Win the new APS-C Flagship DSLR, K-70, and more - Dec/Jan Giveaway Kickoff

bertwert · 01-12-2020, 05:45 PM

Well done to the winner, I hope you'll be going underground, overground, wombling free with the new camera once you get it!

gatorguy · 01-12-2020, 06:01 PM

Originally posted by bertwert

Well done to the winner, I hope you'll be going underground, overground, wombling free with the new camera once you get it!

If he doesn't claim it do I get it then as the second place winner? Maybe? Perhaps?

dbs · 01-12-2020, 06:33 PM

Congatulations to the winners.
Northern hemisphere this time.............its only fair it came south last year/

Thankyou Adam for the opportunity

Dave

NotMyFatDog · 01-12-2020, 06:58 PM

Congrats to the winners! And thank you to Adam for coordinating this amazing event!

stevebrot · 01-12-2020, 07:22 PM - **1 Like**

Originally posted by gatorguy

One of the members for the grand prize raffle has 19 entries, and others with 15 and 13 entries each. !! How do you do that.

Spamming the image posts can do it, e.g. "Very cool! Great work!

", as might diligently working all recent threads working backward. I don't know how many zombie threads I saw brought back from the dead with comments that were sort of on-topic.

Steve

torashi · 01-12-2020, 07:49 PM

Originally posted by gatorguy

One of the members for the grand prize raffle has 19 entries, and others with 15 and 13 entries each. !! How do you do that.

I just followed the contest's rules and figured reviews were the quickest way to earn entries. I took all my gear out, made a list and started reviewing from my experience with it. I still managed two of those by participating in the threads without much spamming.
Congrats on that second place!

**Larrymc** · 01-12-2020, 08:44 PM

Originally posted by stevebrot

Spamming the image posts can do it, e.g. "Very cool! Great work!

", as might diligently working all recent threads working backward. I don't know how many zombie threads I saw brought back from the dead with comments that were sort of on-topic.

Steve

What ever works!

**ashurbanipal** · 01-12-2020, 09:02 PM

Congrats to the winners!

bertwert · 01-12-2020, 09:05 PM

Originally posted by stevebrot

Spamming the image posts can do it, e.g. "Very cool! Great work! ", as might diligently working all recent threads working backward. I don't know how many zombie threads I saw brought back from the dead with comments that were sort of on-topic.

Steve

You may be slightly referring to me. I did try to add a specific comment as well, though there's some that I thought deserved a comment but could only think of the "Cool shot, thanks for sharing!". Also, I only commented on (image) threads found through 'New Threads' so they would be a day or two old, instead of restarting a 4 year old thread.

totsmuyco · 01-13-2020, 12:13 AM

Congratulations guys!!!

**UncleVanya** · 01-13-2020, 05:17 AM

Congrats to the winners!

reh321 · 01-13-2020, 08:24 AM

Originally posted by stevebrot

Spamming the image posts can do it, e.g. "Very cool! Great work!

", as might diligently working all recent threads working backward. I don't know how many zombie threads I saw brought back from the dead with comments that were sort of on-topic.

Steve

Back in September, I noticed that there would be approximately 40 days in this last month - 25 per day would reach 1000 ..... my 'goal' of ten 'tickets'. I am retired; those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are facing Winter now, and posting is a very pleasant way to spent the day, Back-and-forth in several discussions plus comments to bring current-but-underappreciated back to the front page pushed me past there. The 'winner' had to make only 10 posts per day to reach his total.

added: by "Zombie threads" I assume you mean threads returned from the dead. The first person I saw doing that was Adam, who commented on several old photos in June 2018; he eventually put limits on the practice. I appreciate comments on a photo I had forgotten - I posted one back in the 2018 GiveAway that was never commented on. Incidentally, you did not directly comment on the practice of fifty people basically making the same comment on the same current photo - is that better??

stevebrot · 01-13-2020, 09:59 AM

Originally posted by reh321

Incidentally, you did not directly comment on the practice of fifty people basically making the same comment on the same current photo - is that better??

You mean like nominating?

My comment was in answer to a specific question. There are many ways to quickly accumulate lightweight posts.

Steve

reh321 · 01-13-2020, 10:31 AM

Originally posted by stevebrot

You mean like nominating?

My comment was in answer to a specific question. There are many ways to quickly accumulate lightweight posts.

Steve

Not at all. I saw photos which kept appearing at the top of "PYP!" - it turned out that people kept posting what I consider to be essentially the same "heavyweight" comments about them - I get tired of essentially the same comment multiple times, but doing so is within the rules.

Our definitions of words like "spam", "zombie" and "lightweight" may differ; in fact, we battled several things out when Adam first asked for suggestions. As you will probably recall, several people suggested that people who are more active should have the 'raffle' slanted toward them, and that suggestion was followed. When Adam announced the K-1 GiveAway, one of his goals was to make people more aware of the breadth and depth of this site, because many people seemed to be so limited to just a few sections. I believe these GiveAways have contributed to that goal. The discussion revealed, though, that there was no other way to weigh entries that people could agree on. This thread has revealed that posting "reviews" has a potential for being controversial, but frankly no one wants to grade a 'review" as being 'acceptable' or 'unacceptable'? Like the other Photo Forum which I am a member of, this one has what I would call 'games', but again who wants to score entries? Yes, I saw people climb quickly in the daily count because of nominations, but I also saw people gain lots of posts by participating in a "game" or by other means. There are all kinds of types of posts which some people will rate as "lightweight", be it a "game" or a "satire" thread - but Adam did the best he could, and we provided the best guidance we could. Anyone who doesn't like the results can ..... wait and spend their own $$$$$$.

Racer X 69 · 01-13-2020, 07:25 PM - **3 Likes**

Well then.

Another contest is over.

Lots of discussion here about statistics and numbers.

Here is a breakdown of this last "month" of the most recent contest.

165 members earned a total of 381 raffle tickets.

Members posted 38,100 times to earn those 381 raffle tickets (not counting the 10 posts to earn a general raffle ticket).

86 members had 1 ticket.

45 members had 2 tickets.

10 members had 3 tickets.

9 members had 4 tickets.

2 members had 5 tickets.

4 members had 6 tickets.

2 members had 7 tickets.

1 member had 8 tickets.

1 member had 11 tickets.

1 member had 12 tickets.

2 members had 13 tickets.

1 member had 15 tickets.

1 member had 19 tickets.

The grand prize winner had 4 tickets.

2nd place had 1 ticket.

3rd place had 1 ticket.

01-13-2020, 08:24 AM	#237
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,177	Originally posted by stevebrot Spamming the image posts can do it, e.g. "Very cool! Great work! ", as might diligently working all recent threads working backward. I don't know how many zombie threads I saw brought back from the dead with comments that were sort of on-topic. Steve Back in September, I noticed that there would be approximately 40 days in this last month - 25 per day would reach 1000 ..... my 'goal' of ten 'tickets'. I am retired; those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are facing Winter now, and posting is a very pleasant way to spent the day, Back-and-forth in several discussions plus comments to bring current-but-underappreciated back to the front page pushed me past there. The 'winner' had to make only 10 posts per day to reach his total. added: by "Zombie threads" I assume you mean threads returned from the dead. The first person I saw doing that was Adam, who commented on several old photos in June 2018; he eventually put limits on the practice. I appreciate comments on a photo I had forgotten - I posted one back in the 2018 GiveAway that was never commented on. Incidentally, you did not directly comment on the practice of fifty people basically making the same comment on the same current photo - is that better?? Last edited by reh321; 01-13-2020 at 08:31 AM.

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bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Well done to the winner, I hope you'll be going underground, overground, wombling free with the new camera once you get it!

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gatorguy Moderator Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Central Florida Photos: Gallery Posts: 6,092	Originally posted by bertwert Well done to the winner, I hope you'll be going underground, overground, wombling free with the new camera once you get it! If he doesn't claim it do I get it then as the second place winner? Maybe? Perhaps?

01-12-2020, 06:33 PM	#228
dbs Pentaxian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Clare Valley S A Photos: Albums Posts: 7,563	Congatulations to the winners. Northern hemisphere this time.............its only fair it came south last year/ Thankyou Adam for the opportunity Dave

01-12-2020, 06:58 PM	#229
NotMyFatDog Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2019 Location: Beautiful British Columbia, Canada Photos: Albums Posts: 143	Congrats to the winners! And thank you to Adam for coordinating this amazing event!

01-12-2020, 07:22 PM - 1 Like	#230
stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by gatorguy One of the members for the grand prize raffle has 19 entries, and others with 15 and 13 entries each. !! How do you do that. Spamming the image posts can do it, e.g. "Very cool! Great work! ", as might diligently working all recent threads working backward. I don't know how many zombie threads I saw brought back from the dead with comments that were sort of on-topic. Steve

01-12-2020, 07:49 PM	#231
torashi Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Medellín Posts: 1,322	Originally posted by gatorguy One of the members for the grand prize raffle has 19 entries, and others with 15 and 13 entries each. !! How do you do that. I just followed the contest's rules and figured reviews were the quickest way to earn entries. I took all my gear out, made a list and started reviewing from my experience with it. I still managed two of those by participating in the threads without much spamming. Congrats on that second place!

01-12-2020, 08:44 PM	#232
Larrymc Site Supporter Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Mississippi, USA Posts: 5,251	Originally posted by stevebrot Spamming the image posts can do it, e.g. "Very cool! Great work! ", as might diligently working all recent threads working backward. I don't know how many zombie threads I saw brought back from the dead with comments that were sort of on-topic. Steve What ever works!

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bertwert Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Golden, BC Posts: 15,173	Originally posted by stevebrot Spamming the image posts can do it, e.g. "Very cool! Great work! ", as might diligently working all recent threads working backward. I don't know how many zombie threads I saw brought back from the dead with comments that were sort of on-topic. Steve You may be slightly referring to me. I did try to add a specific comment as well, though there's some that I thought deserved a comment but could only think of the "Cool shot, thanks for sharing!". Also, I only commented on (image) threads found through 'New Threads' so they would be a day or two old, instead of restarting a 4 year old thread.

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stevebrot Otis Memorial Pentaxian Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Vancouver (USA) Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 42,007	Originally posted by reh321 Incidentally, you did not directly comment on the practice of fifty people basically making the same comment on the same current photo - is that better?? You mean like nominating? My comment was in answer to a specific question. There are many ways to quickly accumulate lightweight posts. Steve

01-13-2020, 10:31 AM	#239
reh321 Pentaxian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: South Bend, IN, USA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 23,177	Originally posted by stevebrot You mean like nominating? My comment was in answer to a specific question. There are many ways to quickly accumulate lightweight posts. Steve Not at all. I saw photos which kept appearing at the top of "PYP!" - it turned out that people kept posting what I consider to be essentially the same "heavyweight" comments about them - I get tired of essentially the same comment multiple times, but doing so is within the rules. Our definitions of words like "spam", "zombie" and "lightweight" may differ; in fact, we battled several things out when Adam first asked for suggestions. As you will probably recall, several people suggested that people who are more active should have the 'raffle' slanted toward them, and that suggestion was followed. When Adam announced the K-1 GiveAway, one of his goals was to make people more aware of the breadth and depth of this site, because many people seemed to be so limited to just a few sections. I believe these GiveAways have contributed to that goal. The discussion revealed, though, that there was no other way to weigh entries that people could agree on. This thread has revealed that posting "reviews" has a potential for being controversial, but frankly no one wants to grade a 'review" as being 'acceptable' or 'unacceptable'? Like the other Photo Forum which I am a member of, this one has what I would call 'games', but again who wants to score entries? Yes, I saw people climb quickly in the daily count because of nominations, but I also saw people gain lots of posts by participating in a "game" or by other means. There are all kinds of types of posts which some people will rate as "lightweight", be it a "game" or a "satire" thread - but Adam did the best he could, and we provided the best guidance we could. Anyone who doesn't like the results can ..... wait and spend their own $$$$$$.

01-13-2020, 07:25 PM - 3 Likes	#240
Racer X 69 Moderator Man With A Camera Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Great Pacific Northwet, in the Land Between Canada and Mexico Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 28,065	Well then. Another contest is over. Lots of discussion here about statistics and numbers. Here is a breakdown of this last "month" of the most recent contest. 165 members earned a total of 381 raffle tickets. Members posted 38,100 times to earn those 381 raffle tickets (not counting the 10 posts to earn a general raffle ticket). 86 members had 1 ticket. 45 members had 2 tickets. 10 members had 3 tickets. 9 members had 4 tickets. 2 members had 5 tickets. 4 members had 6 tickets. 2 members had 7 tickets. 1 member had 8 tickets. 1 member had 11 tickets. 1 member had 12 tickets. 2 members had 13 tickets. 1 member had 15 tickets. 1 member had 19 tickets. The grand prize winner had 4 tickets. 2nd place had 1 ticket. 3rd place had 1 ticket.