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Hugo Awards Disqualification Statement (locusmag.com)
submitted 3 months ago by AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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Pretty amazing considering the 2023 fiasco.

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[–] zabadoh@ani.social 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

So the only reason they were caught because the fraudsters were lazy incompetent boobs, and didn't bother to generate real-sounding names for fake voters.

[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Sure looks that way.

[–] geekwithsoul@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Yeah, hopefully they put some safeguards in place because they won’t be so lazy next time.