"The Crunchies" are a set of annual awards by technology websites such as TechCrunch and GigaOm for achievements by Silicon Valley companies. Awards are given away in various categories, such as "Founder of the Year", "Best Design", and "Founder of the Year".
The award for "Biggest Social Impact" was given to the work of someone in the technology world but not from the Valley; he couldn't even make it to the awards to receive the award. Who?
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Edward Snowden, whose revelations about the US's snooping of online information was deemed worthy of the award.
More here, and some people who don't like
the insular nature of the whole thing.
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