The article you list which is referred to reads to me like the books she is judging are not standing out on their own enough to instill in the reader a sense of their "greatness" as a work. Old school book awards were obvious then, and are obvious now. You know when you put one of those puppies down that you've done something that has re-arranged how you process life.

I'm not clear what in the convo changed your mind?

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear. I did not mean the article. I meant the Hacker News discussion. The link is to my comment claiming that the Hugos today are garbage but I can see how it would appear that I intended the primary story.