Thank you for your vote

January 20, 2008

Matt

Thanks in large part to your support, Automattic and WordPress won both of the prizes it was nominated for, WordPress winning Most Likely to Succeed and Toni Schneider of Automattic winning Best CEO. Woot!

Like I said from stage, to us the awards aren’t an accomplishment, they’re a challenge. You believe in us, and it’s our responsibility to live up to the honor you voted us into. Thank you for your support, everyone.

The event was a lot of fun too, like an Oscars but for geeks, some of whom accepted their awards in hoodies and jeans. I also think only at geek awards do you not have to worry about speeches going on too long. 🙂

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  1. thebeanbag Jan 20th at 6:37 am

    Yay! Congratulations 🙂
    Lol at short geek speeches.

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  2. Odale Jan 20th at 6:41 am

    Congratulations! You earned it and we Thank You!

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  3. Wayward Fundamentalist Christian Jan 20th at 6:42 am

    Congrads dude…. y’all earned it. I loved WordPress when I had my domain. I believe my drupal was the cause of my hack. Lesson Learned. Free hosting always has it’s risks.

    Now change that silly avatar, Matt, Christmas has been over for, what now? 26 days?!!

    😛

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  4. Sabah Hussain Jan 20th at 6:55 am

    Awesome! Contratulations to you and to all of us.

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  5. celticprincess© Jan 20th at 6:58 am

    Congratulations!!! You guys are the best and deserve it.

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  6. Haniey Jan 20th at 7:17 am

    congratulation! i vote for WP!

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  7. Richmond Jan 20th at 7:30 am

    Nice new Avatar.

    I was not able to vote. I wasn’t online for like three weeks. Im sorry.

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  8. americanuck Jan 20th at 7:36 am

    Congrats!

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  9. Víctor Jan 20th at 7:39 am

    kwel.

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  10. qazse Jan 20th at 7:42 am

    It is well deserved.

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  11. lnxwalt Jan 20th at 7:45 am

    KQKL! (Cool!)

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  12. Gloomy Slipper Jan 20th at 7:49 am

    What can I say? Congratulations. People didn’t vote without the reason.

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  13. MyScribbles: Write-ups of an Afghan Jan 20th at 7:52 am

    Congratulations!

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  14. anitz Jan 20th at 8:31 am

    A hearty congratulations from Germany!

    You all deserve it, awesome work!

    Ich blogge auf deutsch mit WordPress. I blog in German.

    (and no, I do not think you are geeks!)

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  15. Chittaranjan Jan 20th at 8:42 am

    Yay! Congratulations……

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  16. raincoaster Jan 20th at 8:45 am

    I certainly figured you were a shoe-in for Most Likely to Succeed. I mean, when your competitors are recommending to their staff that they use WordPress for their blogs (and they are, I heard them!), you gotta know you set the standard in the field.

    But Matt, who designed your outfit?

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  17. bahman.n@gmail.com Jan 20th at 8:48 am

    Be happy Matt,
    No problem 😉

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  18. juleslife Jan 20th at 9:00 am

    Well deserved Win mates! Cheers!

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  19. Jozii Jan 20th at 9:49 am

    Congrats WP 😀

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  20. deftoned Jan 20th at 10:29 am

    Congrats! xD

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  21. R. Jan 20th at 10:41 am

    Kudos, on both awards! 😀

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  22. sadorg Jan 20th at 10:49 am

    Congratulations! 😀

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  23. luisindepels Jan 20th at 10:52 am

    in dutch we’ll say proficiat!

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  24. danalingga Jan 20th at 11:23 am

    Congrat,

    Hope this service will be forever. 😀

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  25. J€LL¥ Jan 20th at 11:23 am

    wat prize did u get? anyway good on u wordpress! 🙂

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  26. vineetgupta Jan 20th at 11:25 am

    Congrats!! Keep rocking!

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  27. Michell Bak Jan 20th at 11:31 am

    Congratulations, Matt and the rest of the WP team 🙂

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  28. ezporter Jan 20th at 11:35 am

    Congrats WP! Nothing but great things from here on out, I just know it.

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  29. æis Jan 20th at 11:41 am

    Congratulations!

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  30. Pr. Dorin Jan 20th at 11:57 am

    I am very happy for your and our excelency! WordPress is a incontestably leader on the online market and I am very happy that I contribute to it’s development.

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  31. Federico Jan 20th at 12:01 pm

    Congratulations Matt!

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  32. psburton Jan 20th at 12:06 pm

    Strong work and with the wealth and fame to follow remember to buy your folks nice stuff, lots of nice stuff.

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  33. Srikanth Perinkulam Jan 20th at 12:22 pm

    Congoz WP team! 🙂

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  34. ~m Jan 20th at 12:22 pm

    congrats and deservedly so.
    You guys rock.

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  35. Richard Jan 20th at 12:22 pm

    Well done! You deserve it. 😛

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  36. the forester Jan 20th at 12:58 pm

    Hurrah! I like it when my vote wins! I’ve definitely appreciated the professionalism and dedication to progress here at WordPress. Press on!

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  37. JunP Jan 20th at 1:07 pm

    Congratulations WordPress!

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  38. susanta Jan 20th at 1:22 pm

    Congratulation

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  39. RupertGee Jan 20th at 1:22 pm

    恭喜你们！

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  40. christopher Jan 20th at 1:29 pm

    Congratulations on the recognition for what we already knew about you guys!!

    Hope to have a relationship with wordpress for a good long time!

    -C

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  41. slimball2007 Jan 20th at 1:38 pm

    Congrats WP!!!!!! 😀

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  42. hatmanpepper Jan 20th at 1:46 pm

    yay! wordpress is winning 🙂

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  43. cronies Jan 20th at 2:04 pm

    Congrats WP n’ Toni Schneider n’ yw! 😀

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  44. singapor3 Jan 20th at 2:04 pm

    Congrats!

    You guys deserved the win!

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  45. R. Malfatti Redazione Jan 20th at 2:10 pm

    One wins because he is the best. We, the people of WordPress (staff and users), are the best. And I think that tomorrow we’ll better than today….Is not it?

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  46. Morris Jan 20th at 2:12 pm

    Congratulations guys, and thanks!

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  47. servigratis Jan 20th at 2:26 pm

    Deserved prizes, indeed…
    Congrats!

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  48. Galois Jan 20th at 2:28 pm

    Congratulations! I vote for WP too.
    Best regards from Spain. 🙂

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  49. whyamistilltyping Jan 20th at 2:33 pm

    *tips hat 🙂

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  50. Camilo López Darias Jan 20th at 2:41 pm

    Congratulations, Word Press!

    and…Thank YOU…

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  51. Hawk Jan 20th at 2:41 pm

    KUDOS & ACCOLADES ALL AROUND – NOW, DID YOU BREAK OUT THE SINGLE MALT & FIRE UP A GOOD HAND-ROLLED CIGAR??

    NICE JOB GANG!

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  52. Werner Trotter Jan 20th at 2:41 pm

    Congratulations. Two well deserved prizes.

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  53. the rufus Jan 20th at 2:42 pm

    Well done – keep on ❗

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  54. Yaser Jan 20th at 2:48 pm

    Congratulations

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  55. Khürt Jan 20th at 2:55 pm

    Congratulations! Well deserved.

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  56. fookembug Jan 20th at 3:05 pm

    Congrats!

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  57. bookbabie Jan 20th at 3:06 pm

    Your welcome, I really enjoy my WordPress blog. I switched from LJ because the format here was clean and easy to use. Thanks for all your efforts to make this a good place to call home on the web:)

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  58. darvish Jan 20th at 3:15 pm

    Congratulations to you all who work so hard to make wordpress so great 🙂

    Peace and Blessings!

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  59. khairy1974 Jan 20th at 3:20 pm

    Well deserved award to WordPress…..

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  60. cheezdog Jan 20th at 3:43 pm

    YES!!!!!! GO WP!

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  61. fujimori Jan 20th at 3:52 pm

    standing applause for WP..!!!!

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  62. Narayanan Aier Jan 20th at 3:57 pm

    Awesome! Congrats! Hope u guys keep up the good work!

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  63. oberon92 Jan 20th at 4:06 pm

    Well done! You deserve it.

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  64. Tanuki I Jan 20th at 4:25 pm

    Congratulations! 😛

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  65. jeremiahandrews Jan 20th at 4:35 pm

    YAY,

    I was honored to vote. Congrats.

    Jeremy

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  66. flynnsblogs Jan 20th at 4:44 pm

    Whoo-hooo! Congratulations to you and us geeks, nerds and dorks. 😀

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  67. Cross Jan 20th at 4:46 pm

    Thanks to you, because you make our blogging experience better than never, Congratulations WP && Automattic Team!

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  68. Muffin Jan 20th at 4:57 pm

    cool, congrats! I wish I could win something…
    ~Adam

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  69. ضَرَبان Jan 20th at 4:59 pm

    All The Best .

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  70. Graser103 Jan 20th at 5:24 pm

    Hey

    congratulations!!!!!

    Adam G

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  71. hairballs Jan 20th at 5:25 pm

    congradulations on your win!

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  72. Arvind Juneja Jan 20th at 5:29 pm

    congrats!

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  73. infinitygoods Jan 20th at 5:31 pm

    Congratulations!! It’s exactly because you consider these awards to be a challenge that you absolutely deserve them. Glad you won’t be sleeping on those laurels and will continue to come up with more great improvements as usual.
    Wishing you all a great day!

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  74. bruisinraincloud Jan 20th at 5:43 pm

    congrads!

    Well deserved! 😀

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  75. Spurs1996 Jan 20th at 5:45 pm

    Well done! I voted for you! You definetely deserved it!

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  76. WBMT Jan 20th at 5:56 pm

    earned and deserved! congrats, WP is god-send. Guess what my 08′ budget is for web developement/mangement & updates…zero!

    thank you, thank you, thank you! from an independent filmmaker

    What Black Men Think

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  77. Marie D. Jan 20th at 6:00 pm

    Congrats! That is well-deserved!

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  78. insidesportsgeek Jan 20th at 6:15 pm

    w00t ! BIG congrats WordPress Team.

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  79. tmulcahy Jan 20th at 6:44 pm

    Cool! I had no problem voting for Word Press as most likely to succeed; seems to me it already has, and will be around for the long haul.

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  80. Father Joe Jan 20th at 7:09 pm

    You have done great work and deserve recognition.

    Congratulations!

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  81. یک فتحی Jan 20th at 7:12 pm

    Congratulations our matt!
    oh,also new Avater is very nice.

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  82. skykid Jan 20th at 7:30 pm

    Congrats! Well deserved indeed .

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  83. mdking Jan 20th at 7:43 pm

    Hey, I voted for you. 🙂 Big Congrats!

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  84. janien Jan 20th at 7:46 pm

    Congratulations, WordPress! 😉

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  85. storymode Jan 20th at 7:49 pm

    Much congratulations to you on accepting the challenge! You all are doing a wonderful job!

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  86. dandare Jan 20th at 7:58 pm

    Well done! you deserve it, for all your hard work 🙂

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  87. Coolgirl Jan 20th at 8:04 pm

    Congrats!

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  88. massmeeting Jan 20th at 8:08 pm

    Congratulations, Matt!

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  89. Jen Jan 20th at 8:09 pm

    Congrats! I voted 🙂

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  90. Michael Graham Richard Jan 20th at 8:10 pm

    Congrats! Now you *gotta* rise up to the challenge 🙂

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  91. mamaneeds2rant Jan 20th at 8:27 pm

    Way 2 go! I Love geeks! ❤

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  92. sugali Jan 20th at 8:30 pm

    Congrads! well done, keep up the very excellent work and most of all a heaty Thank You

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  93. Cy1i7|-|ri4 Jan 20th at 8:45 pm

    w00t for you guys!! Congrats

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  94. Belinda Jan 20th at 8:47 pm

    well done, i enjoy wp. still hoping for the links widget to split up … 🙂

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  95. FXSmom Jan 20th at 9:05 pm

    way to go 🙂

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  96. darkophoto Jan 20th at 9:20 pm

    WOW, you mean our votes actually counted? 😀

    Congratz, WordPress deserved it so well.

    Hip hip… Hurray!

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  97. advertboy Jan 20th at 9:21 pm

    love the service WP provides and thus voted for you guys… was well deserved!

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  98. Julio Azevedo Jan 20th at 9:37 pm

    A hearty congratulations from brazil………

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  99. Rafael Martel Jan 20th at 10:06 pm

    You deserve it guys! Thanks for creating this! Congrats!

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  100. familyforest Jan 20th at 10:26 pm

    Yeah!!! Congratulations WordPress.

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