[natecavanaugh]

I'm actually a little surprised by the general praise of this move here on HN, if only because I don't see what, if any impact she has had on either climate change, or climate change awareness. If anything, she's only contributed to the overall polarization of these topic. Most people I know don't find her engaging or interesting in any way, but rather grating, petulant, and full of childish arrogance. At least that sense to be the tone that's constantly reviled on social media along political lines.

If she somehow found a way to inspire change from both parties working in unison, then I'd get it. But these sorts of popularity contests are usually unimportant, but personally, I think it should've gone to the HK protestors. That at least is an interesting story, and is bringing forth discussions around China's influence on American businesses, as well as the general struggle in China for political freedom.