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[james_davis_nicoll]

Who's been saying the Hugo process is corrupt?

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[daveon.livejournal.com]

And to further clarify, I think this is why the advent of the Voter's Packet makes this MUCH better.

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

I too am in favor of voter packets. I'm in favor of increased distribution of cultural artifacts generally. Whether this will alter outcomes remains to be seen.

[daveon.livejournal.com]

It's the inherent problem with popular votes. Which is part of the fun of them and why it's amusing that our "premium" award is always going to throw up weird results.

On the other hand, we can't claim that panels of experts are any less likely to be swayed by this kind of thing either. The Oscars are a great example of that.

[nihilistic-kid.livejournal.com]

I'd argue that the problem with the Oscars is that the panels are too large, especially for Best Picture.

I think awards like the World Fantasy and Shirley Jackson—small juries—lead to consistently better results. Not perfect results, mind you, but better ones.