DMOZ Reformer In a Buying Votes Scandal
Competitions, News February 26th, 2007I have had to disqualify two directories and two templates from the February PhpLD Directory of the Month Contest. The disqualified entries are:
From best designed directory:
1. H-log
2. Sbclansite
From best free template:
1. City Theme
2. Soothing Blue
The grounds for this is that the owner of these directories and templates has offered a 3 months featured listing in his directories for anyone who votes for him. This is vote buying at its most basic, crass level and not something I can tolerate.
Ironically, the owner of these directories and templates is a DMOZ editor. And one of these directories is actually listed in DMOZ (quaere whether this has anything to do with the fact that it is owned by a DMOZ editor when lots of quality directories just do not get listed there).
In a further twist of irony, the owner of these directories has cast himself into a role of a reformer to DMOZ. He has set up alternative forums in this regard.
Corruption at DMOZ must run deep if the reformers themselves are this corrupt.
February 27th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
[…] Yesterday I reported that a corrupt DMOZ editor was buying votes in order to win the February 2007 Phpld Directory of the Month competition. As a result, I disqualified his entries. He responded, and I quote: Lol show me the rule where it says ” No buying votes ” , i will let you go with that, do you how politics really operates ? You think politicians campaign most of the time ? Nope they buy voters too, its the truth but since you cannot realize that its cool good luck with competition. […]