Forbes Publishes 2nd Annual ‘Web Celeb 25′

Forbes published Tuesday evening its second annual Web Celeb 25 list highlighting the most influential – both positively and negatively, we suspect – names known throughout the digital ether that have had the most impact on the 2007 zeitgeist of buzztastic junk.

Now, before we go any further and share some feelings about the picks as chosen by the business magazine, we feel it imperative to start with a question, short and simple: Why the cold shoulder? Why no Profy mention? Seriously. What gives? We ain’t too bad. Couldn’t have even put up a side note or something? Pssh. What-ever.

Alright, moving on. The list. It’s healthy mix of classics you know and names and faces you don’t. Very few surprises, of course, but they’re there. Digg’s Kevin Rose lands somewhere in the ranks. As does Michael Arrington of TechCrunch. At least a couple o’ folk indigenous to that charming and quirky BoingBoing.net have made the grade, too. Which is a bit frustrating. Give others a chance, guys. We know, they’re a fun group, free-wheelin’ and all that crap. But seriously, enough’s enough. Spotlight shine elsewhere next time, capiche?

Oppositely, some so-called celebs may not right a bell for several of you. Frank Warren is one such character. He’s 43 years of age, and runs PostSecret. Apparently it’s that site that requested anonymous folk all around to sent in secrets told on postcards (hence the name) a couple of years ago and had a short stint at fame courtesy of a viral spread. Kudos to him for thinking up that idea. He’s already put together four books on submitted material.

Kathy Sierra is another one that failed to flick the switch. (Pour moi, anyhow.) She’s partly responsible for the Head First series of programming instruction manuals. Oh, and her (rather unfortunate) claim to fame this year could be her reception “sexually explicit death threats” prior to an scheduled appearance at O’Reilly ETech in San Diego, California. She didn’t go. But that fright eventually led to a momentous discussion on a “Blogger’s Code of Conduct” proposal. Which, if you can recall, we at Profy opined over.

And that brings us back to a point we made near the start of this little memo. What’s with the Profy overlook? Come on. Pick a writer. Any writer. Mike. Phil. Leslie. Me. Don’t we strike a nerve? Don’t we get no respect?

(Note: The opportunity to channel Rodney D. was presented, so it was taken.)