Comments on: Sony PSP Contest Winner http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/05/sony_psp_contest_winner/ Nerds are for Dorks Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:04:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kat-a johnson http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/05/sony_psp_contest_winner/#comment-22565 kat-a johnson Mon, 09 May 2005 09:47:10 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1615#comment-22565 i want to win a psp. i want to win a psp.

]]> By: Josh http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/05/sony_psp_contest_winner/#comment-22564 Josh Fri, 06 May 2005 01:36:12 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1615#comment-22564 Thank you, all, and thanks especially to Scrivs, for starting this contest and for choosing me as the winner. :) Now every day when I get home I keep hoping there will be a box waiting for me. ;) In time, right? Thank you, all, and thanks especially to Scrivs, for starting this contest and for choosing me as the winner. :)

Now every day when I get home I keep hoping there will be a box waiting for me. ;) In time, right?

]]> By: astrasoul7 http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/05/sony_psp_contest_winner/#comment-22563 astrasoul7 Thu, 05 May 2005 18:54:40 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1615#comment-22563 Congrats! :D Congrats! :D

]]> By: vlad http://www.forevergeek.com/2005/05/sony_psp_contest_winner/#comment-22562 vlad Wed, 04 May 2005 23:22:54 +0000 http://forevergeek.com/?p=1615#comment-22562 congrats, josh. well done. having said that, if i were to hold a contest, i wouldn't have the number of comments or links as criteria to compare two articles on two different sites. it seems pretty logical that the already-established site will already have a larger reader-base and hence more comments and hits than the upstart site. linking the article on the smaller site to the larger site evens this out to an extent, but not only does a full-blown article receive more attention than a simple link, but also the decision to follow the link to the other site is often based upon the description of the link. i guess on the other hand it's harder to come up with qualitative rather than quantitative criteria, so numbers like hits and comments are easier to base a verdict upon. congrats, josh. well done.

having said that, if i were to hold a contest, i wouldn’t have the number of comments or links as criteria to compare two articles on two different sites. it seems pretty logical that the already-established site will already have a larger reader-base and hence more comments and hits than the upstart site.

linking the article on the smaller site to the larger site evens this out to an extent, but not only does a full-blown article receive more attention than a simple link, but also the decision to follow the link to the other site is often based upon the description of the link.

i guess on the other hand it’s harder to come up with qualitative rather than quantitative criteria, so numbers like hits and comments are easier to base a verdict upon.

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