Posted on February 22, 2007 at 1:13 pm | 
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Here’s a funny viral game I’d like you to take part in. If you’re a blogger, I want to give an iPod to one of your commentators on March 2nd 2007.
This fun game could benefit you by increasing interactivity and possibly even subscriptions on your blog . If you already have an interactive blog, then why not take part for a bit of fun anyway.
What prompted me to do this?
I wrote a post which now has 50 comments and a staggering word count of 11,759 words. The comments include mine, but the word count doesn’t. Comments have come from very qualified people in companies such as Opera and Google , so this competition is a by-product, rather than something I thought of before writing the post.
I was invited to attend an ‘Internet People Brainstorming’ event in London yesterday. We discussed social networks and viral marketing/services. The other attendees included Nic Brisbourne, Nick Tsinonis, Charlie Osmond, Maurizio Marmotta, David Prever, Jae Chalfin and Andrew Skates . So, think of this post as my experimental output of that meeting. I’d like to see if it can gain traction within the blogsphere to help demonstrate how it’s a community within its own right.
Competition
The blog post with the highest word count in comments wins.
However, the iPod will not be awarded to the blog owner. It will be awarded to one of your commentators. The name will be picked out of a hat. Giving the iPod to one of your readers should help encourage them to comment 
I will announce the winning blog with a link to its post on March 2nd 2007. I will also link to every other blog post that enters the competition.
Rules
- Word count must not include original post author.
- Word count can include comments from other blog authors/contributors.
- Word count must not include date, time etc.
- Word count can include commentators’ signature, quotes and smilies.
- Comments must be meaningful. We will review the comments on the winning post to ensure they’re not just comments for the sake of comments. We won’t review based on the content. We will only review based on relevance.
- Commentators can be anonymous so we will need to base this competition on trust. Please don’t cheat as you’re only cheating yourself!
- When writing a post to announce the competition to your readers, include a trackback to this post. The trackback is your entry, so ensure it comes up on our post. Trackback http://segala.com/blog/viral-blog-game/trackback/
To make it easy for you, below please find proposed text that you can include on your blog.
Hey readers, here’s a chance for you to win an iPod on March 2nd 2007. All you have to do is comment on a post that takes your fancy on our blog, that’s it.
So, here’s how it works. If one of my posts has a higher word count than any other entry in Paul Walsh’s viral game (include link if you wish), one of my commentators will be picked out of a hat.
Naturally the comments must make some sense and they must be contextual.
The winning name will be pick out of a hat by Paul Walsh at Segala. (link to http://segala.com/blog)
Good luck and get blogging!
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February 22, 2007 @ 
David Rooks
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