You are missing the fact that non-contestants also promote their friends (vote for X over here), and players promote in communities. Both are harder to track; both can have a much larger impact on the contestant's standing than posting a vote request in their own journal.
True. Fortunately, since I map out at least the half dozen people I've chosen to track, if they make a sudden jump I can be like hrmm wait a minute and work backwards to see what happened. So far no one I've tracked has done anything really unexplainable, though admittedly I'm a bit mystified by RMs data (she's not even someone I officially tracked but she shows up as "top vote" the overwhelming amount of time, which is tracked). She showed the usual highest increase and percent in the beginning, but that preceded her post linking back to the entry, and was sustained at a relatively high rate for long afterr. There were also little bursts in hers along the way. It just leaves me kind of mystified.
Well, RM simply has a fanbase over 600 who read her in spurts for starters. They are loyal and I bet they love to see her win every week.
Since I do not know (exactly) who your case studies are, I can not tell you which ones I have confirmed used other resources... but so far as I am aware there are no methods of self-promotion that are "against the rules."
Charlie calls it a 'soulbond.' Michelle is an aspect of my personality who occasionally takes on a life of her own. I (Amy/Spydie) am aware of what is going on, but she [more or less] does the things that I wouldn't do.
She can be rude, pushy, obnoxious... but she is also in better touch with her feelings.
I think the answer to that is that rm is a longtime LJ user, and previously had an early adopter account. (Though I don't know how she feels about linking to it, so I'm not going to right now.) She is extremely prolific, both in her journal as well as communities. She's very active in fandoms, so many people came to know her through her fiction or her book on Harry Potter trivia. She's also gained a fair number of readers for her deliciously snarky commentary in the NYC community, as well as her writing on other websites.
So I think it is fair to say her "profile" is probably higher than many other contestants, as she has a readership base from a larger pool of places. It probably also helps that she is eloquent and more often than not writes exceptional entries.
You are missing the fact that non-contestants also promote their friends (vote for X over here), and players promote in communities. Both are harder to track; both can have a much larger impact on the contestant's standing than posting a vote request in their own journal.
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Since I do not know (exactly) who your case studies are, I can not tell you which ones I have confirmed used other resources... but so far as I am aware there are no methods of self-promotion that are "against the rules."
Gary would have to confirm that, of course.
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Michelle is NOT allowed to vote. Write, yes. Vote, no.
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She can be rude, pushy, obnoxious... but she is also in better touch with her feelings.
If you want to read her journal, it is worldofmichelle.
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Charlie lives in another body entirely.
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*feels slightly less confused*
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ETA: just realized it is flocked. Makes sense.
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He didn't think we would have to worry about it very often.
It's Michelle's World when she writes, so the name fit.
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So I think it is fair to say her "profile" is probably higher than many other contestants, as she has a readership base from a larger pool of places. It probably also helps that she is eloquent and more often than not writes exceptional entries.
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I have it on good authority that she is a good friend too.
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