“you’re” [you are] full of shit, not “your”
“Artvoice’s” opinion, not “artvoices”
Why do you assume you know more “than I,” not “then me”
“and that lots of us.” [That is just plain unintelligible. What was he trying to say?]
“please tell me who won that award?? Please tell me??” [no question marks in either sentence, the first is an indirect question, the second is no kind of question]
“best of,” not “best off”
“your vote actually counts,” not “you vote actully counts” [maybe two typos]

You’re welcome to your opinion. You’re just not welcome to spam it half a dozen times under a bunch of made up names to pretend like people agree with you. (You’ll notice I left your original rant).

Winners vs. advertisers is a chicken and the egg sort of thing, and you’ve got it backwards my friend. The results aren’t rigged to favor those who advertise. But it is a poll of Artvoice readers, and businesses who advertise throughout the year attract the business of Artvoice readers. Therefore, these are the businesses readers are exposed to and frequent and it’s reasonable many of them get voted for! If anything it shows our advertising is effective and readers patron businesses they see in the paper, not that we’re scamming anybody.

Since nothing I say will convince you it’s actually a fair process (it is, and its funny how you complain of “attacks” yet all you’re doing is attacking us without basis), so let’s leave it be. You’ve said your piece. Half a dozen times now, and I’ve even allowed two of your posts to remain.

and James,

Sorry you feel it’s “just wrong”, and while I can’t speak for others I’m sure there’s no offense intended by most or all who voted either way… remember the voting process was free-form and many responses were almost essay style for some of the categories. What didn’t come through in the simplified sum total here is how specific some people were wording their votes. Some of the votes on the “over reporting” side mentioned things to the effect of those involved in the crash deserved more privacy to deal with their loss – or the media could have handled it with more respect. Others on the “under reported” side thought the news lacked recognition for the heroic acts of the first responders. In both cases there was a lot of respect expressed. Many who voted expressed sympathy for the situation in the wording of their responses, and I at least personally share that sentiment. In the end it was really two sides of the same coin; I think members of this community understand the gravity of the event.

They might actually “hear” it, if you had anything worthwhile to say, and didn’t scream it like a 4-year-old throwing a tantrum. We grown-ups tend to tune that sort of thing out for the background noise that it is.

Have you considered that it might not be so much your opinion, as the manner in which you express it?

Swearing, spamming, misspellings, bad grammar, poor punctuation and coming off like a complete rant-job won’t earn you any fans. So, I doubt anyone’s going to be losing any sleep over your disapproval.

Seriously…how can a free publication, “screw readers?” I’ll take Artvoice over Spree (a genuinely ad-biased rag with glossy cover and heavy paper stock), any day.

FYI: the word is “ads” as in “advertising.” “Adds” is 1+1.