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Title: 4chan Powers Kim Jong Un in Time's "Person of the Year" Poll
Post by: Caster no Mae on December 14, 2012, 08:53:43 AM: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/121097-4chan-Powers-Kim-Jong-Un-in-Times-Person-of-the-Year-Poll

With a little help from his friends, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un blew away the competition in Time Magazine's 2012 "Person of the Year" Reader Poll.

Kim Jong Un is the third-generation ruler of the most repressive regime on Earth. He's also the man at the top of this year's Person of the Year Reader Poll, conducted by Time Magazine, more than doubling the votes received by the second-place finisher, Jon Stewart, and crushing such notables as Aung San Suu Kyi, Hillary Clinton, Mohamed Morsi, Psy, Barack Obama and even the Mars Rover. How did he do it?

As usual, the internet is to blame. "Jon Stewart, Undocumented Immigrants, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas and Burmese leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Thein Sein, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie all made it into the top ten," the magazine wrote. "However, some of the highest vote tallies got a boost from members of Internet forums like 4chan who launched a campaign to manipulate the results, pushing North Korea's supreme leader to the top of the list."
Title: Re: 4chan Powers Kim Jong Un in Time's "Person of the Year" Poll
Post by: senpai_FisT on December 14, 2012, 08:55:57 AM: >KJUGASCHAMBER

xD
Title: Re: 4chan Powers Kim Jong Un in Time's "Person of the Year" Poll
Post by: Mr.PowPow on December 14, 2012, 11:55:16 AM: At times like these, I love 4chan, I really do.
Title: Re: 4chan Powers Kim Jong Un in Time's "Person of the Year" Poll
Post by: Kiss x Miz on December 14, 2012, 01:20:06 PM: What's up with his hair? It's like a toy airplane had a ball in there.
Title: Re: 4chan Powers Kim Jong Un in Time's "Person of the Year" Poll
Post by: senpai_FisT on December 14, 2012, 01:53:58 PM: Quote from: Miserlychee on December 14, 2012, 01:20:06 PM
What's up with his hair? It's like a toy airplane had a ball in there.
Apparently, that's what makes the ladies wet in North Korea.
Title: Re: 4chan Powers Kim Jong Un in Time's "Person of the Year" Poll
Post by: Kiss x Miz on December 14, 2012, 01:58:07 PM: And yay, we internet folks are so rebellious! :3
Shout down with the system while we just make the system facepalm every once in a while :P
Title: Re: 4chan Powers Kim Jong Un in Time's "Person of the Year" Poll
Post by: senpai_FisT on December 14, 2012, 02:14:00 PM: This is not a rebellion! This is strictly for the lulz!
Title: Re: 4chan Powers Kim Jong Un in Time's "Person of the Year" Poll
Post by: Mr.PowPow on December 14, 2012, 02:19:38 PM: I don't know why Time even bothers with online polls, this isn't the first time 4Chan has made them look ridiculous. I think everybody who follows 4Chan will remember the Time's 2009 Most Influential Person Award where moot was put at the top....and they had to make it official by letting him go to the awards ceremony lol