{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Toksyuryel (toksyuryel)'s status on Tuesday, 30-Oct-12 10:08:05 UTC","author_name":"Toksyuryel (toksyuryel)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/toksyuryel","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/2042368","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/76\" class=\"url\" title=\"Malik Navigate To McDonough\"><span class=\"fn nickname\">thelastgherkin<\/span><\/a><\/span> Ok, the voting criteria make it pretty clear that this is, as I suspected it would be, purely a popularity contest. As such, my question is simple: how, exactly, would something popular winning by virtue of its popularity be &quot;ruining&quot; such a contest? Your statement perplexes me greatly- what would have been ruined here, had that been the case?"}