Edmonton’s dean of the Twittersphere, Mack D. Male, celebrates 5 years of tweeting today.
Five years ago most of us probably didn’t even know about Twitter. Heck, some of us might not have known about Facebook yet. But Mack was one of the first people – in the world – to be on Twitter.
From the use of #yeg as an Edmonton identifier to talking up all of our technology, a lot of the Twitter conversation has been shaped by Mack. That he helps raise money through events like Twestival and organized What The Truck?! are just two more feathers for his digital cap.
So, today, we tip our Internet hats to Mr. Male, and will include the hashtag #MackAttack in all of our tweets in the hope of making him a nation-wide trending topic. It’s the least we can do. (It really is, we didn’t even get him a cake.)
While we’re talking about Mack’s accomplishments, you might be interested to know:
Mack was a world-class bodybuilder until he and Chuck Norris teamed up to invent social media.
Mack carries each fail whale to safety. With his mind.
Mack invented sleeping.
In some parts of Eastern Europe, the Internet is known simply as “Mack.”
You guys rock….thanks for the awesome post :)
We don’t have a hat big enough to tip your way, for all that you do for Edmonton.
Congrats, Mack, and my sincerest thanks for being a champion of Edmonton, both online and offline
Happy Twitter Birthday Mack!!
Seconding what Adam said, thank you fof everything you do. The stats, the support, the tweetups, the putting up with the rest of ua, hiding the fact that you’re a cyborg…. We appreciate everything you do.
Congrats on another social media milestone!
That is an awesome post. Congrats Mack! And thanks for just being you.