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15 Polls Hijacked by the internet
Posted on 1/30/17 at 10:56 pm
Posted on 1/30/17 at 10:56 pm
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When the Taylor Swift camp set up a contest to perform at the U.S. school that earned the most votes, they probably didn't anticipate Boston's Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing winning. But Reddit and 4Chan users encouraged their respective communities to game the contest, and the Horace Mann School rocketed to the top of the poll. The country starlet and her contest sponsors blocked the school from the poll because of the tampering (see: several other entries on this list), but Swift and company donated a cool $50,000 to the school. The singer also ponied up free tickets for her next local show for students.
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A restriction-less 2010 poll set up by Faxo.com to pick a destination for Justin Bieber's "My World" tour saw North Korea steal the top spot, climbing from 24th to 1st in a matter of two days. Since Kim Jong-Il put the kibosh on Western music in North Korea, instituted rigid travel regulations, and made the Internet off-limits for most of the country, the result was head-scratching at best. That is, at least until 4Chan pranksters claimed credit for the joke, rigging the poll to send the pop star packing for communist North Korea. The country piled up more than 650,000 votes, toppling second-place Israel (also a prank option) by 30,000. For obvious reasons, the Biebs stayed put stateside.
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File this one under reasons to not give Internet communities the power to name products. When Mountain Dew tapped its Internet followers to help christen a green apple-flavored drink, the disastrously short-lived 2012 "Dub the Dew" promotion was pretty quickly shut down when the suggestions that rolled in proved to be incredibly offensive. Once again, the 4Chan message board ran rampant over an online poll, proffering names both harmless ("Soda," "Sierra Mist," and "Soylent Green") and insensitive (at the time the poll closed, the leader was "Hitler did nothing wrong"). Mountain Dew bailed on the promotion and issued a profuse apology to its fanbase, conceding that the company "lost to the Internet."
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Posted on 1/30/17 at 10:58 pm to tiggerthetooth
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at the time the poll closed, the leader was "Hitler did nothing wrong"
Posted on 1/30/17 at 10:59 pm to tiggerthetooth
T swift contest 
Posted on 1/30/17 at 11:05 pm to tiggerthetooth
I always liked the time they made Pitbull play in Alaska
Posted on 1/30/17 at 11:06 pm to tiggerthetooth
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pick a destination for Justin Bieber's "My World" tour saw North Korea steal the top spot
lol
Posted on 1/30/17 at 11:06 pm to tiggerthetooth
Did Boaty McBoatface make it on the list?
Posted on 1/30/17 at 11:08 pm to tiggerthetooth
No "Boaty McBoatface", no care
Posted on 1/30/17 at 11:11 pm to fightin tigers
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Did Boaty McBoatface make it on the list?
Top spot.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 12:23 am to tiggerthetooth
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but Swift and company donated a cool $50,000 to the school. The singer also ponied up free tickets for her next local show for students.
Classy move.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 1:41 am to Sun God
yep, but he handled it with class and they really decent crowd at the concert
Posted on 1/31/17 at 6:09 am to tiggerthetooth
The Bieber one was great. The chain thread lasted for a few days on /b/.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:41 am to tiggerthetooth
I've always loved the pit bull story, especially since he went there and actually played. The mayor even gave him a key to the city when he got to Alaska
Posted on 1/31/17 at 7:55 am to saintsfan92612
That story about Pit Bull is pretty cool. He seems like a class act.
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 10:50 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:37 am to Bmath
How about the MLB allstar voting where the entire KC Royals roster was starting for the AL?
Sports Illustrated Article on it
Sports Illustrated Article on it
This post was edited on 1/31/17 at 8:39 am
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:41 am to Bmath
Don't like his music but totally agree. Looks like it was a good time.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 8:45 am to Tigeralum2008
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How about the MLB allstar voting where the entire KC Royals roster was starting for the AL?
This is why NBA changed the voting for the all star game because otherwise Zaza Pachulia Would be the starting C every year.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:05 am to tiggerthetooth
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Swift and company donated a cool $50,000 to the school.
T Swift should be celebrated more that in todays celebrity culture she hasn't gone off the deep end, doesn't make everything about her, and donates a shite load of money to charity.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:08 am to Tigeralum2008
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How about the MLB allstar voting where the entire KC Royals roster was starting for the AL?
I believe it was just the infield and to there credit they're all really good. Not all the best per say, but all at least near the top of their game. It's not like it was the entire Angels infield was being voted for.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:13 am to tiggerthetooth
A few years back they got Rick Astley to perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade.
Posted on 1/31/17 at 9:15 am to boxcarbarney
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A few years back they got Rick Astley to perform at the Macy's Thanksgiving parade.
shite man, that was almost 10 years ago now.
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