Viewers are now asked to vote by leaving comments on social posts, a policy that many find confusing The first time Alexa Rockwell went to vote for her favorite contestant on American Idol this season, she found the voting methods — especially the newly implemented process of casting votes via social media — unnecessarily complicated. It immediately turned her off. “It gets a little messy,” says Rockwell, a lifelong Idol fan who has watched and voted since the show’s first season. “It’s like, if it’s not broke, don’t fix it.” Rockwell remembers learning how to make a phone call during the early Idol seasons, when finalists had dedicated call-in numbers, and still prefers casting votes through more traditional avenues, like texting. “At least when you text ‘21523’ and you text the number [of the contestant you’re voting for], you get a text back saying you voted,” she says. “With social, you are sending it out into the void.…