I see people taking an opportunity to say the Hugos are ruined, or that they were always bullshit, etc, so I'll say here what I say in the piece and elsewhere: Look what happens when its community sees the Hugos falter. They're not shrugging it off. They're coming to fix it. THAT'S why they matter.
I mean the reason we first noticed something was wrong is specifically that the Hugos have a level of transparency that a lot of other awards do NOT have.
What happened was awful, and it's good that the people responsible have been dealt with, but if anything it's proof the Hugos are worth saving.
