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Comments bananza!

Monday, March 9, 2009 2:34:00 PM

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In case you've missed it, we're doing a "1001 comments challenge" on the front page. I really, really hope we make it. That would be so sweet. We've never passed a thousand comments before, so this will be a first for front page posts. smile

In addition, the epic hardware guys at Steelseries gives us free hardware to hand out. Very, very cool. My favorite has to be the red headset. All though the pink one is strangely appealing... Hm... p

Good stuffFacebook sucks

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Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 2:36:36 PM

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Cool.gif -
Probability of winning is 0.01. awww

Dark FurieFurie Monday, March 9, 2009 2:48:25 PM

I like those odds. yes

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Monday, March 9, 2009 2:50:20 PM

Haha.

It's not all about winning. It's just /awe to see so many people staying on-topic for so long. I'm baffled.

We did not say how many of each item we got either. Some Opera merchandise will probably be added to the "prize pack" too. bigsmile

Dark FurieFurie Monday, March 9, 2009 2:52:11 PM

Excellent, I'm running out of t-shirts and so poor I can't afford any more. awww

Ivanneofit Monday, March 9, 2009 2:52:13 PM

Ou, My favorite is the Red headset too!
It will be a funny battle!ninja pirate knight party yes

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 2:53:52 PM

Is commenting more than once allowed?

Originally posted by EspenAO:

We did not say how many of each item we got either. Some Opera merchandise will probably be added to the "prize pack" too.

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Woot.gif -

Dacotah Monday, March 9, 2009 3:03:00 PM

Espen, is commenting on the My Opera community count or does it have to be just why we love the Opera browser?

Good question Tamil. bigsmile

Dacotah Monday, March 9, 2009 3:12:16 PM

Sorry Tamil, it doesn't take me to the comments you are posting.

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Monday, March 9, 2009 3:17:14 PM

Tamil, double posting will be removed, so you can only comment once. It's in the rules, but maybe I should highlight this better?

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Monday, March 9, 2009 3:19:56 PM

Ah, Tamil, now I get ya. The site would not load.

Hm... We're not that strict. I'd like to call that a clever example of comment mechanism? p

Hard to know if a user has more than one account as he/she can use different IP to log in and seperate email addresses.

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 3:23:29 PM

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Tease.gif - We just crossed 10% of the target. party

Mad Scientist (عادل)qlue Monday, March 9, 2009 3:27:54 PM

Telling people how to 'cheat' whistle. What an interesting way to get more comments! p.

Dacotah Monday, March 9, 2009 3:29:55 PM

bigsmile

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Monday, March 9, 2009 3:32:05 PM

@glue, if I see a commentator with username "opera23", "opera24", "opera25", etc. I'll take action, don't worry about cheating - we are on the look out. smile

We need 143 comments a day to make this happen.

Dacotah Monday, March 9, 2009 3:32:18 PM

Tamil, does that milestone count the double posts?

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Monday, March 9, 2009 3:33:22 PM

We will clean up the post daily with double posts and off-topic comments to make sure we always have a correct number.

Dacotah Monday, March 9, 2009 3:34:36 PM

up

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 3:45:52 PM

Originally posted by EspenAO:

if I see a commentator with username "opera23", "opera24", "opera25", etc. I'll take action, don't worry about cheating - we are on the look out.

What if one creates usernames like "amma", "appa", "anna", "anni", "akka", "thangachi", "chitti", "chittappa", "periamma", "periappa", "mama", "attai", "thatta", "patti"?

How about giving prizes to only to accounts created before today?

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Monday, March 9, 2009 3:49:29 PM

Tomato/tomato? We've thought of that. Don't worry. We know what we're doing. bigsmile

Also, we have good faith in people. We trust the commentators to be genuine. smile

Dacotah Monday, March 9, 2009 3:52:00 PM

yes up

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 3:53:23 PM

Okay.

dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsıwickedlizard Monday, March 9, 2009 4:00:02 PM

Just one comment? bigeyes

My comment was so stooopid. Totally off topic. lol

Espen André ØverdahlEspenAO Monday, March 9, 2009 4:02:01 PM

@wickedlizard, yes I saw the comment, hehe. I removed it because it was off-topic. You can make a new one, if you want to. smile

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 4:02:44 PM

Originally posted by wickedlizard:

My comment was so stooopid. Totally off topic.

Use edit link. wink

Dacotah Monday, March 9, 2009 4:06:05 PM

That's what I just told her on my post. lol bigsmile

dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsıwickedlizard Monday, March 9, 2009 4:10:18 PM

Thanks Espen! lol

Dark FurieFurie Monday, March 9, 2009 4:21:26 PM

Also, we have good faith in people. We trust the commentators to be genuine.


How long have you been a community manager again? sherlock

Charles SchlossChas4 Monday, March 9, 2009 4:28:08 PM

http://my.opera.com/Chas4/blog/2009/03/09/1001-comments-challenge

I have seen a few blog posts that have reached a high number of comments

good luck, may the comments reach 1001+

Angelikiellinidata Monday, March 9, 2009 4:57:19 PM

Chas in my "Jokes For Adults only" we reached over 600 comments in that post alone just with you around smile (I thank you for that)

the challenge is on !

Angelikiellinidata Monday, March 9, 2009 4:58:58 PM

did I miss the dead Line for reaching the 1001 comment or there is none?

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 5:00:46 PM

Originally posted by ellinidata:

did I miss the deadLine for reaching the 1001 comment

Originally posted by EspenAO:

This contest will run for at least one week. If we haven't reached 1001 comments by next Monday (March 16th) the prizes will get burned.

Angelikiellinidata Monday, March 9, 2009 5:02:38 PM

doh but of course!

thanks handsome smile

dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsıwickedlizard Monday, March 9, 2009 5:04:25 PM

burned??? no no no

Give them to charity! Charity case here... left lol lol lol


p

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 5:05:31 PM

Originally posted by wickedlizard:

Give them to charity! Charity case here...

http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Crazy2.gif -

Charles SchlossChas4 Monday, March 9, 2009 5:09:50 PM

Chas in my "Jokes For Adults only" we reached over 600 comments in that post alone just with you around (I thank you for that)



http://files.myopera.com/Tamil/Smilies/Adore.gif -

If I find more I will add them ellinidata smile


Here is a blog post with 5566

http://my.opera.com/Nerak/blog/my-current-mood-is

thats 50 more then the number of people to my blog

Angelikiellinidata Monday, March 9, 2009 5:16:28 PM

the challenge is not running for 2 years Chuck(like the above mentioned post),
if it did,
I am sure the amount of comments would have been over a million
close to the number of new members added on Opera in the past two years yes

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 5:21:41 PM

idea We can reach it within a day if you redirect new users to that post.

Angelikiellinidata Monday, March 9, 2009 5:24:47 PM

idea
Tamil are sure you are not Jon S. von Tetzchner in disguised ?

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 5:27:36 PM

zip

Angelikiellinidata Monday, March 9, 2009 5:32:49 PM

lol that explains *close* to everything! lol

Tamil Monday, March 9, 2009 6:19:01 PM

We just crossed 20% of the target. party

Angelikiellinidata Monday, March 9, 2009 6:23:07 PM

party

Tamil I hope you continue do the math lol I do posts not numbers bigsmile


PS

the way we go here we might reach the same number here too! lol

T-Shirt please ! p

dɹɐzılpǝkɔıw ɐʞɐ ɹǝɥgɐllɐg lǝbɐsıwickedlizard Monday, March 9, 2009 6:25:15 PM

party lol

I'm trying to save my comment for later... bigeyes

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