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| From | "*Bill Holmes*" <bholmes_fm@msn.com> |
| Subject | Re: Results (and 2004 planning) |
| Date | Tue, 20 Jan 2004 10:17:50 -0500 |
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> Ideally, I'd never post the updates. However, I started doing that
because
> it always seemed to promote voting. So it's a tradition. I've always
been
> concerned it could influence voters (in the negative way I described
> before), but I do believe that generally, no one votes that way.
I don't think so either. Why would anyone cheat on a list that's just for
fun? (Although I do suspect some sportswriters of using this ploy for MVP
and Heisman Trophy votes!!)
Hopefully seeing a title on the list triggers someone that they forgot to
include something, or - as you say - reminds them to vote. However, I also
prefer the non-posting of running totals, but only because I like the
surprise at the end. Since many people post publicly (and I wish EVERYONE
would!) you can pretty much figure out who's battling for supremacy.
I'm all for the database that someone (Scott? Lee?) posted that tracked what
records came out. I think that's an invaluable tool (but a dangerous
shopping list!). Not sure I care about the running total database; I'd
probably avoid it for the reasons above.
b
np: Kinks albums, incessantly.
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