shorty awards

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Twitter has the...”Shorty Awards”

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The Shorty Awards are a worldwide effort to engage hundreds of thousands of Twitter users to identify the best people and organizations on Twitter. These unique awards are for the Twitter community, by the Twitter community. Online voting is public and democratic. Award winners are recognized in 26 official and 100s of user generated categories.

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About the Process The second annual Shorty Awards nomination process has begun! In January 2010, the community is invited to nominate Twitter users for excellence over the past year. The awards recognize each content creator's entire body of work, not just an individual tweet. Nominations are made by sending a tweet, whether it's through this site or on Twitter. In February, the nominees will be narrowed down to five finalists in each category. Winners will be determined by a combination of popular vote and by the members of the new Real-Time Academy of Short Form Arts & Sciences. An awards ceremony, complete with 140-character acceptance speeches, will be held in March 2010 in New York City.

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Advertising.appsartbrandcelebritycultural institutioncustomer servicedesigneducationfinancefoodgovernmenthealth humorinnovationjournalistmusicnewsnonprofitpoliticssciencesmall businesssportstechtravelweird Official Categories

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Community Categories literaturebloggerothergreenbaconawesomenetworkinglgbt booksgamingcsrsexinesssteampunkfashionfeminismband

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Voting Process:- To vote, send a tweet like this: I nominate @TwitterUser for a Shorty Award in #category because... (add reason here). You can do this on Twitter.com, with any Twitter client, or using the voting box on our site. You can also send shorter votes like this: #shortyawards @username #category (add quick reason here). This shorter format is helpful if you want to vote from a party, on the road, in a meeting, or on a boat. Be as creative as you want with the reason. A tweet that does not give a reason for the nomination will not be counted The nomination should be relevant to the category, whether it's an official category or a new one. Vote for as many different people as you want in as many categories as you want, as often as you want. Only one person and one category per tweet. Voting for the same person in the same category more than once just replaces the text of your original vote. You can vote in any of the Official Categories or make up a category of your own. If a new category becomes popular, it might be turned into an Official Category with an award presented at the ceremony in March

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Rules Twitterer’s are welcome to campaign and encourage their friends to vote for them. Voters must be active Twitter users prior to the start of the competition. Votes originating from new Twitter accounts or accounts used mainly for Shorty Awards voting will automatically be disqualified and will not count toward the rankings. We periodically perform audits to make sure our system isn't being gamed. Votes must appear publicly. Votes from private Twitter accounts will not be counted. If you change your Twitter user name, any votes you received under your old user name won't carry over.

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Nominations Anyone with a valid, active, and public Twitter account can nominate any Twitter user for a Shorty Award in any category. Nominees are encouraged to take the Shorty Interview to help voters and the Academy get to know them. The five users with the highest rank in each official category become finalists In case of a tie, six finalists will be chosen.

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Rankings The Shorty Awards aim to be fair and impartial. We do not count votes that violate the rules. When computing rank, votes are automatically weighted based on a ShortyRank algorithm, which assigns higher values to votes from real, active Twitter users and lower values to votes that come from irregular accounts. This includes accounts that appear to have been created specifically for Shorty Awards voting, that appear to use bots or scripts, or exhibit other actions that go against the spirit of the awards. Votes from such sources will be discounted. The Shorty Awards team also performs human reviews of the votes and a final vote audit occurs after each voting round ends.

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2008 Shorty Awards The first annual Shorty Awards ceremony took place on February 11, 2009. Hosted by CNN anchor Rick Sanchez with special guests MC Hammer and Gary Vaynerchuk. Winners flew in from around the world and Shaquille O'Neal even made a virtual appearance. You can also view the archived First Annual Shorty Awards website.

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Stay Updated Get news about the awards by joining our e-mail list, reading the blog, becoming a fan on Facebook, and following @shortyawards on Twitter.