Hugo Puppies

[drplokta]

I shall not rehash the Sad/Rabid Puppies Hugo award debacle here - the best summary is probably Mike Glyer's, here. I want to move on to possible solutions

Comments

[nwhyte]

Mike - very thoughtful, thanks!

Last year that would have given us 5 rather than 4 on the Short Story shortlist, and a massive 14 on Best Dramatic Presentation (Long Form), also 9 for Best Editor (Short Form), 6 for Best Editor (Long Form) and Best a Professional Artist, 7 for Best Fanzine, 6 for Best Fanwriter and 7 for Best Artist, and everything else still on 5.

The effect is to broaden the number of nominees in a category where the front-runner is way ahead, which isn't quite the same as neutralising a slate, but may have the same effect.

It has a pleasing simplicity though. I wonder if 10% is right?

[daveon]

With respect to the BDP Long Form, I'm not entirely sure that a non-puppies version would look all that much different from this one. There might have been some of the more interesting movies on it with this form but I'm not sure.

[matociquala]

This seems like the most workable proposal of those I've seen, but I'm not sure about the 10% rule. Especially in widely scattered fields like Short Fiction, 5% is too high for a full ballot at this point.

And I think it could still be gamed.

[stevegreen]

Fascinating suggestion, Mike.

[daveon]

Why do you need to rank all votes? It's a variant on list voting then, you rank your top picks only? Or have I missed something there?

[drplokta]

You don't have to rank every nominee, but you may want to.