Inspired by Jeremy, I dug up an old Facebook tag. For those of you used to expecting distinguished and profound posts from me, you’ll be so disappointed… For those of you who know me, this will assure you that I am still not distinguished and profound. I intercepted a note in 5th or 6th grade [...]
Reader appreciation; October awards and November announcement
Posted By Jeff on November 1st, 2007
Well, I must say that the nifty little plugin created by Nate Sanden has really done its job. Combined with the financial reward to commenters (first saw the idea on Glen’s blog), it spawned more interaction and comment participation in one month than I’ve had before! So without any further ado, here’s the October awards:
- $30 to newfound Notes enthusiast Dustin Cook (any way to make a buck, right?!?)
- $10 to regular K.T.
- $10 to….Mandy Moss I need some help… who was third? (sheepish grin) I forgot to look last night, and as soon as November 1 rolled around, the plugin reset for this month. (Thanks, K.T.)
I was pretty impressed with the comment race between Dustin and K.T. They each did a good job leaving legitimate comments, and each were neck and neck until the final hours.For November…I think I’ll keep the cash award structure, but this time, I’m going to award the prizes to the commenters who leave the most significant contribution to the site. I know this is a rather subjective way to award the prize, but hey, it’s my blog and my money. I’ll be looking for the following:
- Quality of content
- Respectful interaction
- Humor and/or thoughtfulness (doesn’t have to funny; doesn’t have to be thoughtful)
- Encouragement
- Comments generated by interaction of the original comment
I think this way of awarding commenters will generate as much comments, but will also help recognize those who might not have the blog time to comment as regularly as others.Again, many thanks to readers of Notes!
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November 1st, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Mandy was third.:D
K.T.’s last blog post..Our happy halloween
November 2nd, 2007 at 6:09 pm
Okay.. I’m so unobservant that I had no idea you were even doing this! lol Had I known it was a “contest” I for sure would’ve won. ;) I’m not usually cool with third place.. but this time I’m fairly happy about it!
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November 2nd, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Thanks Jeff.
To be honest I started reading and commenting solely due to the RA contest (as you no doubt guessed already) but now I’m hooked on the blog and check the feed a few times a day. I like how you balance out the posts about religious issues with tech and other things. Anyways great work and keep it up!
November 3rd, 2007 at 2:10 pm
Thanks for the feedback, Dustin! And Mandy, get ready to win for November! (And also, there’s an iPod contest going on…)