You are Time's Person of the Year

Time magazine has made the general public its person of the year for 2006.

Specifically, the publication is talking about the Web 2.0 revolution and how user-generated content has become the latest internet phenomenon.

Sites such as Wikipedia, YouTube, MySpace and FaceBook were cited by Time as being part of the movement that has seen "the many wresting power from the few."

Though the World Wide Web is the tool, it's the bloggers and other contributors that win Time's accolade.

"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," read the article.

"Web 2.0 is a massive social experiment, and like any experiment worth trying, it could fail... this is an opportunity to build a new kind of international understanding, not politician to politician, great man to great man, but citizen to citizen, person to person," it continued.

Last year, Microsoft's Bill Gates, his wife Melinda, and U2 singer Bono were jointly awarded the prize for their charitable work.

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