Purely online fannish stuff isn't for me. And as I said to him and one of the other people whinging there. I've been involved in online 'fandom' for over 15 years. I like going to conventions, which I've been doing for 20 odd years, I like hanging out with people in the bar and talking about stuff that I just can't discuss in polite society. Hell, I only came out to non-fan friends about my SF involvement when I had to get the app built for Reno.
It certain feels arrogant to me, as bad as the Trufen guys moaning at each other on their email list. Lazy? They all seem to write a lot, but actually I think that's part of their problem with the Hugo Awards.
Writing large volumes doesn't always mean writing good stuff, and good stuff will get missed and lost in the noise. Not to mention, there's a LOT of Blogs out there. Getting enough people to agree on a single writer and blog that would get enough nominations to be on a ballot strikes me as being quite hard.
He also wanted RequiresHate on the Ballot and that's as unpalatable to me as Ted Beale being there.
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It certain feels arrogant to me, as bad as the Trufen guys moaning at each other on their email list. Lazy? They all seem to write a lot, but actually I think that's part of their problem with the Hugo Awards.
Writing large volumes doesn't always mean writing good stuff, and good stuff will get missed and lost in the noise. Not to mention, there's a LOT of Blogs out there. Getting enough people to agree on a single writer and blog that would get enough nominations to be on a ballot strikes me as being quite hard.
He also wanted RequiresHate on the Ballot and that's as unpalatable to me as Ted Beale being there.