I'm not afraid of you, Ghost!
"Ghost Accounts" are what I'm calling additional accounts created 由 an already existing 潮流粉丝俱乐部 member to skew the results of a pick 或者 an argument in their favor. I have read things 发布 由 other Fanpoppers suggesting their existence in the past, but hadn't knowingly spotted any for myself. Tonight I believe I spotted three different people doing this.
The first example I discovered through a series of picks created 由 a user that I had never seen around before. I'm all for new users, so I answered the picks and made some comments. Within the 评论 sections of these picks, I noticed two other users that I had never seen before. The thing is, the three users didn't always answer the same way, but their 评论 were always similarly rude. I decided to compare all three users and I discovered that they had much in common. They had all joined 潮流粉丝俱乐部 this month, none of them belonged to any spots, aside from their 图标 - their 潮流粉丝俱乐部 user pages were all blank, and they had all answered picks from the exact same four spots, and only those four spots.
I found the 秒 example within a pick that had been answered 444 times. This pick had three pages of comments, and on the 秒 page, I saw the following: Three 评论 that 说 the exact same thing, in a row. All three user names were different but fit the same pattern, Girls-first-name followed immediately 由 a two digit number. An example of what they looked like is "Mary25". And all three belonged to users that had no icons, contributions, 或者 information to speak of. Not to mention they didn't belong to a single spot.
The third, and luckily, final example I noticed was within the exact same pick as the 秒 example. As I mentioned, this particular pick had three pages of comments. After 阅读 through them, I went back to check the results of the pick. I found the option that came in 秒 place particularly odd because in those three pages of comments, I hadn't seen a single one in support of it. This option had been added to the pick 由 a user other than the picks creator. I went ahead and clicked on the person who added this option only to discover, 你 guessed it, that their user page was blank! In fact, this was the only pick they had ever answered.
Obviously, I have no way of knowing if these are in fact "Ghost Accounts", but the coincidences seem overwhelmingly in favor of that being the case. Since I had never before noticed behavior such as this, and I noticed it three whole times today, I decided to think of three reasons that creating these accounts to answer picks is just plain silly. Without further ado:
#1 - 你 Know Better!
It's not a presidential election, 潮流粉丝俱乐部 is for fun! There is no point in seeing your choice win if you know it isn't genuine. Do 你 really think that seeing your 最喜爱的 thing "win" a pick will have 更多 impact on someone than 阅读 your well thought-out, well written 评论 would?
#2 - It's disrespectful to Other Users
There are two main functions to posting a pick. One is that 你 get to share your opinions with others. The other is that 你 get to see what other people think. 由 tampering with the results of a pick, 你 deprive its maker of the latter 由 making 说 results inaccurate. I know that when I post a pick, what I most enjoy afterwards is 阅读 the 评论 that it spawned from others. It's great to make your opinion known, but use 评论 to do so. I guarantee that they will be read.
#3 - Being in the Minority is OK
So what if your opinion is not the 流行的 one. Take pride in the fact that you're an independent thinker 或者 that 你 see something where few others do. 或者 better yet, flex your 辩论 skills 由 trying to persuade others to see your point.
So those are my reasons. I know that most of 你 who are 阅读 this are cool, respectful people who realize the idiocy of committing the aforementioned act. I was just annoyed with what I saw tonight so I had to release my irritation somewhere. Thanks for listening.
