by Christina
[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:
37 Comments
c
3/22/2020 11:59:06 pm
maybe i'm not a big fan of Karamel (I like them, just not as much as Sanvers) BUT I LOVE Melwood and seeing both old sg ships in Elite Eight... amazing :)
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Caramel Muffin
3/23/2020 02:27:20 am
It is amazing!
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c
4/25/2020 07:05:40 am
and it looks like that ;)
KARAMEL IS DELICIOUS
3/23/2020 02:49:06 am
Since we love our recipes here, some caramel-themed ones to honour our sweet ship, Karamel! ❤️
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Marrish5ever
3/23/2020 03:13:48 am
Vote Karamel!
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Marrish5ever
3/24/2020 07:43:18 am
POWER HOUR!!
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BB
3/24/2020 08:27:55 am
This has been a fun poll, hasn’t it?
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C
3/25/2020 04:46:06 am
I vote on this bracket past two years in every round and for the first time I see that one ship grow no one by one but nothing for several seconds and sudenly 15 or 20 votes in moment. I know when a few people vote it can grow fast but not in this way... what's going on? only I see this? even when sanvers or other ships grow fast it's always one by one vote, not like this.
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Brienne of Tarth
3/25/2020 05:55:46 am
You mean how Klance went from having less than 3500 lead to suddenly having over 6000 vote lead?
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dreamykylux
3/25/2020 05:58:44 am
???? 😡🤬
c
3/25/2020 06:05:39 am
no, it's not the same way. like I said, I vote past two years. even when Sanvers grow fast, it's one by one vote, you can refresh page and see +1 vote per sec or more when more people vote like me and my friends. so it's not the same when Klance grow 15 or 20 in ONE SEC, it's not possible.
c
3/25/2020 06:31:10 am
I'm not here to fight, that's why I never leave comments. a year ago I made this mistake and I was insulted for no reason. This year, as the Sanvers team, we decided not to comment.
Brienne of Tarth
3/26/2020 08:51:50 pm
“And I've done a review of the voting and DID find some strange activity across ALL FOUR polls.”
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Marrish5ever
3/25/2020 09:52:24 am
Let’s return to recipes and recs!
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Caramel Muffin
3/26/2020 04:14:44 am
Did someone/s break the poll?! 😡
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candyfloss
3/28/2020 03:29:32 am
Huh 🤔.
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Brienne of Tarth
3/28/2020 03:50:11 am
Shocked and yet not surprised.
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Marrish5ever
3/29/2020 02:34:58 am
Remember to vote Karamel when the brackets reopen.
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Caramel Muffin
3/29/2020 04:22:20 am
Mod
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3/29/2020 10:26:34 am
I've made a lot of progress in eliminating the incorrect votes (there are literally tens of thousands of individual votes to evaluate). /and I can see they're cycling through different IP addresses. I expect polls to reopen by 1PM PT. At that time I'll summarize the number of votes removed from each ship and how long the polls will remain open.
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c
3/29/2020 02:26:54 pm
thank you so much!
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RI
3/29/2020 03:10:26 pm
Hi there! May I ask if you're counting as invalid all multiple votes made in one second? Because I get multiple votes like that a lot, simply by clicking the vote button quickly and having a slow connection (i.e. a lag). Same thing used to happen for kudos in Ao3, before their update (now you can't leave multiple kudos anymore). Is that a problem?
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GG
4/3/2020 12:15:59 am
Mod
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3/29/2020 03:23:27 pm
I don’t want to give to many details, but I am keeping an eye on votes and deleting any that can’t be achieved by normal means. I may not eliminate every vote from those cheating, but I’m eliminating votes that they couldn’t achieve just by casual voting.
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RI
3/29/2020 03:44:13 pm
I haven't received any pop up warning, but I also don't seem to be able to vote anymore? (that's why I asked)
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3/29/2020 06:44:20 pm
I have changed any of the actual settings of the poll, so I’m not sure why you would be having voting issues. Have you tried flushing your cookies and restarting your computer? The actions I took on the fraudulent votes would result in you receiving a pop up asking you to reach out to me with any questions if I’d accidentally blocked you. 3/29/2020 06:49:48 pm
That should have read “I have not changed” any settings to the poll. It’s been a long week.
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WithYouToTheEndOfTheLine
3/29/2020 07:09:37 pm
STUCKY RECS
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Sai
3/29/2020 09:32:36 pm
10,208 VOTES REMOVED FROM KLANCE..holy moly! Someone just wasted their money on a bot.
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TTR
3/29/2020 11:31:17 pm
Schmico! ❤️
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GiGi
3/30/2020 12:57:19 am
VOTE SCHMICO!!
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Ari
4/2/2020 10:09:15 pm
☕
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Brienne of Tarth
4/3/2020 12:24:29 am
Good luck with beating Destiel....😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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TTR
4/2/2020 10:50:19 pm
Congrats Sanvers!
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Caramel Muffin
4/2/2020 11:00:21 pm
We did it! Karamel is into the next round. And Kylux look to be a tough opponent.
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4/5/2020 07:55:18 pm
Hi everyone!! Sorry I went a little radio silent. Between working from home, staying sane while sheltering in place, and yesterday’s medical emergency with my dog, things have been a little overwhelming! But I plan to be reviewing the previous rounds this week. Should any of those results change, there will be another wild card poll. If no results change, we’ll move straight to the Final Four. Either way the next round of polls will be posted to the site this Friday (4/10) at 9AM PT.
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Caramel Muffin
4/6/2020 03:31:54 am
Glad to hear your well, and hope your doggy is getting better. Look forward to the next round (wether it’s a Wildcard round or Final Four).
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