More Hugo Nonsense

[kevin_standlee]

Because I generally respond to misinformation about the Hugo Awards, I find myself registered for a bunch of systems where I rarely actually post. This causes me a problem when I try to come back to them. My alerts caught this message that (a) mis-characterizes the Hugo voting system and IMO (b) given the timing and context, implies that the nominating votes are weighted in some way. (They are not; your first nomination counts the same as your fifth.)

I tried to sign up, only to find that I was apparently already signed up for that system. I couldn't remember the password. I tried a number of likely passwords, then tried the password recovery system. None of the e-mails I currently have, nor any of those I've used in the past couple of years, seem to work. Now I have a message to the board's administrators, but at best I'll hear back tomorrow. It's frustrating for me, because I prefer to correct these things as soon as I see them.

What bugs me is that Instant Runoff Voting really isn't that difficult. All it does is reproduce how you might vote in an in-person election with a series of revotes when nobody gets a majority. A lot of the "explanations" like the one at which I pointed make things much more complicated than they really are.

By the way, the conclusion the person reached is correct, but not because Hugo voting uses a point system.

Comments

[crookedfeet.livejournal.com]

And at least one of those people should know better. I tried to sign up,but don't have my glasses and thus,can't read the anti-robot code. AArgh.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

The world is full of boards that are way too complex and confusing to sign up for. I used to post on Slate's The Fray, but they changed something a couple years ago and I can no longer figure out how to get in.

Write and ask? You've got to be kidding.

Voting

[thebrokenladder.livejournal.com]

You guys you Range Voting, right?

:D

Re: Voting

[thebrokenladder.livejournal.com]

Ugh...I meant use, not "you". Brain just waking up.

[nwl.livejournal.com]

It's late too late now, but I suggest you consider making a file of all your passwords to sites like this board. I know, I know, not very secure, but if it is a site you occasionally post to or, in this case, need to make a comment on, it can be invaluable.

I keep a database of all the websites and passwords I have signed on while job hunting. Every company with a website requires you to sign up and get a password to put in a application. I decided to keep a database with all the info about each company and it has been very useful.

Or you can decide on one password that you use just for sites such as this, sort of a default for the rarely used. Unless you're putting a lot of personal on such sites, a "default" password is not a bad way to go.

[buddykat.livejournal.com]

Or you can decide on one password that you use just for sites such as this, sort of a default for the rarely used. Unless you're putting a lot of personal on such sites, a "default" password is not a bad way to go.

The problem I run into with that is that many sites have different requirements for passwords... it gets very annoying after a while.