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Originally Posted by pdurrant
The Hugos are "dominated by a clique of writers and voters" who actually join the Worldcon.
But they're not a clique. They're just the people who like to join in. There's nothing exclusive about Worldcon membership.
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That, of course, is what the sad puppies did. The Hugo committee promptly changed the rules to avoid having such riff raff crash their party.
I've found that it's quite common for cliques to form in a small group of people who just like to join. One sees them in a lot of groups. They have ways of discouraging people who don't fit in from sticking around. That's pretty much the definition of a clique.