Pondering Contest Quacks

I was thinking today (scary, I know) about contests. You have to admit they're fun. Is there a better feeling than getting something for free? But really, it's not always fun for the person running the contest. Sadly, there are some who would ruin it for the rest.

	Contest Whores Contest Whores will enter a contest regardless of what the prize is. There's a prize, that's all that matters. It's pretty shiny and they want... so they enter. All too often Contest Whores also feel the need to brag about all the prizes they've won by entering contests, or to rub in the fact that won."Oh, I already read this book. I won it over at *insert random place here*" or even worse, IMO, are the ones who don't even cop to where they got it. "Oh, I have this book already. And this one. And that one."
	eBay Bitches These are the asshats who enter to win so they can immediately turn around and sell the prizes on eBay. You'll find these ones mostly surrounding contests for ARCs, because there's big money to be made selling ARCs on ebay. Bastards.
	Sad Tales These are the big babies who have a sob story for why they should win. "My husband left me." "My dog just died." "My life is horrible and awful and this would be the only bright spot in my otherwise wretched existence."
	Sybil's Socks These are Syb's favorite! *g* These are the sad, sorry fucks who have no life and make up pretend names/email addresses so they can enter a contest more than once. I've personally never understood the point. But then, I don't really enter contests, so I might not be the person to ask.

TGTBTU does contests because we are a reader site for readers. And we love the idea of helping readers find their next MUST READ author. Especially if they happen to be MUST READ authors for us. Tis fun to share, no? But sometimes I wonder if it's worth it to give away ARCs, to hold contests, to share the wealth. But then it's not really fair if one person ruins it for everyone, is it?

Is Holly the Only One With Issues?

She says our RSS Feed sometimes takes years to show up on her google reader.

Is this true? I noticed I have two on my google reader... one with a www. and one without. The one here is the one without. Does this happen to anyone else? I just wondered before I did any 'timed' contests or anything.

Or you know... it could just be Holly... she is like that sometimes gots to keep a close eye on that one. BTW if you are using COX (uh ten to one you don't see this but just in case, we are still working on the issues )

Gwen is hoping to have them fixed and neutered soon.

Hopefully...