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 by Christina Hi everyone. My apologies for being so late on this, but things have been insane at work lately and I’ve just been burnt out. I fully intended to get the next round posted today until my dog had a medical emergency in the middle of the night.
The next round of the ship bracket will be posted Monday May 10th at 5:00PM PT. Thank you! by Christina
by Christina I'm going to be completely honest with you. I forgot I had a website until about five minutes ago. I hope you and your loved ones are safe. Kelly had a pretty firm "no politics" rule for ALNM in the hopes of making this a safe space where everyone could get a break from the pain of the world at large. But I do think she'd be on board with me making this exception. I wanted to organize some of the best advice I received in recent days on how to help and how to be a better ally to Black Americans. I'd also love to hear from you guys what actions you're taking. Where to donateHow to educate yourself
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[EDIT 2]: Ok, it took hours, but I was finally able to get the results to become visible in the Championship Poll below. Congratulations to the Sanvers fandom!
I hope to have some fun (drama free) activities in the months ahead as I try to feel out the future of this website. Love to you all and stay safe and health out there.
[EDIT]: Between being cooped up in my apartment away from all my loved ones and a stressful time at work right now, I really don't have time for drama. Comments are moderated now and stop saying cruel things in my inbox. I'll post the champion when the poll closes.
I really loved this site as a lasting connection to Kelly, and now I don't know what I'm going to do with it moving forward.
And the poll is OFFICIALLY OPEN! Notes for this round:
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[EDIT 2]: Ok, first off polls reopen at 1PM PT and close at 9PM PT on April 2nd. The total changes in vote totals are as follows:
All the votes from an IP address were removed if 5 or more votes were received in under a second. No more votes can be received from that IP address moving forward. If you have IT issues with voting, just send me an e-mail or leave a comment below. I will be keeping an eye on things moving forward and will delete any fraudulent votes on a daily basis. Also, for my own sanity, I will be reviewing previous rounds prior to the Final Four to make triple sure fraudulent votes didn't impact any results.
[EDIT]: Hi everyone! First off, thanks for being super kind in your comments and e-mails. And I've done a review of the voting and DID find some strange activity across ALL FOUR polls. So I've temporarily closed these while I determine the best course of action. Rest assured, the closed polls you see below are NOT the final results.
For a little background, with my paid account this year I can see every individual vote linked to its IP address on each poll. Typically I see bursts of 25 votes from one IP address with each vote separate by one to two seconds. These two polls were showing bunches of three (and sometimes as high as five or six) votes within one second at a time from the same IP address. And this issue appears coming from multiple addresses. I created a test fake poll to see if my fingers could move fast enough to vote the quickly, and every so often you can slip in two votes within one second but that's it at most. I need to go through the full list of individual votes (which on the larger polls are over 100 pages) to determine which IP addresses are the problem. I do have the ability to permanently block these addresses and delete the votes the entered. I'm leaning towards that route, but welcome any input you may have. Of course, once polls reopen the end date will be extended. Thank you again to everyone who reached out.
And the polls are OFFICIALLY OPEN! Notes for this round:
by Christina
And the polls are OFFICIALLY OPEN! Notes for this round:
by Christina One of the things I've enjoyed the most is seeing all the fun recipes you've been posting in the Ship Bracket this year. You can find all the recipes under the "Read More" below. Kelly would have loved this.
by Christina As promised, here's a master list of all the recs that have come from you guys in the ship bracket below the "Read More." I haven't read these yet, but feel free to leave your own comments below!
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