Farcebook, where petty networking trumps talent

You know what they say: Go on Twatter and Farcebook, and NETWORK your way to SUCCESS!

After all, it's not about TALENT it's about being pushy.

It's not about deserving artists getting noticed, but rigging the ballot box.

Bellow, an example of typical small-potatoes immorality on fabulous Farcebook.

The top part is a post from someone who wants ALL her friends to vote for HER friend. After all, if you're her friend, you must agree with what she says, and do her and HER friend a favor. Huh?

Ethics? Never heard the word. Why should the most talented artist win, instead of the one with the best FARCEBOOK connections?

You can imagine how this woman, and her pal would feel, if they saw a blizzard of Tweets saying, "Vote for Twat and the Snail Trails, let's all cheat and skew the voting for them!" The outrage would be: "This group is getting people who never even saw them to vote for them! How fair is that?"

Some dopey Long Beach newspaper allows anyone and everyone to vote online, and instead of reflecting true talent, it's become a fucking FARCEBOOK popularity contest.

Years ago, I saw an idiot do this in a forum: "Vote for my friend...blah blah...he deserves it!"

And I answered back, "Don't you think the other four people have friends? Don't you think they feel their friends deserve it? Why should I do what you tell me? I don't even know you. Being in the same forum doesn't mean we have the same tastes. Why are you rigging this contest?"

The reply was "You don't know my friend. He's really paid his dues. He should get this award as Best New Talent..."

I answered, "Actually, I do know your friend. I've seen him perform and he's mediocre. The other four are better."

I got some some accusation of being a troll, and a sulky, "I shouldn't even write anything further, because someone like you is going to get the last word."

And I responded, "I'll leave the last word to professional published critics." And I quoted a review of this friend's pal, which stated just what I stated. Then I published critical acclaim for the four young artists competing against him. And I said, "If you're going to vote based on unbiased opinion, vote for anyone BUT this fool."

Glad to say the winner was NOT the no-talent that somebody in a forum claimed "deserves it."

Here's wishing bad luck to every petty, underhanded ballot-box-stuffing weasel trying to get ahead by Internet networking.