namevoter en · NOUN
Etymology
From name + voter.
Meanings
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One who votes for an entry in a demoscene competition on the basis of its author or demogroup, rather than the actual merits of the work.
how bad is the rest of the releases from evoke2000 democompo, because the haujobb demo was the overall winner! or is this again a true example of namevoting? How could such a demo win a democompo?
2000, Frans Bouma, “Whoa, the namevoters were busy this weekend!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| namevoters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |