[Clipart] the 10K milestone

[Greg Bulmash]

That's a cool idea.  At the same time, it brings out my predatory 
instincts: watching, waiting for #9999 to post, then swooping in and 
posting 10,000 at the last second to win the prize.

Honestly, if any link love and profiling is to be done, I think it 
should be for the people who have been contributing "mass quantities" 
over a long period, like Nicu Buculei and John Olsen (no offense to 
anyone not mentioned, these are the only 500+ contributors I know of).

The site will cross 10,000 with or without the person who contributes 
the 10,000th piece, but it wouldn't offer the breadth or depth of 
selection if it weren't for the people who've been in it for the long haul.

Honestly, from a purely selfish standpoint, I should shut up and try to 
be #10,000 so I can get the link, the profile, the press release and 
everything they carry in terms of traffic and SEO value.  But if there's 
one thing OCAL isn't about, it's being selfish.

- Greg


Jon Phillips wrote:
> I like this idea very much. However, what if the 10K image is a
> swastika or some adult imagery (don't take this as a challenge please
> ;)?
> 
> Or, we can just roll with it and get there and see :)
> 
> My thinking is we feature the 10K Uploader on the main page for a bit.
> What kind of prize could we offer better than more link love and
> praise?
> 
> We could do an interview with the person, and put them into the 10K
> press release! That would be fun.
> 
> Jon
> 
> On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Nicu Buculei <nicu_gfx at nicubunu.ro> wrote:
>> Nicu Buculei wrote:
>>> Do we have the means to determine *who* is the person uploading the
>>> image with the 10000 number?
>>>
>>> If so, I am thinking it may be fun to have a game or a contest and
>>> reward something the person hitting that mark.
>> I finished the upload of one of my playing cards sets and this, along
>> with the lot of recent uploads (from warszawianka, papapishu,
>> johnny_automatic and more) has set the current counter to 9916, very
>> close to our target.
>>
>> So I stopped from uploading the other card sets, not only from the
>> boredom generated by this repetitive, mindless and robotic activity, but
>> also to leave some fun for reaching the 10K limit, what do you think?
>> - a contest for the person reaching the milestone? can we offer a prize
>> or something?
>> - a guessing game for the day when the target will be reached?
>> - betting on the person who will reach the goal?
>> - more...
>>
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