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Originally Posted by jdege
In other words, to do exactly what the Sad Puppies are doing.
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What good would that do?
The problem is not the titles they're stacking the deck with, the problem is that the deck can easily be stacked.
In 2014, it took 97 votes to nominate Mira Grant for best novel for the fourth year running (no disrespect to Grant, but c'mon: she wrote what some really thought was the best SFF novel of the year four years in a row?)
It also took only 69 votes to make Vox Day a Hugo nominated author.
http://www.thehugoawards.org/content...Statistics.pdf
It's time to make changes that increase the nomination pool enough that 69 (or 97) votes won't be enough to get something/someone nominated (not a
difference of 69, 97 votes, but a
total of 69, 97 votes). Either that, or it's time to close up the shop.