Back in May, I first started talking about the approaching 1,000,000th comment, which I expected to be posted on one of our three Lawrence sites (LJWorld.com, KUsports.com and lawrence.com). Some of you have even taken to talking about it.
We’re now just days away from hitting the milestone and we’re launching a special contest so you can guess when comment 1,000,000 will actually be recorded by our database. In discussions with some of you and amongst ourselves, we decided more harm than good would come from rewarding the person who actually clicked submit for the 1,000,000th time.
So, instead, we’re giving you all a chance to predict on exactly what day and at exactly what time (down to the second) we’ll cross the barrier and get comment 1,000,000. The person who guesses closest to the actual time of the milestone post will get an as-yet not totally defined prize package. We’re thinking concert tickets, T-shirts, a gift certificate, maybe a mug, and something else that represents the commenting community on LJWorld.com, KUsports.com and lawrence.com.
You have until 10 a.m. Friday — or earlier if comments start coming faster than expected — to enter your prediction and register for the contest. Sometime between now and when we get comment 1,000,000, we’ll launch a special countdown page where you can stay totally up-to-date on how close we are. Be on the lookout for links to that page soon. We’re also considering promoting the milestone comment on the front page of our sites, once we’ve reached it.
Stay tuned and good luck predicting.
