Promote Your Way to Irrevocable Personal Humiliation

Going on now over at Twitter Search is a flurry of discussion regarding the self-proclaimed “Powerful Promoter,” Matt Bacak. Bacak recently published a press release touting his recent ascendance to the hallowed halls of the Atlanta, GA “Twitter Elite.”

OK, that’s pretty shameless. It gets more embarrassing still when people start to call you on it. But the fact of the matter is that Bacak does not even make the top 50 Twitterers in Atlanta — and that makes him a fraud.

Here’s a glimpse into the Twitter backlash:

Ouch. Better luck next time.

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December 2, 2008 | Filed Under General, Just For Fun 

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5 Responses to “Promote Your Way to Irrevocable Personal Humiliation”

  1. Spam on December 2nd, 2008 3:19 pm

    Here’s his trick… @mattbacak is #3 on Twitter Grader if you use “Atlanta, GA”…which is SEPARATE from “Atlanta”, “Alanta Georgia”, etc. Twitter Grader isn’t yet able to differentiate the many ways a Twitter location can be listed, so he simply takes advantage of that.

    Here’s another grat tidbit:

    @mattbacak’s score: 99.9
    @sockington’s score: 100.0

    That’s right…HE’S BEING OUTSCORED BY A CAT!

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  3. Warren Sukernek on December 2nd, 2008 6:00 pm

    Nice post! have you seen this site written by his mother, http://www.aboutmattbacak.com/. One strange cat (or sockington)!

    I picked up on your theme and gave my perspective in my blog.

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