"My solution is to accept their apology. And let them run their own web site they way they want to." What have they apologized for? Certainly not for taking the AOY voting out of the hands of the members--only for offering it in the first place. And frankly, I don't find the "mistake" excuse particularly convincing--exactly how was such a mistake made? When was the decision made to place AOY selection in the hands of mods/admins, and why weren't the members notified? Your "solution" does nothing to address the concerns of the member-customers OR the contestants--all it does is let the staff off the hook. And of course they're entitled to run the site as they see fit--but I'm equally entitled to protest, within the TOS, when I feel that certain members are being discriminated against because their views are controversial. "Membership doesn't give me the right to accuse someone of fixing a contest with no proof." Frankly, it's hard to arrive at any other conclusion, since none of the admins have bothered to offer an explanation that actually makes sense.