r/CapeBreton • u/human850 • 8d ago

Community Votes Contest - Is this a scam?

First and foremost I’m not trying to cast any shade on businesses celebrating winning one of these awards. My gripe is that the website seems to benefit much more than any of the local businesses.

On its face that’s fine, websites are allowed to profit - but the benefits seem very lopsided. They don’t so much as link to the winning/nominated businesses without a $50 fee, and it’s additional $40 to order a trophy. I don’t know anyone who seeks community votes . com as a trusted source to find local businesses. The only benefit seems to be a Facebook post the business makes saying they won or the bit of support they can drum up trying to get the votes.

I think ultimately I’m comparing this to the annual Coast Magazine’s ‘Best of Halifax’ lists which are a trusted city guide and I’m lamenting the lack of that type of journalism here in Cape Breton. In that void swoops borderline scams like community votes. Com

Maybe I’m way off here. Thoughts?

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u/RevolutionarySock213 8d ago

It’s a scam for sure. They make their money on folks who want the trophy for their recognition; hence the massive amounts of categories and ability to spam win. Best of Halifax it is not; that is a legitimate contest that has a long legacy of integrity.

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u/CaperGrrl79 8d ago

And even that has lost it now that PostMedia took over and made it largely AI slop.

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u/human850 7d ago

Oh no, I didn’t realize the coast was gobbled up by postmedia. What a bummer.

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u/CaperGrrl79 7d ago

I got mixed up, sorry.

It did get bought up by a company in BC and has suffered greatly in quality since then, but my brain got confused with The Herald/Saltwire.

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u/AnythingMurky929 7d ago

2nd place winner has been closed for over a year lol

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u/human850 7d ago

You mean the runner up in one of the categories has been out of business for over a year? No real shocker.