Em's Video Stuff

My votebot experience:

I posted a rebuttal to some of the ridiculous arguments religious zealots were using against gay rights. My video (Re: Vote Yes on Prop #8) received 35 ratings in the first few days, averaging 4.5~5 stars. (It was my first video, not high-traffic.) I left my computer for an hour and returned to find that a video which had taken several days to accumulate 35 ratings suddenly had 110 ratings, and had gone from 4.5~5 stars down to 1 star! **There was no correspondingly large increase in views or any new comments (both things you would expect if humans were voting).**

Since then, the video's rating has gone up to 2.5 stars. I don't mind, it stands as a testament to the despicable tactics people are willing to engage in to "defend" their irrational religious beliefs.