Ditto. I was twice nominated a while back, by existing MVPs, didn't get it, and had the distinct sense it was because I didn't tweet or run webinars or whateve

Ditto. I was twice nominated a while back, by existing MVPs, didn't get it, and had the distinct sense it was because I didn't tweet or run webinars or whatever to the glory of MSFT. What I did do was write and release some pretty decent free tools with .NET, and participated extensively on anything to do with Active Directory or ADFS. It was rather demoralizing.