Entrecard’s Comment Rush
Casey | June 30, 2008 Early yesterday, Graham brought up an idea in the Entrecard forums, deciding to organize a comment “bomb” or I guess it is also known as a comment “rush”. The idea is to select a quality post from a member’s blog, and spotlight it on the Entrecard blog. Users will be pointed to the user’s blog and post and then asked to comment on that post. The goal is to give 100 comments to that blog post.
There are many benefits to this comment rush, for both the receiver of the comment rush and those who comment on the receiver’s blog.
Benefits for the Commenter:
-Share your thoughts and critiques on a fellow members blog
-Free exposure, even if it is just a little bit
-Participate and give to the Entrecard Community
Benefits for the Receiver of a Comment Rush:
-Tons of free exposure
-100 quality comments with feedback on the post
-Chance to receive new regular readers and feed subscribers
Of course, if you’re selected for the comment rush, there are greater benefits. Imagine having free exposure to a site with thousands of active members! That should get your motivation up and running, right?
Personally, I think this new comment rush is a great idea. For one, it will help develop a community-like feel to Entrecard. Not that there isn’t a feel already. It’ll also motivate users to produce quality articles for their blog. If you could write an original, quality article for the chance to receive a spotlight on Entrecard, wouldn’t you? It’s a great way to reward those who put a lot of effort into writing something worth reading!
If you want to spotlight one of your posts, send Graham a message!
Entrecard’s First Comment Rush
The plan was to hold the first comment rush this coming Friday, but I guess excitement got the best of Graham and he decided to do it later yesterday, after the response in the forums was overwelmingly positive! So, was it a success, or a failure?
Success!
Before the day ended, the first ever comment rush was organized, produced, and then completed. Ken Armstrong was the first lucky victim of the Entrecard Comment Rush with his post, “Music and Driving“. As of right now, 10 AM Monday, Ken has received over 150 comments on that post. That is truly the work of a helping community! Ken received 150+ comments, tons of exposure, and probably a dozen links to his post and blog.
Now here’s the ultimate question: Will the users of Entrecard continue to comment on this new regular event? Or will momentum rub off and after a few weeks, it’ll take more than a day to get the 100 comments to a blog post? Only time will tell!
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I’m obviously a fan of the Comment Rush cos I was the first!
Thanks for mentioning it.
I did think it was a great idea even before it came knocking at my door yesterday. Anything that generates a little positivity and makes us feel like a community has got to be good.
Plus I got a load of visits!
That comment rush was really a success.
Blog comment on that day was exploding to the max.
Entrecard having a great idea is gaining positive responses to the community.
Congrats to Ken.
As with all things, this will be something that will end up being the province of a few dedicated souls although with the large EC community to pull from that still might be enough to reach the magic number of 100.
It’s going to be interesting to see who is chosen for the next rush, don’t you think?
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I think it’ll always be interesting to see whose selected!
We’ll continue to join in the fun as long as comment bomb requests keep appearing in our dashboard.
I hope blogspot blogs who only allow comments from other Blogger users will take notice. It’s frustrating trying to comment on a blog which requires us to switch to a Blogger account.
Thanks.
Do they still do this now? i would really like to join and help out. and it looks like fun. benefit goes for the two parties. it’s great!