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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
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 Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: "Worst Person of the Year" Korean version |
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Apparently LMB was winning by too high a margin (and Roh was winning the Best Person vote by a high margin) so the portal site Paran decided to cancel the poll.
Some might say 2MB heard about it and made a phone call.
http://koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/tech/2008/12/133_35876.html
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Worst Person of Year Vote Scrapped
By Kim Tong-hyung
Staff Reporter
After allowing online users to pick the ``best'' and ``worst'' personalities of the year, Paran (www.paran.com) scrambled to change voting rules after President Lee Myung-bak emerged as the most unpopular person.
As part of its year-end programs, the Web portal had opened a public vote on ``people in the news'' earlier this week, and through Monday afternoon, President Lee cemented a lead in the ``worst'' category. Adding insult to injury was former President Roh Moo-hyun rising atop the ``best'' list.
Also unpopular among Internet users were Kang Man-soo, the country's top financial policymaker, who is taking most of the blame for the current economic mess, Culture Minister Yoo In-chon, ridiculed for his off-color rant during a National Assembly audit, and Eo Cheong-soo, the country's police chief, criticized for violent suppression of anti-government rallies earlier this year.
However, the names of both Lee and Roh, along with those of other politicians, vanished from the section (media.paran.com/2008/person.php) later in the evening, as the Web site turned the vote into a celebrity-only event.
As of Wednesday afternoon, the country's most popular personality appears to be figure skating queen Kim Yu-na, while baseball player-turned show host Kang Byung-gyu, recently indicted for illegal gambling, this after being criticized for lavishly spending taxpayer money while leading a celebrity cheering squad during the Beijing Olympics, is now the most disliked individual. The title of the corner was also changed to ``Stars in the News.''
KTH, the operator of Paran and the Internet unit of telecommunications giant KT, struggled to downplay the accusations of censorship, claiming that it was only trying to adjust the results after identifying ``significantly abnormal traffic.''
``Although we don't suspecting that hacking occurred, we concluded that the voting results were distorted due to a significant amount of abnormal traffic during a short period of time, so we had to change the corner,'' said a Paran spokesman.
The Lee administration saw its popularity plunge to new depths after being hit by bloggers, first for its controversial decision to lift the ban on U.S. beef imports earlier this year, and recently for its alleged ineptitude in economic policies.
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Since Paran has given up the goat, so to speak, we should do our own version of "Worst Person of the Year" in Korea.
I nominate the geeze-tard who burned Namdaemoon down in February during Seollal. Way to start the New Year, buddy! That's the equivalent of "My insurance company didn't pay me so I burned down Mt. Rushmore!"
So, who is your pick? Nominate in this thread. |
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Smee
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Hmm . . . I think the Namdaemun arsonist gets my vote as well. |
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Faunaki
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I vote for my vp. |
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Faunaki
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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Faunaki
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I vote for my vp. |
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bundangbabo
Joined: 01 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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So many Koreans to vote for but only one award - a dilemma to be sure!  |
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Beej
Joined: 05 Mar 2005
Location: Eungam Loop
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 5:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Smee wrote: |
| Hmm . . . I think the Namdaemun arsonist gets my vote as well. |
I vote for the judge who decided not to put the Namdaemun arsonist in jail after his previous arson conviction. |
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yeoja
Joined: 27 Nov 2008
Location: Down south in South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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The pedo 70- or 90- something year old grandfather who raped his own 16 yr old granddaughter.
actually, the judge that let them off easy.
That's just sick... |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Beej wrote: |
| Smee wrote: |
| Hmm . . . I think the Namdaemun arsonist gets my vote as well. |
I vote for the judge who decided not to put the Namdaemun arsonist in jail after his previous arson conviction. |
I vote for the government, company, and gangsters who evicted the arsonist from his home. |
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xCustomx
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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| How about the hundreds of thousands of American beef protestors. I'll just group them all together and call them one person |
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orosee
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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I don't know... "worst person of the year", how would that be different from anything else I've read on Dave's for the past year? I prefer "best person" or rather "best/most inspiring event".
For that, I nominate the events around Bill Kapoun, the way his family handled the situation and frequently updated the news, and how an international community of friends and strangers worked together with anything they could do, from well wishing to donations to personal support. Sad that there was no happy ending to the story, but for me it restored some respect for humanity.
For the worst of 2008, if I have to, I vote for "international banking and investment". |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I would vote for the executive producer of the "PD Diary" mad cow episode that cost the country billions of won and embarrassed Korea on a global scale. |
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flakfizer
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| I would vote for the executive producer of the "PD Diary" mad cow episode that cost the country billions of won and embarrassed Korea on a global scale. |
Seconded. |
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alex83
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| yeoja wrote: |
The pedo 70- or 90- something year old grandfather who raped his own 16 yr old granddaughter.
actually, the judge that let them off easy.
That's just sick... |
Seconded. |
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macaronique
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| Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2008 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| xCustomx wrote: |
| How about the hundreds of thousands of American beef protestors. I'll just group them all together and call them one person |
I ll take all of them over my co-teacher anyday |
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