Am I the only one tired of this? Facebook “LIKES” for contest entry, text votes for a certain contestant, wherein the winner will be determined because of the number of votes they will garner. Is this the new way of judging? Obviously, this is the era when social media is fully utilized to entice readers and supporters. Are we so inclined to social media that sometimes we have neglected the quality aspect over quantity? If you know what I mean I am pretty sure you can relate on this article.

The Facebook “LIKE” Syndrome

It is clear to me that the more “LIKES” an entry will have is a solid proof that people really liked it. But come to think of it, if entry 1 has 900 friends, entry 2 has 200 friends, and entry 3 doesn’t have an FB account who you think already have the edge in winning? It is clear to see that entry 1 has the highest chance of bringing home the bacon. The probability was decreased to each competitor because of the number of people entry 1 has. If contests will always rely on this kind of judging, then those who have few friends are doomed. It’s the end of the world for them! Actually I have this friend who kept on winning promos and contests from different sponsors because of the number of “likes” she received for her entry.

The Text Votes Fever

Should I elaborate more? I think this is somewhat the same to the Facebook “LIKE” Syndrome but I think this one is massive and someone is gaining profit from it (sorry network providers). Want an example? It was so obvious that people were so disappointed on the recent Pilipinas Got Talent Grand Finals result. By the way I want to make it clear that I have nothing against the grand winners even though none of my bets made it. Let’s face it, I know who your bets are and probably we have the same contestants in mind. But what can we do, those contestants who won have more supporters than our bets and the worst part is what if those supporters can afford lots of mobile phone loads? We all know how each contestant managed to make it to the finals, all by means of text votes.

Applying this in the blogosphere:

I had a little chat with some blogger friends and this is about our disappointment on contests which rely on Facebook “LIKES” to determine who will win. Here are their observations and suggestions:

• The quality of the post/blog is neglected, liking without reading the article
• The more friends you have, the higher your chance to win
• Someone said that when he will launch a blog contest he will organize a panel of judges which are capable or criticizing post entries
• A criteria will be formulated
• Quality of comments from that post/entry will never be set aside, this is a new challenge for participants on how can they engage readers
• If really can’t be avoided, FB likes will have a small portion on the overall judging criteria (e.g. 5%)

I wish you can find time in answering the poll provided, with this I will have an idea what most people think on this topic. You can leave your comments or suggestions after the poll.

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What happened in Quirino Grandstand could have been avoided if proper tactics have been implemented. I felt so sad on how the hostage taking has ended. Many were killed, although some luckily lived, but the trauma will cause them a forever nightmare. I’m not good at police tactics, but I think I still know some good points on how to make one.

They shouldn’t take Rolando Mendoza’s brother  as accessory of the crime.

That made him angry. Obviously. I know you can get my point, and I bet that triggered his temper.

Do you have night vision-capable gadgets?

I’m not sure about this, I just assumed that the snipers don’t have one. On the situation that the hostage taker turned off the lights, our so-called snipers should have established a position distant to the bus but in a place which they can have a clear view, for instance, forward-facing the bus.  Zoom-in and at the same time turn on your night vision gadget and I bet you know what will happen next.

Here’s the tear gas! Oops I missed! Retreat!

While watching it on television, I saw a policeman threw a tear gas, and he missed. Instead, the tear gas bounced back and fell in front of them. Come to think of it, what if it’s a grenade? It’s tragedy! Hey Chief of Police, teach your men basketball, so they know how to throw a shot.

Tear gas successfully thrown, flash bang successfully thrown, here I enter the bus, Oops I got no mask, retreat! Atras! Booo!

Policemen should have a technician, maybe an Instrumentation Technician.

Do they know this? The bus’ door is hydraulically-powered. A concerned citizen said that there’s a button near the door that bus operators/drivers used when the door got stuck up. And if it’s impossible to do, all they need is to cut the hydraulic hose and that’s it, you can open the door without smashing it with a sledge hammer!

Lastly, buy a rope that can pull a bus’ door.  Hanep sa tactic, sira sa hila!

Poor Philippines,  our tourism will be greatly affected. The damage has been done, and we can’t turn back time. We learn when we commit mistakes, but we don’t have to commit mistakes just to learn.

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While waiting for the announcement for the winner of the android phone, I read a post from the Globe Tattoo Blog. It is a contest and the prize is a Samsung Galaxy S, an android phone. Joining is easy here are the mechanics.

To get a chance to win that Super Phone, follow these steps:

1. Post an entry on your blog about the question, “Who is your Super ONE and why?”

2. The entry should include a photo OR video of you and YOUR Super ONE.

3. The entry should also include links to this blog post and to the Super One page (that’s http://site.globe.com.ph/web/guest/features/super_one)

4. Leave your blog post URL as a comment on this blog post for us to validate your entry.

5. Deadline of all entries will be on August 8, ONE PM.

6. Entries will be judged according to this criteria:

Use of Photos or Video – 20%

Uniqueness & Originality – 20%

Theme & Content – 30%

Creativity – 30%

7. The winner will be announced on August 9, 2010!

See the original post here

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Actually, this is my first camera phone. My girlfriend and I bought the same mobile phone almost a year ago. Why? After knowing the specifications, who will resist buying such phone. The W810i Walkman is an excellent music player that suits my need for a mobile music lifestyle. It has a music player, FM radio, music management software and accessories that make my music listening have full pleasure. Not only that, the 2-megapixel camera takes excellent photos and also the W810i has video, too. I even use my w810i when i need to be online, it has a full-function Internet browser.
This phone helped me treasure different memories. I can still remember those times that I have to borrow a camera phone when I need to take a picture. Now, wherever I go, I see to it that I bring my phone with me.
My work’s nature is to go from place to place, visiting and working on different industrial plant sites. It so happen that some of this plant sites are near to some gigs, sceneries and historical places. So when we have free time, we go visit some of these spots. That’s the chance to take photos as a souvenir.
While we are in Cebu, we have visited the famous Magellan’s Cross.

Magellan's Cross

Sto. Nino Church

Tabo-an (the Pasalubong Capital of Cebu)

Pasalubong

Goodies

While we are in Baguio…

Burnham Park in Baguio

Burnham Park

The Lion's Head

The Grotto

Angat Dam

Angat Dam (top view)

Fantasy World

I have this experience that I need to print something from my e-mail. It so happen that I am very much away from the town when I was assigned in Naga, Cebu. I can’t find any computer shops where I can use the internet. Luckily I have the laptop, printer, communication cable, Sony Ericsson installer and my W810i. I just installed the software, connected my phone to the laptop and then connect to the web. Thank goodness I have my phone accessories with me, I’ve been able to print my electronic plane ticket or else I might be in Cebu until now. ^_^

For the sound tripping, this phone was really something! Downloading songs and ringtones from PC/laptop was so easy. Also, when the walkman was activated, I can manually change the equalizer depends on my mood or choose from different preset equalizers such as bass, megabass, voice and treble boost. Using the well-designed earphone that minimizes the ambient’s noise. the Walkman’s capability of having excellent sound really puts me to the groove.

It definitely gave significance in my life just like the Sony’s World’s First Noise-Cancelling headphone, which will really help me feel always in the mood while having a high-quality audio experience and without being distracted by the ambient’s noise.

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The post title says it all. I want Batang Yagit to win because Batang Yagit simply rocks my world! His blog posts amazed me a lot. I never imagined that a yagit can create WP-plugins, design Web 2.0 logo, travel around Asia, manage multiple websites, own an iPod, SE W960i, laptop, and other thingamajigs. If I tell you more about this yagit kid, it will take me weeks to enumerate everything in this blog. That’s it, my vote goes to Batang Yagit!

P.S.: Jehzlau is very good in convincing people… like me.

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Waukster Online, a blog that gives you an inside scoop in Ragnarok Online 2, is giving away rare Ragnarok merchandise like Goblin Figurines and Merchant Saving Boxes! To enter, you just have to write your top 3 Ragnarok moments and this is my entry.

MY TOP 3 RAGNAROK MOMENT

My top 3 Ragnarok Moment would be when I tried to hunt an MVP Boss Monster named Amon Ra. They say that it was the easiest monster to beat among all boss monsters so i tried my luck and see if I will defeat such monster. The moment of truth came, I saw Amon Ra alone, Im so lucky that no range attackers are with me so it will not summon its mob. Using my semi emp breaker,semi Sonic Blower Assassin Cross, I tried to attack it,using EDP and other stuffs, it seems that it was really like a poring to me. I tried using Sonic blows in it and it is fun seeing him twirl while doing my attacks. Then suddenly it used its HP draining attack and thank goodness that I am agi type or else in one hit I might be dead. I tried switching from my +7 Infiltrator to my +10 triple killing jur to him, and I can say that critical attacks while using EDP makes my blood rise because of the excitement. I have proved to myself that even I am not a nuke type attacker (like Champs and Creators) I can say that I am capable enough to defeat a Boss Monster, it is all about tactics, and having ur stats balanced so that one can be versatile in any aspect of Ragnarok.

MY TOP 2 RAGNAROK MOMENT

My top two Ragnarok Moment would be when I do siege alone. I am from the DOST Scholars Guild, a beta-day guild founded by waldner, an Assassin Cross. We are not siege active unlike the powerful guilds reigning in Ragnarok today. Our guild is level 34 already and we don’t siege very often. So, I decide to do it myself. Even tough there are so many players talking trash when I siege alone, I am challenged by that, even though they say “ASA or “DOST Mag-aral k n lng!” I dont bother. I just want them to see when I flushed them out of the castle “[DOST Scholars Guild occupied the [Nuernberg] Agit”. It was a great feeling and full of adrenaline rush when you see Lord Knights are breaking with you. What I like is that I am so lucky that even that I dont use EDP I can have the last hit to the emperium. Even though at the end of the siege I can’t even have an owned agit, it is my pleasure to serve my guild and show to everyone that hey! we exist. So watch out, we might resurrect our extensions and make the beta days guild alliance. /gg

MY TOP 1 RAGNAROK MOMENT

My top one Ragnarok moment would be when I joined DOST Scholars guild 3 and a half years ago. It was an afternoon I wouldn’t forget. I am planning to quit Ragnarok because I cant find any guild that would accept me. I am just lvl 75, thats why they think that I am not that siege or guild active. Having my armors only at +4 upgrade and my weapon is a +7 triple crit jur, surely no powerful guilds would like to accept me. One day at Al de Baran, I saw a pub “R>Guild Member DOST Scholar or basta mabait ^_^” (ganyan pagkakaalala ko hehe). I saw an assassin named “waldner” and I rushed to go inside the pub. I told him that I wanted to join. I told her (him IRL) that I am also a DOST Scholar in real life. Waldner asked me what does the acronym SOEP means and only DOST Scholars know what it means. I told him the meaning then he believed me and accepted me in the guild, it was only lvl 12 when I joined. Years have past and until now DOST Scholars Guild still exists and even though our guildmates do some guild hoppings, when waldner say that “Ei guys siege tau sa Saturday or EB tau Online”, we just text and inform each other that we will gather at Al de Baran near Santa. For me this is my greatest Ragnarok Moment, because I knew new friends and moments with them are PRICELESS! Rock On DOST!

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