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Posted on 12-16-06 11:53 PM Link | Quote
Yes, you.

You have been named person of the year by TIME Magazine.

You beat out everyone else.

You are the one who affected the world and the lives of the people of the world the most, whether it's in a good way or a bad way.

You are: the person of the year for 2006.

You can read an article on your naming as the person of the year here. I don't know whether or not you were deserving of the award, and it almost feels like a cop-out on TIME's part, but at any rate, enjoy your award. You did a good job, even if you didn't do anything.


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Posted on 12-16-06 11:56 PM Link | Quote
Interesting. That's different, but it makes sense. User-generated content is a bit of a misnomer, everything is generated by users, just users in different senses of the word
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Posted on 12-17-06 05:13 AM Link | Quote
So in other words, the guy who usually does this stuff is on vacation...
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Posted on 12-17-06 09:46 AM Link | Quote
"...if you buy me a drink, I'll make you Man of the Year."
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Posted on 12-17-06 10:02 AM Link | Quote
Well, Time's just consigned a decades-old tradition to utter irrelevance.
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Posted on 12-17-06 12:23 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by MathOnNapkins
So in other words, the guy who usually does this stuff is on vacation...


I am thinkning something along those lines. This seems really stupid and trying to boost people self esteem it seems like.


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Posted on 12-17-06 03:19 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Arwon
Well, Time's just consigned a decades-old tradition to utter irrelevance.


Either that or they have some wacky bets going on in their offices.
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Posted on 12-17-06 04:08 PM Link | Quote
This. Now, this... This is stupid.
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Posted on 12-17-06 04:12 PM Link | Quote
Makes perfect sense to me. DIY culture is growing with the expansion of things such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts. The internet is basically opening the door to amateurism being the leading thing, and I'm pretty sure this is what TIME is trying to say with this. Need I remind you all that both "The Computer" and "The Endangered Earth" has been "Person of the Year" before? Likewise, large groups of people have been Person of the Year as well, such as The American Soldier and the Hungarian Freedom Fighter.
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Posted on 12-17-06 05:46 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Salmon
Makes perfect sense to me. DIY culture is growing with the expansion of things such as blogs, wikis, and podcasts. The internet is basically opening the door to amateurism being the leading thing, and I'm pretty sure this is what TIME is trying to say with this. Need I remind you all that both "The Computer" and "The Endangered Earth" has been "Person of the Year" before? Likewise, large groups of people have been Person of the Year as well, such as The American Soldier and the Hungarian Freedom Fighter.


Amen to that.

At first, I thought it was one of those dumb sites that you get to put info into, and a silly news story, in this case, POTY, comes out that you can show people.

But yeah, I don't really have a problem with this. What else was there, Jong launched the Dong, and lots of people hate America. This is fresh, and it will definitely sell a lot of copies.
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Posted on 12-17-06 08:24 PM Link | Quote
Yeah, sounds like someone just got lazy...
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Posted on 12-17-06 11:06 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Alastor
This. Now, this... This is stupid.

Well, I dunno. Good Morning America's redid the 7 Wonders of the World, making the Internet one of the new wonders.

Still, making you the person of the year with honorable mentions for your MySpace and Youtube contributions? Umm...

All credibility for anything related to similar topics has been lost and will never be found again by me. Go on with your dumbass theories where everyone wins, I'm going to think rationally about this stuff. I'm going to research people who have changed the world without being lazy and just naming everyone because I want to gain money with little work.
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Posted on 12-17-06 11:11 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by cpubasic13
Originally posted by Alastor
This. Now, this... This is stupid.

Well, I dunno. Good Morning America's redid the 7 Wonders of the World, making the Internet one of the new wonders.
Makes more sense than this. The "Seven Wonders of the World" were really the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Yeah, the computer is pretty stupid, and so is the endangered earth, but eh. More sense than this =/
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Posted on 12-18-06 04:11 AM Link | Quote
Hey now, Kyouji. Computers are people too.
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Posted on 12-18-06 01:13 PM Link | Quote
It's a pick that's out of the box but it isn't a bad pick. Shows you how terms like Youtube and Wikipedia are becoming part of our culture.

Apparently if "You" wasn't picked, the choice would have been Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - and that definitely feels a little off as Time stated.
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Posted on 12-18-06 06:00 PM Link | Quote
Why not Hugo Chavez?
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Posted on 12-19-06 11:57 AM Link | Quote
I put it on my resume.
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Ahmadinejad's the one with the nuclear power intentions and the one who's been stirring up the controversy. Chavez... just hates Bush. (Yeah, I know there's more to it than that but Chavez really isn't a threat. More a thorn in one's side.)
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It's not just about "threats to America". It's about the big trends and news stories. Iran and nukes are nothing new, but Chavez has become emblematic of a widespread new leftish swing in Latin America generally, and reportage on the fates of Chavez-type politicians throughout Latin America have been a significant news issue all year. It's one of the bigger stories in the world.

The other possibility is either Al Gore or that Stern guy from the UK treasury, because the global warming debate has been one of the biggest issues of the year too.
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Originally posted by Colin
Ahmadinejad's the one with the nuclear power intentions and the one who's been stirring up the controversy. Chavez... just hates Bush. (Yeah, I know there's more to it than that but Chavez really isn't a threat. More a thorn in one's side.)


And I quote, that TIME bases its Person of the Year on who, "for better or worse, has most influenced events in the preceding year." I think it's just a cheap attempt at grabbing the interest of the people: "Whoa, I, and some famous person, am the winner!"
[EDIT] Not to mention the cover is shiny. And we know how much the Time-magazine buyers love shiny.


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