I think you're really overestimating the amount of coordination it would take to stuff a ballotbox at a sci-fi convention. Especially when the authors have a vested interested in doing so and a fanbase willing to act in their favor. As before, what proofs would convince you?
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Replying to @thepiclord @TGoodrumVA and
The winner last year (Kowal's excellent novel The Calculating Stars) had more than 100 first-choice ballots over the second place finisher. So it's possible, but unlikely, and as you are the one asserting conspiracy, the burden of proof is on your side.
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Replying to @KindlyWizard @TGoodrumVA and
I don't mind accepting the burden but I should know what the standard is, defined with particularity. For some reason people don't like to articulate the amount or nature of evidence that they would actually find convincing. Maybe afraid they'll actually be convinced.
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Replying to @thepiclord @TGoodrumVA and
OK, show me evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Calculating Stars won due to block voting.
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Replying to @KindlyWizard @thepiclord and
"beyond a reasonable doubt" is a standard that's only required for criminal convictions - not even for lesser court cases "preponderance of evidence" is fare more reasonable, and the fact that it's one block voting lists is a pretty good start
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Replying to @MorlockP @KindlyWizard and
What bloc voting list(s) are you referring to?
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Replying to @TGoodrumVA @KindlyWizard and
Scalzi used to post them in his blog ; don't have URLs at hand
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Replying to @MorlockP @KindlyWizard and
Oh, you mean where people read things, like them, and recommend them? That is DASTARDLY....How dare people do that?!?!?!?!
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Replying to @TGoodrumVA @KindlyWizard and
so is your stance that there is no such thing as a block voting list, because any such list is merely a bunch of recommendations? do you assert that Sad Puppies / Rabid Puppies was not a block voting list? if so, what's the distinction between Scalzi's list and Vox Day's ?
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Replying to @MorlockP @KindlyWizard and
Aside from Vox explicitly telling people to sign up and vote just how he told them, and Scalzi saying, "I read these things and liked them. If you liked them, go ahead and vote for them, or not, your call." Please tell me you're not that dense.
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> Vox explicitly telling people to sign up and vote just how he told them, pretty sure he didn't
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