Oh...I'm sorry if I offended you with my comments about "other websites" up there Eric but I really meant it as a joke. D:

I totally see how FB and Twitter can be used to promote Frog Forum, and I fully support those of you who are utilizing those websites for that purpose or for connecting with family members, or whatever it is most people do on those sites. I didn't mean to bash the way you do business Eric, that comment was in no way meant as a slight against what you do, or what others in your line of work do. Like I said, I fully support those members of FF who are promoting the website through other media, like Facebook and Twitter, and other social networking sites, but that doesn't mean I have to become a member. I can promote Frog Forum in other ways, right here at home, and that's how I prefer to do it.

I don't feel like a fool for ignoring those sites, I made a personal choice to stay away from places like that because of the people (and of course I don't mean everyone on Facebook, just those select few) who use it as a tool for creating drama and causing problems for others. I know people who lives were socially ruined by Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter, because of immature comments and messed up situations and I don't wish to be a part of something that can be used as such a powerful medium for social evil, even though others do choose use it as a powerful medium for social good. It's just a personal preference that I've decided to stay away from those places, and I don't blame anyone for joining, but I don't need to be a member to support my passion for Frog Forum, or frogs in general for that matter.

As for the picking out of a hat situation, I realized that was what she meant, but that means someone still has to choose the people who will go into the hat in the first place. I believe for the other contest she's not putting all 21 entries into the hat, each mod is picking two threads they liked and throwing them in, right? So there is a bit of personal preference going on with that still, even though the final results are random, the players are chosen specifically.