With the 2025 Baeksang Arts Awards around the corner, the race for the Popularity award He raised heated debates online. What was initially an exciting fans’s vote turned into a full -blown controversy to suspect Macro useMutable counts of the votes and suspicious models related to a specific name.
It all started as expected: from the beginning of the vote on 23 April Lee Hyeri led the survey, closely followed by Iu AND Kim Hye-Yoon. The rankings remained stable for about three days. So, April 26, things started to change. Kim Hye-Yoon I started gaining traction, finally overcoming iu for second place.
But the real turning point has arrived April 28 around 18:00When Captch It was introduced to fight the suspected activity of Bot. While Kim Hye-Yoon AND IuThe votes continued at a stable rhythm, Lee Hyerivotes suddenly precipitated leading many to suspect that the macro had increased its numbers until then.
Captcha common anti-Bot mechanism, drastically slowed down Lee HyeriVotes growth, while other candidates have seen little or no change. This raised the suspicions even more, especially after some fans admitted the automated voting methods. It is interesting to note that Chinese fans, who had been supported Hyeri, Suddenly he began to question other actresses for the use of macro, even if it was their part that seemed most affected by the new system.
The Netizen stressed that it is not the Total votes count This is the problem, after all, actresses like Kim Seon-Hyun He broke 5 million votes last year, but rather the times and dropping the post-caper he is saying.
As a user wrote, “It’s not about the numbers, it’s about how these numbers have moved.”
Iu it is naturally popular, with a successful drama just ended e Kim Hye-Yoon It has been on a growing trajectory thanks to numerous prizes and international hum. Lee HyeriCurrently recited in a drama GL (Girls’ Love), it also has a passionate base of fans. But as with many niche fandoms, the line between enthusiasm and manipulation could be blurred.
The world of drama has already seen it before. Some fans have referred to past scandals involving BL dramas (love for children) in which the macro vote led to disqualifications in the prizes.
- Hyeri is not at the level to be among the first 3 … don’t be too greedy … it’s not a nice aspect.
- The fact is that all three are influenced by macro. Kim Hye-Yoon’s macro is stronger, which why they managed to break through, while the part of IU seems to be the weakest.
- Kim Hye-Yoon macro power is impressive: could this reality be? Isn’t it the least known there?
- Are there still people who ignore Kim Hye-Yoon? Its Fandom organization is much stronger. Since last year, he has constantly ranked for the first time in various surveys.
- Honestly, female actors cannot compete with the men’s actor Fandoms. IU’s fandom is his own, and perhaps recently he was influenced by Park Bo-Gum’s team. But with the problem of the EU-Boyfriend, the chemical one did not lead to a couple of fandoms. As for Kim Hye-Yoon, I think the strength of the byun Woo-Seok fandom will play an important role. Byun Woo-Seok still does not have imminent projects, but both their fandoms were so strong, so the byun Woo-Seok effect is still there.
This post was not written for malice, but for frustration in seeing the unjustly targeted actresses. If we have time to demolish women increasing, perhaps we should instead direct that energy towards responsible for actual problematic celebrities.
