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Originally Posted by tompe
You have it backward. It is recommended because it is very good. There is no conspiracy here.
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A bit circular that, you can't use the fact that they were recommended as proof against a bias in the recommendations simply by stating that they were good.
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Originally Posted by tompe
And before the net people did not see recommended books unless they subscribed on Locus and saw the result of the Locus award.
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Before the net is a bit irrelevant here as the (alleged) bias toward diversity over merit is a fairly recent development.
TBH, I suspect there is no conspiracy happening and worldcon voters either have different tastes or are the kind of people who would bend over backwards rather than give some perceived offence to some minority group. While, strangely, going hell-for-leather against the kind of gun nut that hangs around the monster hunter blog. My general rule of thumb is if you are going to throw around unfounded criticisms then do it to the least well armed group, could just be me though,