Ya- my #1 went to #17 in a matter of 5 days. It felt really good at #1 though.

I think a few things need to change on ourstage. I get sick of judging battles where the genres don't match up. Most categories have a rock, rap and gospel song submitted for battle. These don't make any sense in a folk genre battle etc. Ourstage needs to filter these out somehow. Maybe each song should have an application process. Submit your song, wait for someone to review and then get a confirmation email before entering into a genre battle.

Also, I have found that in judging, unless it is completely obvious that a song doesn't compare in content and quality to the other song in battle, voting for SAME will most always get a 50%-90% agreed with you rating. This might be the clue that ourstage looks for in cheaters. Ourstage does say that cheating in this contest is impossible, but unless someone is regulating this, I don't really see how ourstage can accomplish this.

Ok-maybe iv'e gone on too long, but here some things to think about.

Dan


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