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<blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9280218" data-attributes="member: 7808"><p>To call this a "one off" is misrepresenting the scope of the problem to a dangerous level.</p><p></p><p>This was not "one" thing in any way. It was a systematic and pervasive level of dishonesty, mishandling of the voting process, censorship, coverup, and inappropriate responses on social media. Sure, some people are focused on the China angle. Others are focused on the manipulation of the voting process. Others are focused on the outcome of the Hugos, or Dave's inappropriate Facebook posts. The problem is that any way you try and frame this as a "one off" can only focus on one small view of the problem. Which means you are inherently minimizing large swaths of completely valid complaints. This kind of minimizing philosophy can only drag down the Hugos and Worldcons further.</p><p></p><p>Systematic issues like this require systematic responses. You will never to able to point to a specific one thing that caused this controversy, and you will never be able to point to one specific fix, or one day that it is over. Assuming Worldcons continue, this is a shadow that will cloud it for a long time, and that will have to be addressed for a long time if they want to rise to their previous level of legitimacy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Deset Gled, post: 9280218, member: 7808"] To call this a "one off" is misrepresenting the scope of the problem to a dangerous level. This was not "one" thing in any way. It was a systematic and pervasive level of dishonesty, mishandling of the voting process, censorship, coverup, and inappropriate responses on social media. Sure, some people are focused on the China angle. Others are focused on the manipulation of the voting process. Others are focused on the outcome of the Hugos, or Dave's inappropriate Facebook posts. The problem is that any way you try and frame this as a "one off" can only focus on one small view of the problem. Which means you are inherently minimizing large swaths of completely valid complaints. This kind of minimizing philosophy can only drag down the Hugos and Worldcons further. Systematic issues like this require systematic responses. You will never to able to point to a specific one thing that caused this controversy, and you will never be able to point to one specific fix, or one day that it is over. Assuming Worldcons continue, this is a shadow that will cloud it for a long time, and that will have to be addressed for a long time if they want to rise to their previous level of legitimacy. [/QUOTE]
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