When people were voting I specifically promised that I would not publish a voter's individual votes, so that people could vote freely without having to worry about what people thought of their picks. For instance, if somebody's picks were very different from everybody else there is the potential for that person to look like they don't know what they are talking about--just because their opinion was different. And, since everybody on the list, I felt, deserved based on their accomplishments to be consulted in creating such a list--I wanted to figure out a voting process that would encourage people to create a list that reflected what they "actually" think, rather than what they think other people should think they should think. Does that makes sense?
That was probably the smart way to do it. It looks like it was well executed.
