Ofcom has let Channel 5 off the hook after it agreed to let Big Brother viewers carry over surplus Facebook credits, or get a refund, if they were unable to vote in the show's evictions. The last series of Big Brother was a UK telly first by accepting votes through the use of paid-for Facebook credits. However, these had to be …

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Tuesday 6th March 2012 09:05 GMT Anonymous Coward

Oh. If only we could do this

for our Members of Parliament

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1. Tuesday 6th March 2012 09:27 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
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  Just like the film "Cube" :)
  
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2. Tuesday 6th March 2012 12:19 GMT Anonymous Coward
  
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  So people would buy credits to vote as many times as they could afford.
  
  Therefore whoever has the most money has most influence on the government.
  
  And that would be different to today's governments (UK, USA take your pick) in what way exactly?
  
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Tuesday 6th March 2012 11:28 GMT JakeyC

Idiot tax

Should have stuck to "no refunds" - just write it off as per title.

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Tuesday 6th March 2012 11:39 GMT tkioz

"As first steps go this was a small stumble, but unlikely to shake the industry's faith in the concept"

The continued existence of Big Brother shakes my faith in humanity...

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Tuesday 6th March 2012 13:25 GMT ColonelClaw

I must say I'm surprised that a company under the ownership of the highly repected and scrupulously moral Richard 'Dirty' Desmond should be involved in dodgy practices.

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