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Originally Posted by HarryT
But my point is that they are doing nothing that's against the rules of the Hugo nomination process, and neither are they doing anything that you couldn't do yourself if you want to nominate different works. The Hugos are, as you point out yourself, essentially a "popularity contest". In that regard they differ fundamentally from awards like the Man Booker Prize or the Arthur C. Clarke Award, in which books are judged by a panel of judges on the basis of their literary merit.
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Every voting system is vulnerable to attacks that strictly follow the rules. But it can still be a very bad and immoral behavior even if the rules are followed.