I am really disappointed in some of you guys

[Shifty]

And I´ll poke Petra about this if she hasnt already seen it.

Make sure you post pics! :yesyes:

 

[Rey C.]

Jane, even though you and I sometimes don't agree on political topics, do know that you are one of the OCSM's that I respect the most. You and a couple of other girls form the base of the OCSM's in the Talk Section now. And so I agree with you here. But I think part of it comes down to what others have said: newbies who only pop in to vote for someone or don't come here very often. And something else that should be mentioned: members who seldom come to Talk, but are on other parts of the site. I'm often surprised when I go to other parts of the site and see people who have been members for years, have high post counts and lots of rep points.... but I've never seen them before. They're loyal FreeOnes members too, but they're not active in Talk. Maybe these people don't see the contributions of people like you and the small handful of OCSM's who post in Talk just because you enjoy ("enjoy"? well, masochistic girls are sexy too! ) the interaction.

Anyway, my votes always go to the girls I see posting here just because they want to. I'm not criticizing front runners or anything like that. The current front runner is a very friendly girl who is all kinds of smokin' hot. I hope she sticks around and continues to post more so that we can all get to know her better - I rate her as a "keeper". But I feel a (weird?) duty to support the girls who have been on here daily or weekly for awhile. And if they're lil brunette hotties from NC, with wry senses of humor and high intelligence... all the better.

 

[xfire]

Jane Burgess[/URL][/B], post: 6276595, member: 201847"]I have to get this get this off my chest.

You'll never hear me complain about you going topless.

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

3. The regulars on the board genuinely dislike it when the 5 post, noob members are deciding contests of this sort.

:clap:

 

[Henrik Larsson]

I agree with you.

However men love pictures and Briana, who is the current leader in the contest posts loads.
In terms of contribution Briana certainly posts more than just pictures. Her post ratio works out to be about 100 per month and yours is around the same number.

She is getting many votes just now aswell because of her current situation and that she still finds the time to interact with her fans on this board. She has made a valid contribution in just the few months that she has been here

 

[vodkazvictim]

Sex object says what?







































Sorry. Had to

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

Sex object says what?

That's she's disappointed.


IN YOU!!!

 

[Jane Burgess]

I wasn't referring to her or saying anything bad about any new OCSM's. None of the new OCSM's post nearly as much as the OCSM's that have been around here for a while. I also don't think posting in your thread 99 percent of the time counts. That's just a model promoting herself. As for this contest there are OCSM's that deserve that title way more then Briana. I'm sorry to say that, but they have been here longer, participate in the whole forum not just their thread, donate things to contests, and are very active with everyone on here.

I agree with you.

However men love pictures and Briana, who is the current leader in the contest posts loads.
In terms of contribution Briana certainly posts more than just pictures. Her post ratio works out to be about 100 per month and yours is around the same number.

She is getting many votes just now aswell because of her current situation and that she still finds the time to interact with her fans on this board. She has made a valid contribution in just the few months that she has been here

 

[Jane Burgess]

Yeah you did. All it's going to do is make the good OCSM's not want to come on here anymore. Then you guys will be stuck with attention whores and spammers. :eek::crying::bang:

This is old news. Didn't we all complain about this since the first Miss FreeOnes contest?? I coulda swore we did.

Popularity > Contribution.

 

[xfire]

Your voices have been heard and taken under consideration for Miss FreeOnes.
As stated by Petra in the nomination thread for Nov OCSM:

For the 2012 Miss FreeOnes contest both time spent on the board (as in how long you've been a member) AND your post count will have effect on how much vote weight you'll have for the contest!

So Shifty will have a lot more voting power than randomdude4564 that joined 3 weeks before the contest started.

This. I would add most recent post as another variable in whatever calculus is used to determine vote weight. I mean six months is a great time frame but I would say six months from members last post as opposed to six months since member joined.

 

[Jane Burgess]

Very true. I just hate when I talked to a couple of the OCSM's and their feelings are hurt. They are great ladies and always do some much on here. I'm afraid contests like this are going to push a lot of OCSM's to not post on here. I thinkFreeones had a great idea, they just need to put some limits on the voters. Many of the newer posters are spamming just to get enough messages to vote. It's annoying as fuck.

Jane,

I am in complete agreement with you. I think it is abysmal that the regularly contributing OCSMs are not absolutely running away with such contests. Several times I have thought about starting a thread just like this one, but I 1. don't have OCSM under my name, and 2. have boobies. Plus no one listens to a damned thing I say. I think it was good that you started this thread. I hope a lot of people read it and take it to heart.

I also think that a 6 month membership before voting in such threads is more than reasonable. Here is why (please feel free to use any of this when you talk to Petra/Roald, or ignore me entirely):
1. How the hell can you know which OCSM has made a serious contribution over the last month if you're a brand new member with 5 posts? Yes, I know people lurk (wOOt) before they join, and they MAY have seen who is active and who isn't, but the vast majority of new members don't have a clue about the rhythm of the board. Be a 6 month, regularly posting member (maybe 100 post minimum?). Then you get to vote on who is the best OCSM on the board.
2. This limitation would seriously limit the number of accounts started just for the purposes of voting.
3. The regulars on the board genuinely dislike it when the 5 post, noob members are deciding contests of this sort. It motivates us to ignore the contests.
4. Because Jane Burgess said so.

 

[STDiva]

Jane Burgess[/URL][/B], post: 6276970, member: 201847"]Yeah you did. All it's going to do is make the good OCSM's not want to come on here anymore. Then you guys will be stuck with attention whores and spammers. :eek::crying::bang:

Why?

 

[Will E Worm]

I'm also disappointed in a lot of people here. For various reasons.

Who is voting based on a picture?
People who are regulars should be winning awards.

 

[Thomas O'Malley]

I wasn't referring to her or saying anything bad about any new OCSM's. None of the new OCSM's post nearly as much as the OCSM's that have been around here for a while. I also don't think posting in your thread 99 percent of the time counts. That's just a model promoting herself. As for this contest there are OCSM's that deserve that title way more then Briana. I'm sorry to say that, but they have been here longer, participate in the whole forum not just their thread, donate things to contests, and are very active with everyone on here.

Now, here I don't agree with you. I think an OCSM should contrabute to the board to win the contest as you stated in the beginning. Now you claim it has to do with the time you are around as well. I don't think that's important, as long as you contrabute. You came up with Briana, let take her as an example then:
Briana indeed is pretty new here, but she comes around nearly daily. She (as far as I know, correct me if I'm wrong) never donated to a contest so far, but also that is not an argument (in my humble opinion) to win an OCSM contest. She also posts stuff outside her own topics and I don't think she uses the board only to promote her own site.
I have to admit, you are more active then Briana is, and you indeed do all the things you come up with now, but if you have to take all these things into consideration, how many OCSM's can participate in the contest in the end?

 

[L3ggy]

Well, I rarely vote in these kind of things, and if I do vote, I'd only vote for the one whom I think deserves to win that particular contest, and not because I find that particular person hotter than the rest, and in this particular case, the contestants are all smoking hot.

 

[Jane Burgess]

Thank you. I love this site because we can post what we think and not have to agree. I think it's newbies and OCSM's spamming to vote for them. They bring new people on here that spam to raise their post count. Frankly it's getting annoying. No one should be that desperate to win a contest, I find that kind of behavior pathetic. The reason I don't like contests are the people that should win hardly do. I love the Talk section. I like to post all over the forum. That's how you get to know everyone. I don't have an issue with the new OCSM's. I just feel they haven't worked as hard as the other OCSM's to make connections on here. I have always has issues with OCSM's that come on here and think because they are cute, you should kiss their asses. I guess since I'm a girl I don't fall for that crap.

Jane, even though you and I sometimes don't agree on political topics, do know that you are one of the OCSM's that I respect the most. You and a couple of other girls form the base of the OCSM's in the Talk Section now. And so I agree with you here. But I think part of it comes down to what others have said: newbies who only pop in to vote for someone or don't come here very often. And something else that should be mentioned: members who seldom come to Talk, but are on other parts of the site. I'm often surprised when I go to other parts of the site and see people who have been members for years, have high post counts and lots of rep points.... but I've never seen them before. They're loyal FreeOnes members too, but they're not active in Talk. Maybe these people don't see the contributions of people like you and the small handful of OCSM's who post in Talk just because you enjoy ("enjoy"? well, masochistic girls are sexy too! ) the interaction.

Anyway, my votes always go to the girls I see posting here just because they want to. I'm not criticizing front runners or anything like that. The current front runner is a very friendly girl who is all kinds of smokin' hot. I hope she sticks around and continues to post more so that we can all get to know her better - I rate her as a "keeper". But I feel a (weird?) duty to support the girls who have been on here daily or weekly for awhile. And if they're lil brunette hotties from NC, with wry senses of humor and high intelligence... all the better.

 

[FreeOnes_Anders]

Let me raise another question:

What if they are maybe not so active on the board except for their own threads, but contributing in the way of sending material for the main site?

 

[Jane Burgess]

The ones I talked to feel hurt that when there is a choice to be made, people pick the new OCSM's. Not the ones that post the most, joke with you the most, come on here because they want to, etc.

Why?

 

[L3ggy]

Jane Burgess[/URL][/B], post: 6277024, member: 201847"]oke with you the most.

You joke with members? How am I not a victim of these jokes?

 

[vodkazvictim]

Men. *tuts*