POTY 2020 -- A Modest Proposal -- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off

[Jingthing 69,943]

2020 -- the year Songkran was cancelled.

We'll never forget it.

 

So why even have POTY this year?

 

I hereby propose that the honorary winner of POTY 2020 shall be the NOVEL CORONAVIRUS by unanimous consent.

 

Do I hear a second?

Edited December 2, 2020 by Jingthing

[bkk6060 13,109]

No.

I think your Indian restaurant reviews should be considered as the winner.

thanks

[champers 9,812]

I reckon Covid has generated a huge amount of topics and posts this year. Throw in the US Presidential election, ongoing Brexit discourse and the Thai political situation for good measure and I wonder how TVF traffic compares to previous years. I am sure a mod would know. 

I would do away with POTY anyway as it has got a bit nasty and personal and would prefer to see a thread of the year - TOTY.

[Tarteso 2,900]

24 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

2020 -- the year Songkran was cancelled.

We'll never forget it.

 

So why even have POTY this year?

 

I hereby propose that the honorary winner of POTY 2020 shall be the NOVEL CORONAVIRUS by unanimous consent.

 

Do I hear a second?

I Agree, and for POTY 2021, Vaccine...for sure

[CorpusChristie 7,887]

Cancel it , way too much animosity, confrontation and *fill in your own word* 

[Kinnock 3,640]

I try to avoid the POTY process as much as I try to avoid COVID.  It just seems to degenerate into a slanging match each year, and the result seems to be based on quantity and not quality.

 

And can't the post stats be used to create the shortlist - positive responses per 1000 posts for example?  It would save us all from the lobbying.

[faraday 11,656]

I just want Rooster to 'fess up that he was POTY.

 

 

[CorpusChristie 7,887]

Jingthing has been trying to win it for years , maybe we should hand it to him , no questions asked ? 

[teacherclaire 1,865]

16 minutes ago, CorpusChristie said:

Jingthing has been trying to win it for years , maybe we should hand it to him , no questions asked ? 

 

 

Okay, let's cancel Christmas and New Year, too. 

Edited December 2, 2020 by teacherclaire

[HashBrownHarry 1,770]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

2020 -- the year Songkran was cancelled.

We'll never forget it.

 

So why even have POTY this year?

 

I hereby propose that the honorary winner of POTY 2020 shall be the NOVEL CORONAVIRUS by unanimous consent.

 

Do I hear a second?

No.

[worgeordie 44,553]

After the mess that was the last one, it was nearly as bad as 

the US election, so no more please.

regards worgeordie

[Lacessit 22,884]

I was under the impression that by general agreement, POTY 2020 had already been cancelled a couple of months ago due to the spite that was vented in 2019. I'm sure there's a thread somewhere about it.

While there have been some worthy winners, IMO it's reached its use-by date.

[Neeranam 7,903]

1 hour ago, champers said:

I reckon Covid has generated a huge amount of topics and posts this year. Throw in the US Presidential election, ongoing Brexit discourse and the Thai political situation for good measure and I wonder how TVF traffic compares to previous years. I am sure a mod would know. 

I would do away with POTY anyway as it has got a bit nasty and personal and would prefer to see a thread of the year - TOTY.

Just a gut feeling but the traffic is well down on previous years. The last couple of years POTY had something like a hundred or 2 voting for the winner, which out of 50,000 or so members is pretty poor. 

 

[sammieuk1 20,158]

For a fair impartial decision suggest some form of constitutional court to rule in or out 

[Jingthing 69,943]

8 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I was under the impression that by general agreement, POTY 2020 had already been cancelled a couple of months ago due to the spite that was vented in 2019. I'm sure there's a thread somewhere about it.

While there have been some worthy winners, IMO it's reached its use-by date.

Really?

If thats true I missed it.