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Now everyone can add "and 2006 Time's Person Of The Year" to their bio

It may sound a little silly, but that's what Time did for 2006, in choosing it's Person of the Year. The premise is that:

It's a story about community and collaboration on a scale never seen before. It's about the cosmic compendium of knowledge Wikipedia and the million-channel people's network YouTube and the online metropolis MySpace. It's about the many wresting power from the few and helping one another for nothing and how that will not only change the world, but also change the way the world changes.

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And for seizing the reins of the global media, for founding and framing the new digital democracy, for working for nothing and beating the pros at their own game, TIME's Person of the Year for 2006 is you.

A very nice sentiment. But for those of you worried about Time being proved wrong, they go on to say:

Web 2.0 is a massive social experiment, and like any experiment worth trying, it could fail.

They also hedged their journalistic bets, giving us People Who Mattered.

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