+Jpjazz Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 I am curious as to why the so called experts gave the Webby for community to www.meetup.com ? Do they know more than the people? Jpjazz Quote Link to comment
+smithdw Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 They're probably just confused. "The best way to accelerate a Macintosh is at 9.8m/sec/sec." -Marcus Dolengo Quote Link to comment
+timpaula Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 they may have "split the baby"... their judges may have been evenly divided, then decided to give it to meetup since geocaching got the people's vote. I wouldn't be surprised if those that nominated/voted for geocaching at the webby awards (not the people) have actually GONE geocaching, and the people that didn't HAVEN'T. <timpaula> Quote Link to comment
+Jpjazz Posted June 6, 2003 Author Share Posted June 6, 2003 I can not even open their site. It has a strange opening page. Quote Link to comment
+Sissy-n-CR Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Could be we didn't win the Webby Award is, quite frankly, the site is a little lacking in "slickness." Don't mean to criticize, just stating facts. Me, I don't particularly care for ultra-slick UI, function is the name of the game. But people in media might have not been as impressed. Add to that the very nature of geocaching where the main draw takes place out of the home and most people wouldn't be able to understand unless they actually went caching. With MeetUp, everyone knows what a meeting is, not everyone knows what caching is. I'd be interested in seeing how the judges voted. One thing you can't take away from us, though, this year's People's Voice Award says we're the most powerful community on the net that participated in the awards. We had more people vote for our site than any other. That's gotta say something. Kudos to Jeremy and Co. for a job well done! CR Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 So did we win, or not? "Au pays des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois" Quote Link to comment
+Uplink Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 I noticed that the webby awards site promoted meetup.com to get people together for webby event parties. Sounds like conflict of interest to me! Quote Link to comment
+Kordite Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 quote:We had more people vote for our site than any other One would like to think that the essence of an election or other voting procedure is that the candidate that gets the most votes is the winner but apparently that is not the case in either presidental elections or Webby awards. Well, democracy is the belief that 10,000 lemmings can't be wrong. Kordite Quote Link to comment
+Search1128 Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 So what's the point of having a vote if the "officials" override the votes with whomever they choose?? Congrates to geocaching.com anyways. Maybe webby 2004 will see a true winner. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Ignoring the controversy meetup.com does seem like a great idea. I'm aware of several groups in my area that have similar aims and goals. If they hooked up they could get a lot more done. ===================== Wherever you go there you are. Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 The Judging criteria is listed on the site. There are two awards. In many cases the same site won in Judges and People's Choice, but not all (maybe about 1/2). And yes, meetup.com was on the original ballot And let us not forget that the judges on the panel only get to vote once We won in the only category that we could have influenced. Feel good about it. Quote Link to comment
+Team GPSaxophone Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 So, is a People's Choice a Webby Award or not? Took sun from sky, left world in eternal darkness Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 quote:So, is a People's Choice a Webby Award or not? Does the link in my previous post not work? Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Maybe all the experts happen to use meetup to meet with all the other pug owners. --Marky "All of us get lost in the darkness, dreamers learn to steer with a backlit GPSr" Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted June 6, 2003 Share Posted June 6, 2003 Or they took their lessons from Florida. Cheers! TL Quote Link to comment
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