And the winner is…
The results of the 2004 Australian Blog Awards are now official, and prove that preferences flow in mysterious ways.
Closest to home, I was beaten for Best Western Australian Blog by the deserving Sam Ward (and his sidekick ChrisV). This may have been because my vote was split — some people voted for my old site, Mentalspace. Strangely, those people preferenced the Yobbo ahead of this blog. I knew I should have distributed how-to-vote cards… ;-)
Elsewhere, Tim Blair was leading on the primary vote in the Overall, NSW and Political categories. After preferences he was pipped by Loobylu in the first and She Sells Sanctuary in the second; he picked up the prize for Best Political Blog, but probably only because his two nearest competitors finished up with exactly the same number of votes and their preferences were not distributed.
Also of note was that the Queensland category saw fewer preferences distributed than the rest. Vlado speculates that “the fact that they’re used to the ‘optional’ element of the preferential voting system and they exercise their right to take [the] quick and easy way out” might explain it.
The fact that so many of these contests came down to preferences shows that the competition was fierce. There are obviously a lot of good Aussie blogs out there. For that reason, I’d suggest you wade through the list of nominees, rather than heading for the most popular.
Thanks to Vlado for throwing this shindig and for battling with the intricacies of Australia’s zany electoral rules.
“deserving Sam Ward” - I wonder what Jon Stratton, for instance, think he deserves?
Ah well.
Why do you wonder what Jon Stratton thinks? Are you in love with him? Is he your BOYFRIEND?
I wonder if Jon Stratton deserves his scholarship, if his latest drivel is the best he can come up with.
Why do you wonder what Jon Stratton thinks? Are you in love with him? Is he your BOYFRIEND?
Wow, and you complain about somebody else’s drivel…
don’t bash drivel.