Then and now Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 winner

[rpm]

Hi folks

I am glad to announce the winners of the Then and Now competition:

• Freaksta for this post (R1 then and now - http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/464567-Then-amp-Now-History-of-1-ZAR-1962-to-2012) - Samsung Galaxy Tab 2
• biometrics for his replies in these threads – Sony Bloggie Touch handheld camcorder

Freaksta and biometrics: Please PM your name, courier address and mobile number to Marciav and Simone

More competitions on the way with even cooler prizes

 

[cerebus]

Awesome fellas well done!!!

 

[DJ...]

Congrats.

rpm, can we avoid these sorts of spam competitions in the future? Creates a ton of new threads for you guys, but adds little to no value to us, the forumites. I mean the winning thread had a whole 6 replies and the majority were outright ignored. Comps should have some benefit to us, not just to mybb...

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Awesome fellers!

Was fun And it jogged some memories

 

[Anonymous_Coward]

Congrats.

rpm, can we avoid these sorts of spam competitions in the future? Creates a ton of new threads for you guys, but adds little to no value to us, the forumites. I mean the winning thread had a whole 6 replies and the majority were outright ignored. Comps should have some benefit to us, not just to mybb...

Sour grapes much? :erm:

 

[ShaunSA]

Congrats guys!

 

[kilobits]

Hey guys.... enjoy and have fun with the new toys!

 

[WaxLyrical]

I agree with DJ.while it was a fun competition there were too many celeb and social based threads.
Maybe if we had confined it to IT and Tech it would have been far more challenging and interesting.

Nevertherless congrats to the winners.

 

[oldhat]

Congrats

 

[10Seconds]

Congrats Mans

 

[OMB]

Sour grapes much? :erm:

DJ... is the last guy to have sour grapes and I'm inclined to agree with him

and well done to the winners

 

[DJ...]

Sour grapes much? :erm:

Nope. I don't need a second Galaxy tab. I'm merely voicing my concern to avoid a trend that sees competitions instituted for content that adds no value to the forum as a whole. That's how you lose faith with your audience and subsequently lose members...

 

[Ampha]

Congrats guys!

 

[Toitjie]

So, if they are the winners now, does that make me a winner at a later stage then?

 

[Pooky]

Congrats.

rpm, can we avoid these sorts of spam competitions in the future? Creates a ton of new threads for you guys, but adds little to no value to us, the forumites. I mean the winning thread had a whole 6 replies and the majority were outright ignored. Comps should have some benefit to us, not just to mybb...

Agreed. Also people make threads and don't comment in other people's threads because they want their threads to win.

 

[latro]

Nope. I don't need a second Galaxy tab. I'm merely voicing my concern to avoid a trend that sees competitions instituted for content that adds no value to the forum as a whole. That's how you lose faith with your audience and subsequently lose members...

Yeah, those would be the tunnel-vision type of members.

And I'm of the meaning that the 'non-tech' type of posts do indeed have their place. Someone might Google such a subject and also have an interest in the main subject of this site, which they previously didn't know existed (site). And Viola, potential new member. It's not like this competition is a permanent thing.

 

[MickeyD]

Congrats to Freaksta and biometrics!!!!

Enjoy... and thanks to MyBB for the great prizes. Again!

 

[azbob]

Congrats. What's the prize value in terms of 1961 currency?

 

[DJ...]

Yeah, those would be the tunnel-vision type of members.

And I'm of the meaning that the 'non-tech' type of posts do indeed have their place. Someone might Google such a subject and also have an interest in the main subject of this site, which they previously didn't know existed (site). And Viola, potential new member. It's not like this competition is a permanent thing.

I have no issue with non-tech threads. I'm hardly a tech-orientated person myself. My issue is with the sponsoring of spam threads that serve very little purpose at the end of the day. Then and now comp threads had practically zero uptake, which proves it only served to add to the thread count and nothing to the members themselves for the most part...

 

[azbob]

I disagree to an extent. Although it created a lot of "spam", many of the threads were very interesting.