Ballot Stuffing The Most Idiotic Industry Person Results

I'm contacted every year because I've "been selected" as the Woman Entrepenuer of the Year or some equally impressive title. Early in my career (25+yrs ago) I fell for it and contacted them at which time I found out that me and several thousand others were "selected" and featured in the magazine that my $45.00 "acceptance fee" paid for. The whole thing is a magazine subscription selling scam but they massage your ego and make you feel important till you send the money and receive your first copy of the magazine & realize you were duped. Yes - we're that desparate to win an award or be recognized especially in our youth. How sad and pathetic is that? I now have kids & grandkids at those ages and try telling them not to buy into it but a few have enough narcisism in them that they can't resist and will fall for it every time.

Who's stuffing for me??? It's pointless. This won't teach them any lesson nor am I going to accept / participate.

I almost feel bad for Securityhive, which is a small relatively unknown site. The real embarrassment in all this are manufacturers that are stuffing to win.

Update: CNL's stuffing is strong! CNL, always looking for any form of validation, now has 500+ votes.

Poor Fredrik Nilsson still stuck at 9 votes. Schmode at -745....

Schafer appears to be unstoppable, his influence is growing by the hour. J.H.'s middle finger has been blunted, and is now just a stubby reminder of those 4 minutes in August when he was the one that 'had the right stuff'....

I demand A recount.

Perhaps I just have been living in my own little world....... but I have been in the industry for over 20 years and have never heard of Richard Brent, John Chigos or Victoria Ferro.... I know Scott Schafer only because he use to work for us.

Update: Voting closed on September 15. Final leader board taken down. In its place only the message "Results to be published shortly."

Last known snapshots of the undersized voting apparatus, right before it seized up, showed that Scott Schafer had amassed literally thousands of sincere affirmations of supreme industry influence, from literally thirty or more direct reports, to whom Scott is understandably the most influential person in the industry.

Now all we can do is wait for a puff of white smoke to emerge from the hive, indicating that, indeed the votes have been counted and recounted, and finally recounted, and that will of the voters is at last done. Power to the Pixel!

I think we may all owe Arecont an apology for the stuffing allegations contained in this discussion, since Security Hive has now determined the root cause of the ballot overage:

Stuck voting button, w/o reset.

Sorry, Arecont.

Time to vote again, half of the "influencers" from last year are not up for re-election.