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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm sorry, but it is an election campaign. It always has been. An election is simply "the selection of something by vote". The Hugos are a popularity contest, pure and simple. It's never been about "what's the best book?", but "which book do most people vote for?", which is entirely different. All that's happened here is that people with an agenda have started using social media for campaigning, just as happens in any election. It was inevitable that this was going to happen.
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Yes, but popular means you like it. Not just that you vote for it even when you hate it as you say above. So you are totally wrong here.