My first thought when I heard Time Magazine named Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg its 2010 Person of the Year was: "Shouldn't they have named him in 2008? What about Julian Assange?"Time giving Zuckerberg this honour signifies two things. The first is that this traditional media establishment is acknowledging Facebook's cultural impact. I think in a way it's Time saying, "Okay, social media has made us irrelevant. So, we might as well try to look hip and cool by parading social media's poster boy on our cover."The second thing this signifies is that some traditional media outlets like Time are slow to recognize the cultural impact of social media. C'mon! Facebook entrenched itself in our cultural fabric years ago. If Time wanted to name Mark Zuckerberg its Person of the Year, it should have done so in 2008! That's when Facebook began gaining many of its 500-million users. That's when most of us began to fear for our Facebook privacy. That's when Collins English Dictionary added "Facebook" to the dictionary both as a noun and a verb. By 2008, Zuckerberg had made much of his $6-billion fortune - half of which he recently pledged to charity.
If you're going to be late to the game, at least be the first publication to put Zuckerberg on the cover. But Time was beaten to the punch by Newsweek, which had the Facebook founder on its cover in 2007. Fortune also featured Zuckerberg on its cover this past autumn.
I seriously think Time only gives a crap about Zuckerberg in 2010 because a major motion picture was made about him. Time is a news magazine, and it's showing it's not being very current right now. After all, we all know something isn't fresh anymore by the time Hollywood catches on to it.
It seems nowadays everyone who is anyone has a Twitter account. In the spirit of Christmas, I decided to look up Santa Claus just for fun and see what's out there. After all, Santa Claus must be on Twitter since it's what all the important people in the world are doing these days.
Santa Claus does indeed show up when you search for him on Twitter. There are at least 20 Santas on Twitter. They range from being innocent, cheesy to just plain absurd. Perhaps one of them is the real one! Here's a few Santas on Twitter along with their Twitter pic.
1) @SantaClaus - If Santa really existed and had a Twitter account, it would probably look like this one. He tweets very authentic Santa-like comments: "Sure enjoying all the houses getting lit up for the holidays. Makes it fun flying around to see who is naughty and who is being nice."
@SantaClaus even has a very real looking url - http://www.santacentral.com/. But when you click on it, the site is nothing more than a classifieds site selling everything from townhomes to airline tickets. Then again, the economy's in rough shape -perhaps even Santa has to diversify his income source. 
2) @Santa_Claus - Perhaps the real Santa was too late to join twitter and had to settle for the @Santa_Claus handle. Again, this Santa is very active on Twitter and gives what looks like legit Kris Kringle updates: "On this 44th night it is still snowing very hard and the wind is howling, I wonder how much longer this bad weather will last"
But @Santa_Claus dissapoints. Click on his website, http://www.laplandletterbox.com/, and you'll discover it's all a guise for a company that sells fake personalized Santa letters. Who knew such a service existed?
3) @Miss_SantaClaus - I'll be honest, this is just a reason for me to put up a picture of a hot woman in a sexy Santa costume.If you're wondering, @Miss_SantaClaus is selling...you guessed it...personalized Santa letters! Why a company would think a sexy Miss Santa would appeal to parents is beyond me.
4) @LoadedSanta - Loaded Santa is just plain absurd and crude. His Twitter bio simply states: " I deliver 2 billion presents in one night to a bunch of shithead kids. I'm having a beer." This account is an example of someone who clearly has a crass sense of humour and way too much free time. How else do you explain a person who tweets things like this on a daily basis: "In the North Pole, the Polar Express is a porno about a guy with a premature ejaculation problem." 
There you have it, a sample of the many Santas roaming in the Twitterverse. Are many of these accounts a waste of time? Probably. Did I waste an afternoon sifting through these Santa accounts? You betcha! Ah...but did I find the real Santa Claus on Twitter? Of course not kids, Santa doesn't exist! Merry Christmas!
My first thought when I heard Time Magazine named Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg its 2010 Person of the Year was: "Shouldn't they have named him in 2008? What about Julian Assange?"
If you're going to be late to the game, at least be the first publication to put Zuckerberg on the cover. But Time was beaten to the punch by Newsweek, which had the Facebook founder on its cover in 2007. Fortune also featured Zuckerberg on its cover this past autumn.
