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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 1687650" data-attributes="member: 177">Because sometimes there is some wisdom to be found in other people's opinions, and while your own ideas may be idiosyncratic, they probably aren't so far off in left field that the judgement of others is completely irrelevant. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Personally, I like the Ennies.  A large group of fans pick a table of judges that they feel have good taste.  These judges apply that taste, pick nominees, and then take 'em back to that same group of fans for voting.  A fairly reasonable way of distilling the collected impressions of the group as I can imagine.  And while sometimes a group can be dumb, sometimes it can also be quite discerning.I don't know what final voting procedure the Ennies will be using this year, but having seen the system used for the Hugo awards, I think I'd want to suggest it for next year.</blockquote>