Quote Originally Posted by AshDidit View Post
Why? It's a lottery system. Doesn't matter if you buy your cactpot ticket seconds after it opens or seconds before it closes. It's R N G. RANDOM number generator. period. Computer controlled random chance. Be as salty as you like, at least you don't get carpal tunnel from clicking placards for 8 hours, and still lose anyway. I try to be the first to bid regardless of how many others bid. I've been lucky, you haven't YET. Maybe bid on one last minute next time that doesn't have any/many bids already on it. It's not up to SE to fix your salt.
No, but it is their job to observe and receive feedback on their systems, which is what I'm giving on the lottery system. If the housing lottery gave you a randomized number on your ticket, versus a number based on the order you placed your bid then I could agree with your cactpot comparison. I'd hate winning ticket 4362 less than jerk face bidder number 23