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EnsO · Decorated Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 205

[INTERACTION] WEBLOG ON DIGG/ REDDIT/ ETC.

dposse · Entrenched Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 954 Location: CT

Digging it may be impossible. It woiuld require a minimum of 500 Diggs to even be eligable for the front page.

**Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 8:26 pm

mando · Greenhorn Joined: 11 Dec 2008 Posts: 6

Why not just link to the original promo video?

**Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:03 pm

EnsO · Decorated Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 205

**Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:34 pm

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

The new blog looks great. I'm sure that if we try (and maybe after the holidays) we can get 500+ diggs if we want. Just get your friends to digg it even if they aren't playing.

At any rate, we won't know until we try.

**Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 9:53 pm

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dposse · Entrenched Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 954 Location: CT

**Posted:** Sat Dec 27, 2008 10:58 pm

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

I created an account just so I can digg this. There are 7 votes already. I think we can make 500.

**Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:59 am

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chrismenning · Boot Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Posts: 28

I know one thing for sure; having the words "get this to the front page. HELP!" in a story description will turn a lot of people off. There is a large population of Digg users that are extremely cynical and would bury this the first chance they get.
On top of that, the vast majority of Digg users will bury it as "Blog Spam" claiming that your un-newsworthy blog is a waste of their time. This isn't my view. I would love for this to make the front page, but I know how many diggers work.
I also vote that we just make multiple submissions directly to www.thisismymilwaukee.com to Digg, etc. I don't really get why there was a blog started in the first place, since the PM's are monitoring traffic to their own site and not some blog that they may or may not even be aware of.

**Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:09 am

rose · ...and then Magic happens Joined: 26 Nov 2003 Posts: 4117

this is a [meta] post, if you don't like [meta]

**Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:45 am

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EnsO · Decorated Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 205

thanks for the kind words, rose. obviously, you (and many others) "get it." this idea was born in the Mars thread and eventually took flight here. those who don't understand the premise should do a bit of research before condemning something they haven't taken the time to understand.

**Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:29 am

BlessedBlogger · Veteran Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Posts: 111 Location: Delaware

1. Enso, thanks for putting the blog up.
2. Lets be realistic folks. Will this get the attention we want? Maybe, maybe not. So don't bash it prematurely and don't get your hopes up either. Give it a shot and lets see where it goes.
3. In an effort to keep everything organized, here is the link to the original Reddit post which was put up about a month ago. Feel free to start a new one though.

http://www.reddit.com/r/entertainment/comments/7f606/no_clue_what_this_is_actually_for_but_it_is_so/

For what it's worth, I registered with Digg and Reddit just for this and posted/rated the post up. I also commented on the blog. I figure if this fails I'm out a whole five minutes. No harm done.

**Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 10:48 am

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BlessedBlogger · Veteran Joined: 06 Dec 2008 Posts: 111 Location: Delaware

Couple suggestions:

You might want to redirect the Flickr set to the TIMM Flickr set for either the screen grabs of the video or the pages of the book.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thebruce0/sets/72157609933410609/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32903188@N05/

You might also want to put some links in the bar to the right to various important TIMM resources like the forum, Chucks Twitter, the Facebook accounts, the wikis etc.

Portal - http://www.thisismymilwaukee.com/
Second Video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg82vldryXM
Chuck's Twitter - http://twitter.com/ChuckDideEate
Mars Maddison's Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1578266489
Lipps Leroux's Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1625336548
Synydyne - http://www.synydyne.com/
Unforum for TIMM - http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?f=245&sid=88508feaa7e6c805c110d3a02ff70946
Wiki 1 - http://mymilwaukee.wikibruce.com
Wiki 2 - http://thisismymilwaukee.pbwiki.com/FrontPage
YouTube Account - http://www.youtube.com/user/ThisIsMyMilwaukee
Frappr Map - http://www.frappr.com/?a=constellation_map&mapid=137440795600
Synydyne Videos - http://www.vimeo.com/synydyne/videos
Something Awful Thread - http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3015379
NY Underground Film Festival - http://www.nyuff.com/2008/

I'm sure there are some I'm forgetting.

You may want to do some post with shots of the various puzzles. If I were stopping by the blog it would be the puzzles that drew me in and really got me interested.

And finally, you may want to replace the blog header with something more TIMMy. I mocked up a couple quick banners, feel free to use them if you like.

**Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 11:56 am

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bjaardker · Veteran Joined: 01 Dec 2008 Posts: 71

I created an account and dug it. Do I think it will make much of a difference, not really, then again for something that cost me nothing but 2 min of my time, why not.

Also, It's the least I could do to show some appreciation for what the PMs have created.

**Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:50 pm

dposse · Entrenched Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 954 Location: CT

**Posted:** Sun Dec 28, 2008 2:55 pm

EnsO · Decorated Joined: 28 Nov 2008 Posts: 205

thanks for the support, Blessed. like you said, if this doesn't work, we're only out whatever time we've invested, so no big deal. as i said in my post earlier, there's not many other avenues open right now to try and persuade the PMs to dish, so it's worth a shot. what the hey, it's a fun way to contribute!

as to your other points/ suggestions: have you been peeking over my shoulder at my yellow pad? Surprised

i have been looking for some pics to change the header. i really liked the look of the layout when picking through what wordpress offered. the pics in the headder were so artsy i haven't been able to bring myself to change them! haha. you're right, though. it needs to be done. btw, the layout is called ChaoticSoul. ironic, eh? i also added the flickr widget with the intention of linking the TIMM flickr sets. will get to that shortly. there is also a widget for links, i believe. checking that now.

finally, if you would like, i would love to add you as a user/ author for the blog. it would be great to get a few different perspectives going imho. rose, this same invitation goes for you as well. let me know if you guys would like to do it and i'll hook it up...

oh, btw: check out thisismymilwaukee.com on urlfan:

http://www.urlfan.com/site/thisismymilwaukee_com/3783615.html

thisismymilwaukee.com ranks #109762 out of 3,783,534 websites. data gathered by ranking the popularity of 3,783,534 websites by parsing 135,301,437 blog posts from 2,183,188 blog feeds. pretty cool. this info alone should get us some action by the PMs...