As should be obvious by now (I guess the poll will tell how obvious...), the Bitcoin Awards for 2011 run by BitcoinBetas is a complete scam. Since the general idea of having an awards contest is a good idea, I am asking all the winners to redonate the winnings to a new contest run fairly - by whom? I don't know, any volunteers?

Anyhow, obvious poll options missing from BitcoinBetas's polls (and yes, they were nominated):

• BTCGuild
• ABCPool.co
• Eligius
• yourbtc.net
• p2pool
• poclbm
• Amir Taaki
• Art Forz
• Jeff Garzik
• Joel Katz
• Luke Dashjr
• Mark Karpeles
• Martti Malmi
• Matt Corallo
• Michael Marquardt
• Mike Hearn
• Nils Schneider
• Patrick McFarland
• Pieter Wuille
• Satoshi Nakamoto (he wasn't really involved in Bitcoin in 2011 I guess)
• BitEgg/BitPizza
• Coincard/Coinpal

(before asking "who?", see https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/People )

Furthermore, when I brought up the concern of vandalism during nominations, I was told it was under control and not to worry about it. When I pointed out these major problems immediately after the poll options were public, BitcoinBetas basically said he had no clue about these obvious choices, and refused to fix it.