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English
Etymology
From name + voting.
Pronunciation
Noun
namevoting (uncountable)
- (demoscene) Voting for an entry in a demoscene competition because of its author or demogroup rather than its actual merits.
1999, eggbird, “However..”, 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.
2000, Frans Bouma, “Whoa, the namevoters were busy this weekend!”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):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?