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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
While it's true that campaigning could never be entirely eliminated from an award like the Hugos, it's also true that some subtle tweaking to the rules/process could drastically reduce the influence any one particular extremist campaign could bring to bear on the nom process (by lowering the barrier to nominate, but not the final vote). Why would people fight that kind of change?
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You can't lower the barrier of the reading that needs to be done. I think opening nominations wider would make it easier to game, not harder.
I think my favoured solution would be reduce the voting slots so no one slate can flood a whole category.
But yes, I expect I'll be looking to other awards for inspiration in the short term. I've enjoyed my few years of participation in the Hugos, but I did fine without taking part for several decades before that, and I imagine I'll get by now.