Hi all. We appreciate all of the feedback on this issue and have read all of the comments, as well as spoken to some of you personally.
Based on the feedback received, we decided to review the panel voting. After review, it is possible for a 3-way tie for 2nd place.
We've updated the original post with this information and contacted the two additional 2nd place winners.
We've learned a lot from this experience and in the future, we will no longer offer a public vote in contests, and all contests will be judged via a panel vote, like the monthly CatShowS.
We want contests to be fun experiences both for the community and for us and truthfully, every time we run a contest where there is a public vote, there are allegations and incidents of cheating, there are people who stack their votes, there's complaints - dealing with all of that isn't fun and takes up time that we could be spending on other things, like creating fun events, or new products, or new cats! So we feel this is a necessary change that will benefit the community going forward.
We appreciate everyone's feedback and understanding. The KittyCatS Community truly is the best community in SL, even when we're not always agreeing with each other, and we love and appreciate all of you.
Thank you
(I'm going to re-open this thread now. Please remember to keep the discussion respectful and civil. Thanks.)
