▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁Awards , ▁five ▁new ▁categories ▁were ▁added ▁( Best ▁Sports , ▁Best ▁Political , ▁Best ▁E y ew it ness , ▁Best ▁Short ▁Film ▁and ▁Best ▁Inst ruction al ), ▁and ▁the ▁short lists ▁were ▁reduced ▁from ▁ten ▁videos ▁to ▁six . ▁The ▁voting ▁process ▁through ▁which ▁users ▁selected ▁the ▁w inners ▁was ▁also ▁changed : ▁to ▁remove ▁potential ▁bias , ▁the ▁featured ▁th umbnail ▁and ▁order ▁of ▁the ▁categories ▁changed ▁randomly ▁each ▁time ▁the ▁voting ▁page ▁was ▁refresh ed . ▁Users ▁could ▁vote ▁once ▁per ▁day ▁until ▁March ▁ 1 9 ; ▁the ▁w inners ▁were ▁announced ▁on ▁March ▁ 2 1 . ▁At ▁this ▁time , ▁hundreds ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁users ▁had ▁cast ▁votes . ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁categories , ▁the ▁winning ▁videos ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁the ▁favor ites . ▁In ▁the ▁Best ▁E y ew it ness ▁category , ▁Battle ▁at ▁Kru ger , ▁described ▁by ▁The ▁Guardian ▁as ▁an ▁unlikely ▁new com er , ▁won ▁against ▁the ▁" f am ous " ▁foot age ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Florida ▁Tas er ▁incident . ▁Similarly , ▁a ▁video ▁by ▁YouTube ▁channel ▁B are ly ▁Political , ▁I ▁Got ▁a ▁Cr ush ... On ▁Ob ama , ▁had ▁been ▁viewed ▁more ▁than ▁seven   mill ion ▁times ▁and ▁had ▁spawn ed ▁world wide ▁media ▁attention ▁by ▁the ▁time ▁it ▁was ▁nominated ▁in ▁the ▁Best ▁Political ▁category . ▁Despite ▁this , ▁the ▁award ▁went ▁to ▁Stop ▁the ▁Cl ash ▁of ▁Civil izations , ▁a ▁more ▁serious -