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Originally Posted by tompe
How can you not see a difference between saying "This is what we have available to choose from" and saying "vote for this specific works regardless of if you have read them or not or if you like them or not"?
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Well, as a direct quote from the Sad Puppies 3 slate
"If you agree with our slate below — and we suspect you might — this is YOUR chance to make sure YOUR voice is heard. This is YOUR award (as SF/F’s self-proclaimed “most prestigious award”) and YOU get to have a say in who is acknowledged."
That seems to me more like a recommendation than a political vote (Yes I know that if you read a lot of the background stuff it is political).
Still, the Hugo's are a popularity award, quite how you rig a popularity award by popular vote is beyond me.