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Vote: Who was the 2008 Twitterer of the Year?

Submitted by Jasongoldberg

Dec 21, 2008

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Cast your vote here for Twitterer of the year.

Who was your favorite Twitterer to follow?

Comments (24)

Jasongoldberg,

Dec 21, 2008

My vote goes to @fredwilson. He's one of the few people I subscribe to on Twitter via SMS as I always find his tweets insightful and thoughtful on all things VC, web 2.0, startup, twitter, the financial markets, music, and nyc.

Jeffcutler,

Dec 21, 2008

It's hard to say. I'd give a vote for the entire Twitterverse. If pressed, it might be someone like @chrisbrogan or @jasoncalacanis (except he didn't give me his old Macbook Air when the new ones came out) or @jeffcutler ... but who's he? In retrospect, the beauty of Twitter is that you get to connect with the people who you choose to learn from and be influenced by. So the Twitterer of the Year is moot when approached from a global perspective.

Jasongoldberg,

Dec 21, 2008

@jeffcutler @chrisbrogan is a response I've heard very often

Jeffcutler,

Dec 21, 2008

That's because Chris is real, knows the space, thinks before he tweets, connects with people without looking for an angle, and is pretty darn smart too.

Jasonwhitman,

Dec 21, 2008

@fredwilson, @atask or @mollywood

Thomaspower,

Dec 21, 2008

@jasongoldberg yep Fred Wilson gets my third place behind Louis Gray and Robert Scoble

Jasongoldberg,

Dec 21, 2008

@thomaspower I'd put you on any Twitter top 10 list for sure. @scobleizer is up there too. @louisgray? hmmm... i'll have to consider him ;-)

Louisgray,

Dec 21, 2008

I would not put me on the Twitter list. I use Twitter mostly for broadcasting my blog posts, and I know it. I am better on FriendFeed and Socialmedian.

Solacetech,

Dec 21, 2008

probably @scobleizer because when he's not interviewing someone/thing cool, He's in the middle of a good twitter conversation...

Sarahcrisman,

Dec 21, 2008

@socialmedian @fredwilson and @greggrunberg

Kuanyin,

Dec 21, 2008

My vote goes to @BikerBlond

Barcelonaphotoblog,

Dec 21, 2008

I'd vote @scobleizer first even though he has not noticed me yet :). I wish this list were a little bit longer! I'd add @chrisbrogan @guykawasaki @jasongoldberg @problogger

Christiananderson,

Dec 21, 2008

@scobleizer is a no brainer. I really like what @applemacbookpro is doing lately. I'd give him honorable mention.

Thomaspower,

Dec 21, 2008

@jasongoldberg blimey I am nowhere in these guys league. Happy to be in your top 10000. Love the Xing deal by the way. Tx

Siouxmoux,

Dec 22, 2008

My vote goes to @THErealDVORAK Now those kids the off Old Man Dvorkak Lawn!

Ducttape,

Dec 22, 2008

@problogger is great - plus check out his twittip blog

Jpblogger,

Dec 22, 2008

@badbanana for his unique offbeat humour

Jwahkan,

Dec 22, 2008

Shouldn't we also add this as the year of @BarackObama ? Wasn't that a major reason for a lot of the increased popularity of Twitter?
He may not have been my favourite to follow but definitely needs to be on an end of year Twitter list in some capacity.

Geent1,

Dec 22, 2008

My votes goes to @thecreativeone

The Puck,

Dec 22, 2008

@rahsheen

Always has something interesting to say, and is the most active person I know.

Cem B,

Dec 22, 2008

#twittereroftheyear is @2drinksbehind - he was at the right time in the wrong plane. within 24h followers increased to 1,466 from 171 #record

Krusk,

Dec 22, 2008

With over 150,000 followers, and winning the presidential election, I definitely think @BarackObama deserves to be Twitterer of the year!

Greghollingsworth,

Dec 22, 2008

I guess my question for @barackobama would be whether or not it's actually him doing the tweeting? Especially given that I never followed him.

Either way, he certainly did a lot to bring Twitter into the consciousness of the mainstream, so maybe that gets him the award regardless.

My personal favorite tweeters are @geoffliving, @danpatterson and the indefatigable @dough (Doug Haslam)