namevoting en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From name + voting.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Voting for an entry in a demoscene competition because of its author or demogroup rather than its actual merits.
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):there is always namevoting at a party. just dont enter a compo if you don't like that.
1999, eggbird, “However..”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):