Free MacBook Air -- if I become the number one user on Twitter

OK, I'm tired of getting my butt kicked by Robert Scoble and this Barack Obama guy on Twitter. Right now I'm the number five user (really #2 because the other three are software/Barack), so I'm going to buy my way to the top.

If (when?) I become the number one user on Twitter I will give my extra MacBook Air to one of the random folks who are following me. How we give it away will be determined in some fair way (i.e. random person obviously, but they have to be following at the time of the giveaway and they might have to respond to my tweet of them winning in a certain amount of time... like one hour).

Mar 15th 2008 6:10PM
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21. Jason, Did you ever think of the possibility of losing your loyal followers, those who actually want to read your updates on Twitter. The MacBook Air kicks ass, but we are not for sale?

Posted at 11:15AM on Mar 16th 2008 by Billy

22. Good promotion,Jason.Cool device boosts great attention.:)

Posted at 12:11PM on Mar 16th 2008 by Igor Poltavskiy

23. Hey i would do anything for a macbook air. Im in. I know you ship to florida.

Posted at 1:04PM on Mar 16th 2008 by omar

24. Ooh! Ooh! Pick me! Pick me! Great idea there, Jason.

Posted at 1:30PM on Mar 16th 2008 by Stephen

25. Intriguing offer and I'm willing to help. One comment about Twitter: I think that it's morphing into an amazing source of news. It's almost like have direct access to a wire service. For someone like me (a law professor/law librarian) who writes extensively about the narrow topic of legal bibliography and technology from here in the midwest (I teach at the U of Nebraska) it is difficult to get access to what's going on on the coasts and in the tech world. By Twittering you, Leo L, Scoble and D Winer, I feel like I'm hearing about what's happening every where. Thanks for letting me follow you around. And, if you ever have any questions about how technology is affecting access to the law - just ask. Or check out my blog, thelifeofbooks.blogspot.com. Cheers.

Posted at 4:55PM on Mar 16th 2008 by Richard Leiter

26. I'm *unfollowing* you due to this exploitative and menacing abuse of social media. Keep your MacBook Air and your fine airs and the back of my hand to you.

Posted at 7:56PM on Mar 16th 2008 by Prokofy Neva

27. I succomb to bribery vey easily - it's a deal!

In return for the bribe, please follow me back. Maybe you can convince Biz to turn on the secret auto-follow-back bot that Scoble's running.

Posted at 9:45PM on Mar 16th 2008 by Michael

28. Hey Jason - Noticed this in my Google Reader threads right after posting a piece on Obama displacing Scoble. We did a little updaye (because i think this is not only funny but fascinating).

PS: A cheap Windows lappy would be fine :)

Posted at 11:08PM on Mar 16th 2008 by Charlie Anzman

29. Bummer, I already follow you, so I guess I'm not eligible.

Posted at 12:34AM on Mar 17th 2008 by francine hardaway

30. A one hour response time isn't really workable for many people.
I've got back-to-back classes, and all things not directly related to participation and/or note taking are frowned upon. I'd imagine that it's also rather rude to twitter in the middle of meetings and such.

Posted at 1:32AM on Mar 17th 2008 by James

31. If you compare the number of people in which you are following and Scoble's, you win cos Scoble is following around 13000 people in order to get 13000 followers.

Posted at 2:38AM on Mar 17th 2008 by Michael

32. sweet. my macbook's screen's giving me grief. i'm in

-arin

Posted at 2:23PM on Mar 17th 2008 by arin

33. Noticed on your Twitter feed that you say 20,000 AND you're number one, which should be at the same time... won't you actually just need around 16,000?

Posted at 5:15PM on Mar 17th 2008 by John Bell

34. Lol... SiteHoppers...now following Jason Calacanis:

http://twitter.com/sitehoppin

Posted at 2:07PM on Mar 18th 2008 by SiteHoppers

35. One Hour? some of us work! How about one day or something? LOL one hour, I wish I could twitter that often.

Posted at 10:43PM on Mar 18th 2008 by Andrew Fielding

36. How do i win this laptop, i come from a really poor family i really need this laptop and so i can do schol work and finish highschool and be the first in my family to go to college

Posted at 1:49PM on Mar 21st 2008 by Nicole Nikas

37. One hour is hardly fair. some of your followers are in europe and others not ALWAYS online ;)

Posted at 11:06PM on Apr 1st 2008 by oliverg

38. i mean, who isn't already following you. i saw a great twitter usage presentation at barcampLA about twitter powerusers. we're going to have to broadcast your username in japanese.

Posted at 11:27PM on Apr 5th 2008 by michael lambie

39. Just go to http://www.freemacbookair4me.co.uk and get your own!

Posted at 10:32AM on Apr 9th 2008 by Tom Advani

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