Votes or Content???..

Well said Arti Ji

Typo *who=win

Thanks Pramod Ji

That's right!

Unlikely.

@SS Why?

Well for starters, most of this is about getting attention. Brand image. You dont make those without votes.

But an independent panel of judges will decide the winners irrespective of the votes a post has garnered...

@ SS The starter will realise the truth later on.

Well, Winning, wining, who cares. I enjoyed writing my piece. Peace.

Totally, i agree....

i have noticed so many times good posts dont get the deserved promotions but they deserve to win.

May the best and most deserving post win... But then we have different perceptions and what I like may not be liked by you or the judges so....

Acctually  when someone reads ur article and appreciates rather than just a like or random promotion., it makes one feels great and gives u a boost to do better.

Yes you are absolutely right... Actually our minds are preconditioned to work in that way. Aaccepting the reality that votes really dont matter is almost impossible for us

That is right. But not all bloggers have the talent to publicise their articles in the right way.

It surely boosts morale

You are right Deboshree, the judges should not hesitate to give the first prize to someone who has zero votes if they think that it was the best according to them!!! They must turn a blind eye to the number of votes received...

The "content matters" that's it! Good Content only is the final winner :)

@ Cindrella
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thanx Arti :) i am not very good with the forum yet!! very much new here 

Happens with everyone:) not a problem at all:)

Thats good Ranjith  Votes do spread the word about the contest!! And lots of people get to know about it!! 

And in a way it inspires the blogger too..dont you think so?? it would be an encouragement each time our entry gets a vote!! though its sad that at times people do vote without reading  i would prefer reading voting and commenting all at a time  That could be a genuine vote then!! though i dont comment for all the posts i read...but when i see some posts extremely good i make sure i comment as well as vote.

Sure the votes do inspire people...

@ Ranjith
Yes the likes do help to spread the word around...

@ CINDRELLA One needs to learn from you. many people seem to simply vote for IndiVine posts without reading them. This activity attracts the new bloggers easily as a mail is sent out by default every time a vote is given to a users post. I think that changing the default e mail subscriptions will reduce teh problem to a certain extent.

can cutting out the default mail subsciptions be the solution for it??? i see that as a motivation  everytime i get a mail saying someone has vote for me (be it by reading or without reading it ) to be frank that brings a  on my face...atleast we know people are noticing the posts we made nah???

now thats a good idea when it comes to the final judgement stage of the contest!!

Excellent idea Ranjith:)

@ Arti Thank you

Thanks for that info Vineet.

Entries being reviewed by people not related to indiBlogger is an added advantage. In this way it can be ensured that the decision is not influenced by previous contest winners or the bloggers popularity in indiBlogger

Plus 1 Ranjith.

Nice!!

Oh! Thank you Anukriti for the mention! That is inspiring :) I loved yours too and so many more!

Everyone here has such a fresh perception and such a beautiful vision on the subject! This contest has bought a unique feeling of oneness among bloggers here and I am really thrilled, excited and very happy to be a part of this contest! Thanks Indiblogger for giving us a chance to unite on this platform with our different views on real beauty 

Thank You very much Anukriti 

yes you are right about the FB likes!! the ones having more friends on FB can easily convince to get more Likes!!! I too feel all the prizes must be based on an independent panel without taking into account the number of hearts and likes!!

Loved your post too Anukriti!! There are so many good posts coming in this section for Real Beauty!! and more than the contest..this topic brought in different perspectives on beauty and many of them have been put so wonderfully!! i am tryin to read most of the articles though i havent yet read all!! Every article i read is bringing in a very new rhythm of Beauty!!

@Anukriti..Hey thanks so much..Good to see I'm being mentioned! Even I loved your post! :)..Yes..The fact that Indivine popularity will not play a role in the contest does give fair chance! It's not even a month now since I've joined Indiblogger! But so far it's the most amazing experience..Getting my work read by so many people and also learning so much from people! For instance I never used to give Image credits..But now I now it's important..All thanks to people here :)..I've come across photo blogs..I loved Joshi daniels wok! I have come across Travel blogs..Arti's blog is my favorite! So you see there's so much diversity here and it's all marvellous! :)

And about the contest..There are really some outstanding posts over there! I'm loving this contest! Whoever and may the best man win, but one thing is for sure..It's really bringing the best outta everybody!:)

WOW! 2 mentions back to back! Am feeling lucky :D 

Thanks a lot Amar, I loved your post too! It is very touching... Written with a lot of heart, it connected instantly! Keep up the good work, All the Best :)

I also loved reading so so many more posts out there, Good Luck to everyone participating! :)

I so agree with you Sulagna :) its about traffic and writing , about your escape to the world you want to make and your meeting with harsh realities in life, about your love and your wishes at the end.

I liked a lot of posts for this contest and voted only for the ones I liked. But strange thing is normally I see vote policy as a reciprocative behavior 'You give me an A , I give it back to you'. This hurts some time because as per me people should read the content first hand before clicking the vote button :)

Yes, driving traffic to your blogs is the primary purpose of participating in such contests. I  had seen an increase in the pageviews on the first two or three days after I have posted my entry. But at the same time, one needs to accept that the traffic will be evn more if teh number of votes are high, since in that case the entry will be distinctly visible.

well i would say Genuine traffic!!! lately my page views had increased and i was wondering so many ppl reading my blog??? and then checking the traffic source i found out it was all for one article that had pictures of rain!!  through google image search!!!

well thats not we bloggers need rite!!! i need people who would actually come and read my posts..appreciate the good and suggests me on the wrong sides and help me improve!!!

@ CINDRELLA I too receive considerable traffic from Google Images. But it is not much useful because many people while searching for images, click the linked named 'See full image' and do not even have  alook at our site.