The blogs on the front page are chosen according to the editor's liking, which could be taken for granted in itself, and then there is the featured blogger, which had no criteria listed. I checked out each of these posts and found similarities in them. Well-written, minimal grammar and punctuation errors, thoughtful, and controversial elements were apart of each. 

This wasn't the most disturbing part about it though. I was wondering how ethical it is to post these blogs and the featured blogger during a contest like the scholarship. Obviously, having those posts on the front page leads to more clicks on their blog, and then the featured blog is located on the right of almost every page besides the one I'm typing on right now. How is that fair, especially when we're given no specifications as to how these few are selected to be read more than others? 

I mean if this was a presidential election (yes, always use presidential elections for examples of contests because it makes your point seem important), and one running mate was just selected out of nowhere to be on the cover of People and named "Man of the Year" when there were people who had the exact same achievements....or if he was just chosen because editors liked him (or her), wouldn't that be unethical? 

What makes a post more important than another? Why should people who have never been on the front page or featured blogger have to work harder to be read if they're writing in the same style as the others? Am I doing something wrong here? 

If there was something for us to go by, something for us to fill out in order to be the featured blogger or on the front page, or click something for us to try and be considered--that would be more appropriate than just being plucked out of the sea.