Created Wed 7th May 2008 9am PST by

TWiT Twitter Derby: Who'll be most followed by midnight May 25th?

Settled as Leo Laporte

Leo Laporte won by a country mile. Confirmation from Mick, posted to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mixpix/2524246926/

Thanks Mick

Background:

Background: Welcome to the TWiT Twitter Derby, where your favorite stars from TWiT compete to get the most followers on Twitter. The race is tight, but who will have the upper hand by midnight May 25th (PST) according to Twitterholic?

Prize: Hubdub T-shirt to the winner!
Event: Grade 1, A-list thoroughbred tech pundits
Distance: 4 weeks
6 runners

Settlement details:As shown by http://www.twitterholic.com/

Forecast history %

Kevin Rose

Leo Laporte

98%

Jason Calacanis

Robert Scoble

John C Dvorak

Wil Harris

Settled as Leo Laporte on Mon 26th May 2008 4am PST

Activity: H$68,990
Predictions: 310
Comments: 6

Suspend date: Sun 25th May 2008 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Mon 26th May 2008 4am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 25th May 2008 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: Kevin Rose: 27%, Leo Laporte: 30%, Jason Calacanis: 22%, Robert Scoble: 15%, John C Dvorak: 5%, Wil Harris: 1%

Action history:

Created Wed 7th May 2008 9am PST by

tomg

Suspended Sun 25th May 2008 11:59pm PST : Suspend date reached

Settled as 'Leo Laporte' Mon 26th May 2008 4am PST by

nigeleccles [Admin]

: Leo Laporte won by a country mile. Confirmation from Mick, posted to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mixpix/2524246926/

Thanks Mick

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Predictions (310)

1 year ago

sawta

predicted Leo Laporte (H$956 at 99%)

1 year ago

bobbyedwards Level 13, Psychic (H$78,643)

predicted Leo Laporte (H$100 at 90%)

1 year ago

bobbyedwards Level 13, Psychic (H$78,643)

predicted Leo Laporte (H$100 at 89%)

1 year ago

bobbyedwards Level 13, Psychic (H$78,643)

predicted Leo Laporte (H$100 at 89%)

1 year ago

bobbyedwards Level 13, Psychic (H$78,643)

predicted Leo Laporte (H$100 at 89%)

Comments (6)

nigeleccles [Admin]

Leo Laporte has got to be the strong favorite. He has the chance to plug this on the TWiT show every week. That is unless Kevin plugs it on Diggnation and then we won't see him for dust. The other possibility is that Scoble turns his tweeting down to, say, only 100 a day and then everyone that un-followed him comes back and he romps home!

posted 1 year ago

jenniandboys [Admin]

tomg - this is really a great question... i especially like that you made little shirts for everyone. if i cared anything about twitter, i would be all over this. in fact, it might be a candidate to try to digg (i don't want to bother submitting, but promise to digg if someone else does).

posted 1 year ago

dieseldog Level 16, Oracle (H$731,036)

i know nothing about twit twitter, but the link you have posted has obama in 2nd place 5-12-08 11:47 pm est. if he wins will that cause a uproar?

posted 1 year ago

nigeleccles [Admin]

@dieseldog the race is just between the named Twitterers and also Obama won't win now

posted 1 year ago

nigeleccles [Admin]

kevinrose ups the ante. Here is his Tweet below (he is catching up):

kevinrose The new iphone is coming, I'm giving my old one to a random person following me on twitter - details coming on diggnation - tell friends!
http://twitter.com/kevinrose

posted 1 year ago

sawta

I'm shocked to see Kevin drop so dramatically, even though he's only about 100 followers behind at this point.

posted 1 year ago

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