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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 3329228" data-attributes="member: 3400">Let's not forget that a "populist" approach to selecting nominations is subject to a great deal of systematic bias as well. People will have a tendency to vote for the products they have a direct experience with and that leads to a bias for the higher volume seller.The voting for the winners with the ENnies is subject to the same bias, but having a small panel of judges pick the nominees gives a smaller selling but high quality item a better footing to compete. At least it can get its foot in the door.As far as I'm concerned, I don't care if it is industry insiders working on the panel as long as they're selected in a democratic way after disclosing their industry connections and managing any conflicts of interest they may have.</blockquote>