on me, I don't always vote on everything I read. I do try to leave comments on everything, but I don't realistically even manage that, every time. I'll work on improving that.

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10/31/2011

- Kira -

I've never voted for mine, even if I thought they were the best. I just felt wrong somehow doing this. I even thought about voting for someone else just to do it, but decided to just not vote any week I was nominated. Seemed the fairest way, I suppose.

I can see that some people might be able to look at all reviews and see if they feel theirs is the best and vote accordingly. If so, I guess I don't inherently have an issue with it. I mean, it's only one vote. I just personally don't do it.

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10/31/2011

Eva Schwaltz

As far as I know, I haven't been in the rumble, but I definitely would not vote for myself. I vote for the most interesting/well written review.

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10/31/2011

Errant Venture

It took me a while to realise what a rumble was . I'd be tempted, but I wouldn't vote for myself.

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11/01/2011

Ms. N

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Originally posted by Owl Identified

As far as I can tell, there's no rule that explicitly prohibits a person from voting for themselves in a Rumble. Physically speaking, it's possible for a contributor to select themselves and vote for themselves. Additionally, I can't ... more

As far as I can tell, there's no rule that explicitly prohibits a person from voting for themselves in a Rumble. Physically speaking, it's possible for a contributor to select themselves and vote for themselves. Additionally, I can't recall an explicit prohibition of this being posted anywhere. This poll has two functions. The first is to see how common a practice self-voting is in Rumbles (and I hope everyone will be honest since the voting is anonymous!) The second aim is to have a conversation about the ethics of this, since I can't recall any conversation about it happening previously. If there has been, by the way, please direct me to it! I apologize in advance if this is redundant.

So the question (and your answer is 100% ANONYMOUS so be honest!) is: have you done it, or would you? Do you think it's ethical? My personal stance is listed below, so feel free to add yours in the comments! Please try to allow space for others to have different opinions; I'd love for this conversation to be open so that people can feel comfortable sharing truthfully! Additionally, if Sam or anyone else associated with organizing the Rumbles wants to share what the ethics of voting ought to be, please do!

My stance is as follows. Whether I'm nominated or not, I do generally try to vote for the review that I deem best - and I especially tend to favor newbies or newbies to the Rumble itself. I've enjoyed lots of great assignments, gift cards, and I have even won a few things here and there in various contests. Eden has been extraordinarily generous with me, and I know that if I win a $25 gift card? I'll probably pick up some toy wipes, maybe some stockings, little extras like that. But for someone newer to the game, that $25 gift card might be an awesome thrill - as well as the distinction of the win. I wouldn't vote for my own review unless I worked extra hard on it and really thought it was the best. The nomination is a nice feeling in itself; I like seeing my name up there on the occasions it gets thrown into the mix. However, I don't see anything wrong with someone voting for their own review if they think it is the best nomination up. I think the Rumble relies on an honor system, and that folks should respect that by truthfully voting for the best review. If you think your review is the best, I don't think it's wrong to vote for it. I only think it's wrong to vote for your review just because it's your own, not because you honestly think it's best. That's just my two cents. Others may disagree, and I'd love to hear from you if you do! less

I was told long ago that when you are in the running for anything, you should always vote for yourself. The person who told me this said, "If you don't consider yourself worthy to vote for, why should anyone else vote for you?" And as mentioned, one vote is usually not going to be the deciding factor.

I also was told that if you nominate someone for something, you should vote for that person. This is why I disagree with each person getting to nominate three reviews for the rumble. You only have one vote, so you are not voting for two of the reviews you nominated (at least). Seems wrong to me.

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04/28/2012

Allstars316

I would vote for myself. I got to have at least one vote for it.

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04/28/2012

Clubbinseals

i have never done either so i voted "and"

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04/28/2012