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The 250

They don't read this, either Not every conversation happens online. A phrase you won't find on Twitter or Technorati is The 250 — pronounced "two-fifty" — a cruelly sarcastic euphemism used in real-life conversations for the small, cliquey group of self-appointed Web 2.0 insiders who seem to spend their days blogging and Twittering about one another. The gist is that The 250 are the 250 people who matter to The 250. None of the other 6 billion people on Earth care which of The 250 are dating each other or got onto a panel at South By Southwest. I'm loathe to name names other than Valleywag editor Owen Thomas, whose site the other 249 check obsessively for mentions of themselves.

5:47 AM on Mon Mar 17 2008
By Paul Boutin
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smashface at 06:14 AM on 03/17/08
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The first rule about the 250 Paul is that you don't talk about the 250!

Link or it doesn't exist.
michaellamb at 06:39 AM on 03/17/08
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that's so true. Now though, I want to see the list....
Fidel on the Roof at 07:52 AM on 03/17/08
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Shallow and temporary.
Jordan Golson at 07:59 AM on 03/17/08
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Here's a good start: [www.twitterholic.com]
sample032 at 08:11 AM on 03/17/08
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@smashface: Clearly, Paul didn't make the list.

Paul: Don't feel too bad. Ted's probably #251.
Zoo at 09:01 AM on 03/17/08
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Can we get a Wiki page on here where we can added names.
Nicholas Carlson at 09:09 AM on 03/17/08
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too outsidery
fear_me at 09:38 AM on 03/17/08
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well, i'm certainly on the list. so we just need to uncover the other 248.
smashface at 09:45 AM on 03/17/08
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@Jordan Golson: If the list has the potential next President of the United States on it, what does that say about Scoble and Calacanis being in such proximity to such power.

Do we give them access to the first strike codes now?
FiveStarEggRoll at 12:01 PM on 03/17/08
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I'm number 69 on that list but that is all I can say.

Harry Wang
dalejo at 12:56 PM on 03/17/08
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Now that's a circle jerk!
raincoaster at 07:46 PM on 03/17/08
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The thing is, 42 of those people are all, like, one guy talking to himself.
TrevorJ at 11:12 AM on 03/18/08
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...The answer is 42.
Maura Johnston at 03:40 PM on 03/20/08
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i remember the days when 'the 250' was 'the 25.' insidery!
patrickcurl at 09:49 AM on 04/15/08
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Hmm.. I'm ranked 11 on twitterholic - and just got mentioned by Darren Rowse sorta not necessarily in the best light, after an April Fool's joke gone bad - does this make me one of the 250?
davesaunders at 05:35 PM on 05/04/08
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Same reverse-elitism used in reference to people in Toastmasters, the Rotary Club, or those meanies that didn't pick you for a game of kickball in Elementary School.

Yawn