Time Magazine names 4chan founder as the most influential person in the world.

Written on 27th April 2009                                                                                                              12 COMMENTS
Zee, Editor in Chief at The Next Web, Principal at WeDoCreative.

The Time Magazine competition included the likes of President Barack Obama, the Dali Lama, Vladaimir Putin, however it is Christopher Poole (aka Moot), founder of web forum 4chan, who has been named the most influential person in the world.

The vote for the most influential person in the world was made available to anyone and according to The Inquisitr, Moot received 16,794,368 votes for an average influence rating of 90 (out of a possible 100). Runner up, Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim, received 2,316,278 votes with an influence rating of 47/ 100.

The screenshot below does not reflect the final number of votes, but does accurately reflect the order when voting was finalized.  (more…)

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The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0

Written on 12th November 2008                                                                                                              6 COMMENTS
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur

According to Fast Company these are the most influential women in Web 2.0. From left to right: Leah Culver (Pownce), Rashmi Sinha (Slideshare), Dina Kaplin (blip.tv), Marissa Mayer (Google), Cyan Banister (Zivity), Lisa Stone, Jory Des Jardins, and Elisa Camahort Page (BlogHer), Caterina Fake (Flickr), Gina Bianchini (Ning), Kaliya Hamlin (OpenID), Mena Trott (Six Apart) and Arianna Huffington (The Huffington Post).

The article is definitely worth reading and explains “What she’s done”, “How she got there” and “What to learn from her” for every woman on the list. It is hard to measure influence of course but there is no doubt these are the 13 most ‘famous’ female online entrepreneurs.

Who do you think is worth their title most? Who is REALLY the most influential? Let us know:

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