Right Or Wrong

I really have something that is bothering me a great deal. Every day I do tweet or RT contests on twitter. I read the rules to see how many times a day I can tweet or RT for an entry. I also only use on twitter account. I only get on my jail account for parties when my main account is in jail. I don't use my jail account for tweet or RT contests on twitter. Recently it has come to my attention (well back into my focus I should say) that there are a handful of people who are using multiple accounts to participate in these contests. I'm not too fond of this one bit. I want to win things fair and square and do not believe that cheating should be done, yet here we have those handful of people taking advantage of a system and using 3, 4, and even 5 different names in an attempt to win one prize. Does this up your odds of winning? Or does this up your odds of being caught? One thing I had noticed is every set of rules states in it that you can only use one account and anyone caught using multiple accounts in an attempt to gain more than required entries will be disqualified. Well, this brings me to the next issue... one of those multi using twitter folks won the other day. Won something I have been trying for ten months to win! A Flip Cam... every one knows hotels.com is doing a RT to win a Flip contest on twitter and every day I take my chances and RT to win.


Now how am I going to win if there are people on there using all different accounts in an attempt to win? This is not fair nor is it legal. They are breaking the rules of twitter contests that are posted. There are a handful of contests in particular that people are cheating on and lately they seem to be the socialmoms.com RT contests, eBay RT contest, and Hotelsdotcom RT contest.  This is why I like sweepstakes a little bit more. It levels the playing field, sure there are people that enter for everyone in their household, but if the rules say one per person that is legal I suppose.  This all makes me wonder how were these people raised? Where are their ethics and morals? I was raised with ethics and morals and I stick by them to this day. I was taught it was wrong to cheat, no matter if it was a test, a contest, or your spouse... cheating is WRONG. Am I wrong to think this when I see so many cheating on twitter? There are a handful of honest people on there, but then again that is the advantage of the internet you hide behind a screen and be who you want to be. Not me, I'm as real as they come. If you don't like me on Twitter or Facebook you sure will not like me in person. I am very outspoken and opinionated. I have also noticed that I'm older than many of the ones that are doing the cheating, but being younger is not an excuse.

You will not die if you do not win. Winning is not everything. People need to be thankful they wake up and breathe every morning. That they have a roof over their head, food on the table, and clothing on their back. Having an internet connection is not a necessity, it is a luxury in my opinion. Too many people abuse this luxury and cheat the internet systems that are out there. I can't express how much this eats me alive. I have never cheated on a single thing... not a test, contest, taxes, or even a boyfriend. However, I've been cheated on and it's not a fun feeling nor is it a fun feeling watching all these cheaters on Twitter.  I want a fair crack at winning things just as every one else does, why do people feel the need to diminish my chances of winning when their chances should be exactly the same as mine? Am I a rat? You betcha! When I find out you are cheating a company out of items they are giving away for FREE I'm going to blow you in. There I said it.. YES I will blow you in. These companies spend boatloads of money to giveaway free things they don't have to give away, don't abuse the system and cheat them out of their money! I don't think cheaters would like it if I walked up and took money out of their wallet so don't do it to companies.

Sooner or later cheating will catch up to those groups of people who are doing it and then guess what.. you will be banned from contests and won't have a chance to win anymore things. HA that makes me laugh.. I would love to see every cheater blown in and banned from twitter! Maybe twitter needs to engage in an IQ test prior to letting you sign up or a personality test... if you fail it no account for you! After all Twitter is privately owned so they could do something like that....

Bottom line is this... do you think it is right or wrong to use multiple accounts in an attempt to gain more entries into a twitter RT contest? I think it's wrong... but that is just me I have strong ethics and morals and wish more people would live with them too, because by watching cheaters I think WOW did their parents do a crappy job at raising them and taught them cheating was right? What comes around goes around and Karma will take care of those people who feel the need to cheat the system, rules, and laws that companies put into place for giveaways. One day I will have that Flip cam and when I do I will feel good knowing I did it without cheating or playing the system! I take pride in my wins because I do them fairly, like many do... my wish would be for others to play fairly as well...