* Jon D. [Mon, 29 Mar 2004 at 15:52 -0800] <quote> > While I'm in no way claiming an intentional > conspiracy, it's hard not to notice that the names > that first appear in each category are getting the > highest number of votes -- in every single election > position (at the time of writing). Of course the > winning people are probably earning the votes they > have, but maybe the order of the names has some > underlying psychological effect. Or maybe I'm wrong. > > Just to be on the safe side, it might be a good idea > to randomize the order which the names appear for each > category (or alphabetize them), at least for the next > elections in 2005.
Even better, randomize it for each instance/user so everytime some goes to vote, they see a different order. No one could possibly complain then :) Really, though, the one with no votes didn't really campaign, so I think it's more that than the order they're in.
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