zombocom wrote:
I don't think anonymity is needed. We're grown ups.
Grown ups have things unintentionally become popularity contests too. I wish elections were anonymous submission right about now.
Seriously, the benefit of anonymous submission is not that it's not possible to figure out who the artist is, but that who the artist is isn't emphasised. This helps to concentrate on the technical and artistic talent as distinct from the name on the cover.
I also like simuntaneous entry for the same reason - the age or novelty of information could bias the voting, which is avoided (as much as possible) by releasing entries simuntaneously. Of course even the order the entries are listed introduces subtle bias, but that can't be helped outside of randomizing the order for each viewer which is frankly not worth coding for the effect it would have.
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