Suspicious voting results

When was the last time you viewed the thread? Gaming the polls with alternate accounts is enormously difficult with the new restrictions in place, I find it hard to believe anyone would bother. There may be some other way, but I don't know how: as far as I know, PA ties your vote to your account, not cookies, so you can't go back and change it later. And even if someone did fake the results, I don't see how it really matters. Nobody actually cares about those polls, they are not intended to be scientific and secure.

It's simple - the poll allows multiple votes. When I first looked at it I thought the voting figures were high and that Fish was ahead by a surprising amount. Someone has obviously given it a lot of votes. Some people are that sad,

It is indeed. Sad to see that some people can be that infantile.

Lighten up, guys. You all sounds like a bunch of arthritis suffering grumpy old men. 

If you put out something for a vote here, take it for granted that it will be manipulated and distorted. So enjoy the music and each others company instead of complaining about manipulations. Lighten up. 

I've closed that one JM, to allow you to start a new one.

It was a silly poll as I think it should have run 50-50 anyway without multiple votes enabled.  I dropped in on it this morning to post a comment and indulged in a little multiple voting just for fun.  I do think it should have been left open though just to see where it would have ended.  Squire pulled into the lead before it was shut.  Now I'm left wondering which got the most multiple votes. 

Over to something totally different again: 

Have a look at http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=80560

I think the Saturn fraternity here is manipulating the result by getting their fellow citizens to block vote for their planet. Suspicious voting patterns, I would say. Maybe we should also even things about by inviting the other communities to vote for their planets too ?