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Microsoft Caught Rigging ZD Net Poll

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-thats-funny-stuff dept.

Dj writes "Microsoft have been found to be rigging a ZDNet poll". Apparently they didn't dig on the idea of .NET losing. Of course as anyone knows, never trust an online poll because this sort of stuff is obviosly happening all the time. I just wonder how many comments posted around the net are posted with the same goals in mind.

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  1. Don't ask Simon, ask your real friend by fleener · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Web polls are often rigged, and are entirely unscientific and meaningless anyway. Consumer opinions are often fake. (Hell, legitimate reviews in major media are often heavily influenced too.) The bottom line is... word-of-mouth is your most trustworthy tool.

  2. Referrer Tags? by imadork · · Score: 2, Redundant
    What's most entertaining about this is that this "Get Out The Vote" E-mail -- I hesitate to call it deliberate vote-rigging -- was found out about because MS Exchange is a bit too loose with the information it gives out in referrer tags. In other words, their technology was used against them.

    Is sending out this much information an Exchange-specific thing?