namevoter

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nounnamevoter (plural namevoters)

plural namevoters

  1. computingOne 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)

Origin

From name + voter.

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APA

namevoter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namevoter

MLA

“namevoter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namevoter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “namevoter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/namevoter.

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