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Kookaburra's Journal ([info]kookaburra) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2009-01-12 10:30:00
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Current mood:Goofy
Entry tags:awards, internet awards: serious business, the cake is a lie

J'accuse!
The 2008 Weblog voting is open now. But some people smell a rat - Cake Wrecks, a popular humor blog, is completely smashing the other blogs in the "Food" category. There is confusion! Bickering! Recriminations!

Ok, so mostly it's just one person who insists that he knows more about what's happening on the WBA servers than the admins and owners of the site do. Bonus that the owner of the site's husband is getting into the mix. There's also a post up on the blog about it, so I anticipate tons of indignant readers dogpiling on that thread.


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[info]seiberwing
2009-01-12 07:43 pm UTC (link)
Oh god, your icon.

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[info]kookaburra
2009-01-12 07:45 pm UTC (link)
It was made by the wonderful pockythoughts on LJ!

Shake what yo mama gave you, Starscream!

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[info]kadath
2009-01-12 08:11 pm UTC (link)
I am simply shocked that there could be perfidy about in something as serious as the Weblogs Awards--oh wait no, they've always been exercises in ballot-stuffing.

Someone is New to the Internets!

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[info]cleolinda
2009-01-12 08:21 pm UTC (link)
I think Fuck You Penguin and ONTD are also pwning their respective categories. You know, because o hai! the Weblog Awards let you vote multiple times.

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[info]kookaburra
2009-01-12 08:30 pm UTC (link)
From what I can see browsing through the categories, is that blogs (ONTD is a blog?) that encourage reader participation and respond to comments are blowing away the competition. Quelle surprise.

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(no subject) - [info]hallidae, 2009-01-12 10:04 pm UTC
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[info]lysana
2009-01-12 10:59 pm UTC (link)
538.com is also ruling its category. So unsurprised.

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[info]misachan
2009-01-12 08:21 pm UTC (link)
I love it when foodies get their wank on. Few things are better than a frothing at the mouth flame war about cake.

Altough now I'm hungry. Perhaps I'll take this as a sign to have some delicious, delicious cake.

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[info]kookaburra
2009-01-12 08:27 pm UTC (link)
I wish it were easier for people to sign up and comment there, because most of Cake Wrecks' readers aren't foodies, and the resulting clash between the actual food blogs' readers and them would be epic.

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(no subject) - [info]bienegold, 2009-01-13 12:41 am UTC
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[info]jkefka
2009-01-12 08:29 pm UTC (link)
Cakewrecks post is less dogpile at the moment and more "WE'RE NUMBER 1! WOOOOOO!" and some people criticizing the grammar of the post.

The forum post, meanwhile, is a delicious carnival of "how SUSPICIOUS that they defend the honor of their fans!", Jon and an admin being very polite at each other, and the guy being doggedly persistent. Over and over again. Right on to page 3.

Mmmm, I do love me some paranoia cookies with passive-aggressive frosting.

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[info]kookaburra
2009-01-12 08:41 pm UTC (link)
I also loved that votes being cast "in the middle of the night" were suspicious. Because the internet=America donchaknow.

And nobody ever works at night. That's just crazy talk.

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(no subject) - [info]seiberwing, 2009-01-12 08:48 pm UTC
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[info]senor_pinata
2009-01-12 10:24 pm UTC (link)
Because you're only allowed to be defensive once they explicitly accuse you/your readers of cheating, not when it's merely implied!

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[info]sevendeadlyfun
2009-01-12 10:25 pm UTC (link)
Passive-aggressive ICING. Let's not lose our heads in the cake wank excitement, people.

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(no subject) - [info]sistercoyote, 2009-01-12 11:03 pm UTC
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[info]empy
2009-01-13 12:14 pm UTC (link)
... is it wrong to want to make up a recipe for paranoia cookies?

Dunno which flavours to use, though.

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[info]risha
2009-01-12 08:57 pm UTC (link)
And as far as this is concerned you don't need expertise, just common sense.
Sean has said these votes look legit, I don't doubt they do look that way. It doesn't explain the pattern though.

In other words, "common sense" contradicts the reality of what the servers say, so the servers must be what's wrong!

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[info]joye
2009-01-12 11:00 pm UTC (link)
Didn't the husband get all upset in the last Cake Wrecks wank too?

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[info]bienegold
2009-01-12 11:05 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, he seems really over-involved. Or sockpuppet-y.

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[info]kookaburra
2009-01-13 07:46 am UTC (link)
Yup. The bonus is that they write and spell reasonably well, so I can understand them when they get in a tizzy.

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[info]deviantdesade
2009-01-12 11:28 pm UTC (link)
Now I want cake. Curse you, otf wank! Curse you!

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[info]dejana
2009-01-13 12:47 am UTC (link)
I love Cake Wrecks, but the owner and her husband get pretty wanky whenever the slightest hint of drama wafts in their direction.

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[info]singe
2009-01-13 12:59 am UTC (link)
Bonus!

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[info]freezer
2009-01-13 01:09 am UTC (link)
I smelled something fishy when an American soccer-only blog (Soccer by Ives) is currently second in the Sports Blog voting.

And I find Fuck You Penguin stunningly unfunny (like CO run by 4channers).

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(no subject) - [info]adevyish, 2009-01-13 06:12 am UTC
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[info]onyxnoir
2009-01-13 07:46 am UTC (link)
I ♥ CW, and thanks to this whole award thing I found the $.99 Cent Store chef's blog. I know which food blog I'll be voting for next year, once they get Cake Wrecks correctly sorted into the humor category.

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(no subject) - [info]komorebi, 2009-01-14 11:39 am UTC

tree
2009-01-13 02:05 pm UTC (link)
I'd say I never heard of half those blogs, but the truth is I never heard of most of them. That said, Jesus & Mo should have more votes.

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(no subject) - [info]caito, 2009-01-13 06:04 pm UTC

[info]dragonsong12
2009-01-13 03:05 pm UTC (link)
Haha, Cakewrecks, how I love you! (And I don't even bake!)

That said, there is hilarity on all sides of this one! "Oh no! Something funny is popular! They must be cheating!" "Oh no, people are asking questions! Destroy them, my pretties!"

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[info]dragonfangirl
2009-01-14 02:32 pm UTC (link)
Wow, cuteoverload made a last minute comeback from behind.

And I feel like I ought to be making a terrible joke with that phrase, but I'd feel bad.

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