From the Twittersphere: Trophies for the Best Tweets

Hollywood has the Oscars. Broadway has the Tonys. Now Twitter has the…Shorty Awards?

The awards, announced last week by the Brooklyn Internet company Sawhorse Media, aim to honor the best Twitterers of 2008 in categories like humor, news and food. Though the company has no formal connection to San Francisco-based Twitter, which allows people to post updates, or “tweets,” up to 140 characters in length, the idea seems to be taking off. “Shortyawards” is currently the most searched term on Twitter, and a number of users have taken a cue from the movie studios and kicked off aggressive lobbying campaigns.

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