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it's just a fun little in-community vote. The rest of the world barely notices, unfortunately.
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The former is the reason for the latter.
Not that I think the the world
needs to take notice or anything, but many fans seem to. They really can't have it both ways: prestigious award whose merit is acknowleged by "the rest of the world" AND fun little in-community vote.
The whole thing doesn't keep me awake at night or anything, but it IS getting a bit cheesy around the genre water-cooler come Hugo nomination time. Many authors take to social-media and start advertising which of their own works are eligible for the coming year's award.
But whatever... there's some good stuff mixed in with the meh. I'll leave it at that.