You must have 50 earned merits to vote
why is it called the community awards when some set of people are not allowed to vote?
It takes some experience to evaluate users properly, and that takes time. If voting will accept all users, are you really sure that they know who is being voted for? I agree that some people have quickly gained 50 merits, but on average, it takes a long time to gain merits, and during this time, we see users who are already familiar with the forum.
Even now, there are those who vote for someone who is completely unrelated to the occupation in which he is ranked.
Making 50 merits the minimum requirement for voting is not a bad idea, but it does not necessarily imply that the user with 50+ merits knows more about the forum than some random newbies/members with less than 50 merits who have been around and very active in the last 3-5 years on the forum. This
user has been around since 2016 and must have known everything here on the forum but is not eligible to vote because he has not accumulated as many merits as others. If you want to reduce double voting, use activity points, which are calculated based on how long you've been here.
It is possible for a merit source to merit a large number of members nearing the 50 merits mark and then PM them and buy their votes. Nothing is taken for granted in politics. It is already taking place. A minimum of 30- 50 activity points required to vote will eliminate many things.
Every vote is a duplicate of the previous year's; the only categories that vary each year are "Fail of the Year," "Event of the Year," and "Antihero," the rest is just rinse, repeat, and rinse among the same people. Same voters, same outcomes. Its worth is dwindling.
Of course, weird votes will be present this year too (as it was already highlighted
here or
here). But I believe these cases will be reduced compared with previous events.
Of course, this category is meaningless because we are all addressed as men on the internet, similar to how both male and female engineers are referred to as engineers. Having said that, I noticed people voting for Yohoo62278, o-e-l-e-o, and LoyceV as Miss Bitcointalk. Isn't this reason enough to get rid of this category? Are these ballots considered valid?
example of paraphrased copy and paste vote. lol
