Notch Considered for Time 100 Poll, Needs Your Votes
Time 100 is an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, as assembled by the American magazine Time, and this year's list of potentials includes our very own Markus "Notch" Persson! Do you want to see Notch top the list of "most influential person"? Be sure to cast your vote for Notch!
The list was first published in 1999, when Time magazine named the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. Based on the popularity of the installment, in 2004 Time magazine decided to make it an annual issue, listing the 100 people most influencing the world.
Be sure to vote for Notch - as of this writing, he is already in the top 3 of the 100 most influential people, and you can help bring him to the Number 1 spot! Click here to vote!
Edit: Wow, 25 rep, guess other people do agree with what I've said here .
Notch 2015. VOTE!
I think Notch's influence is a different kind of influence than most of the other people on the poll. He didn't TRY to influence anybody, he just made a sandbox game and sold it on the internet. Now, only a few years later, his game has sold over 10 million copies and has a discussion forum chock-filled with people. People from all around the world express interest in Minecraft, and many have found their place as mapmakers/modders/LPers/etc. If you think about it, he HAS influenced millions of people, and though he may not deserve the highest spot, something close would certainly be suitable. Then again, since there are different types of influence, I don't think you can really make a list of the most influential people. After all, a terrorist could be hated all over the world, but that hate would still count as an "influence". Would he deserve the #1 place? I don't think so.
It's a list of 100, I think he can be somewhere on that long list. I consider taking away weeks of my life for a java video game a serious influence.
I would think that Bill Gates or the Apple people would be most influential.
You are my enemy, prepare to fall before the black empire.
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Voting for the second time! BECAUSE HE EARNED IT!
EDIT.
After checking other names on that list... Wow, the whole thing sounds like a bad joke