Top 10 E-cigarette Brands in 2020

Last Friday, the voting for domestic e-cigarette brands concluded, with a total of 16,497 ballots cast. I didn't expect so many people to participate, and I thank every friend who voted.
 
Below, I will list the top 10 e-cigarette brands selected by everyone in order of ranking:

1. RELX (2,489 votes)

2. AMMO (2,112 votes)

3. MOTI (2,045 votes)

4. SNOWPLUS (1,952 votes)

5. YOOZ (1,923 votes)

6. ZIPPO VAZO (1,732 votes)

7. VITAVP (1,703 votes)

8. FOOGO (1,670 votes)

9. VVILD (1,210 votes)

10. MYST LABS (1,080 votes)

Congratulations to these 10 brands for making the list! I believe this is a compelling list. It reflects the collective mindset of over ten thousand industry insiders and users, and it represents a true democratic election within the e-cigarette community. I wonder how close this ranking is to what everyone had in mind?

However, there were also regrets and issues with this voting.

As soon as the article was published, some friends immediately asked me why they didn't see their favorite brands. I apologize for that! One reason is that the voting function provided by WeChat has a limit of 30 options, so some brands could not be included. If we had used other voting plugins, it would have required jumping out of the article, and according to WeChat's official statistics, every time there is a jump in a public account article, 94% of the votes are lost. To ensure a sufficient sample size, I had to use WeChat's built-in voting system. The second reason is that some brands have strategically shifted their main markets overseas since the online sales ban last year, leading me to mistakenly believe that they had withdrawn from the domestic market, so I did not include them in the candidate list. Please forgive my ignorance. From this incident, I realized that there may be more e-cigarette companies still active in the domestic market than we think; they have been working hard and have not given up, but perhaps due to the domestic market and policy environment, they are no longer vocal.

Some friends are also concerned that the voting results may not be objective. They said that while the intention behind the voting is good, the ranking results may not reflect which brand is better, but rather who can gather more votes. Their concerns are valid. I mentioned in my "E-cigarette Brand Ranking Survey!" that no ranking can be completely objective unless we can obtain real data on all aspects of a brand, which is clearly impossible. Compared to other ranking methods, collective voting by industry insiders is at least open and fair. This is why even important matters like the United Nations and U.S. elections still use such an old and imperfect voting method. Normal vote gathering is reasonable, but vote manipulation is cheating. Yet, in our industry voting, there were indeed instances of cheating, and brands that clearly manipulated votes did not make it into the top 10 ranking.

I find this both amusing and frustrating. Our voting was serious; cheating is not only unfair but also wastes the votes of others who have carefully considered their choices. I personally detest unfairness. Everyone in the industry knows that the e-cigarette industry has already suffered many injustices. Since we cannot change the larger environment, we should at least strive for fairness within our small industry environment.

Postscript:

After this e-cigarette brand ranking, there were many surprises, and I have thought a lot about it. Especially regarding the issue of fairness. Some say that people are born equal, but those born in rural areas and those born in cities certainly have different fates; those born in Africa and Europe have even more different qualities of life; even among Americans, the treatment of Black and White people differs... After experiencing life, one understands that the notion of being born equal is nonsense. People are inherently unequal. Some are born with a golden key, while others toil away their entire lives. Can this be considered equality? Therefore, what people pursue is not equality but fairness. What is fairness? Fairness means that even if you and I have different identities, statuses, and races, as long as we are within the same social system, we must abide by the same rules. The emperor and the common people are not equal, but if the emperor breaks the law, he is punished just like the commoners; that is fairness.