Nandiano Awards: Mockery as a form of social control in an online forum

Nandiano Awards: The prize without a reward given by one forum member

What are the Nandiano Awards? A commendation without a jury, no prize money, and no official record. One forum member confers it upon another whom they designate as the community's «most despicable» member. There is no voting: the conferral itself is the message.
The thread has already accumulated two weeks of messages between ribbing and reproach.

What are the Nandiano Awards

The trophy arrives described with sarcasm: a third-place medal made of plated brass and cheap alloy, chromed, and—as is always the joke—manufactured from remnants of depleted uranium counterweights from old McDonnell Douglas.
The piece does not exist. The mockery does.

Between humor and harassment

This is where the problem surfaces. The recipient did not take it lightly; they announced they would report the message as spam and block its author. The promoter criticized his lack of humor and continued to mock him. The line between collective joke and harassment is blurred, and it is almost always the recipient, not the giver, who draws that line.

The inevitable drift

As with any long conversation, the matter eventually went off track. The list of grievances devolved into a discussion about whether Manchego cheese would beat Zamorano cheese in an imaginary combat. Without data, without prize, and without a winner.

A commendation that no one wants, a medal that doesn't exist, and a block as a response. With these elements, the award ends up honoring its own inventor.