TIME's choice of 'You' for Person of the Year in 2006 was mocked—but now seems prescient
TIME's Choice of 'You' for Person of the Year in 2006 Was Mocked—But Now Seems PrescientPhoto-Illustration for TIME by Arthur Hochstein, with photographs by Spencer Jones—Glasshouseis kept under wraps even inside the newsroom. So it was only a few weeks before my first POY closed that I told a larger group of colleagues that the choice for 2006 was “You”—user-generated content. The cover would have reflective Mylar on it so readers could see themselves.
But think about it: This was 2006, not long after Facebook launched. MySpace was huge. YouTube was a year old. Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat didn’t exist. It was the start of athat has made user-generated content the foundation of the world’s media. Instead of the few creating for the many, the many now create for one another. The idea was and still is a radical one.
, and how a democratized system could be used against the very idea of democracy. I still think that the benefits outweigh the costs—and that the future of the media still depends on, well, You.
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