A note on etiquette
Mar. 5th, 2023 09:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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filkA certain filker has been posting requests for a Hugo nomination in various filk-related places. I'd have to say this isn't in the best of taste. People nominate works for Hugos not because they've been asked to, but because they think they're the most deserving works. At least it should work that way.
Pointing out that a work is eligible is OK, within limits, but asking for a nomination amounts to asking for a favor, which isn't what the nomination process is about.
Pointing out that a work is eligible is OK, within limits, but asking for a nomination amounts to asking for a favor, which isn't what the nomination process is about.
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Date: 2023-03-06 11:56 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2023-03-07 09:55 pm (UTC)People have mostly gotten used to (after a lot of panic about it for about 5-10 years after authors with alrge social media presence started getting nominated for awards...and mostly ending after the 3 Puppy Years where a group of aggrieved authors (one of which had campaigned for a Hugo in the past) and their fans did far worse.
And honestly I w-ould- take well a reminder that certain filk works were eligible for certain categories in a year, at least partially because I'd love to continue to see filk and other fannish music nominated for Hugos.
But campaigning for a Hugo? In public? Crass, and entirely against the spirit of the award.