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Post by
Queggy
Help
! Wowhead has been invaded! Seriously though, shouldn't you guys make a rule for contests that says that only users that have been joined for at least a month can participate? It's really annoying to see all the "Joined 1 hr. ago." thing under peoples' names.
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Post by
Skosiris
Keep in mind that people who registered an hour ago
shamefully
didn't have a Wowhead account before.
Thanks to the contest, they now have an account. Isn't that awesome?
Post by
Queggy
Well, yes. Wowhead has more accounts now, but after the contest ends will the people continue to use their accounts to contribute to the site?
Post by
Skosiris
They just might!
The chances they do are actually higher than if they didn't have an account at all.
Post by
144903
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Post by
Malgayne
...Most of the websites on the internet make money from page impressions. Even ones that don't run ads usually make money off of page impressions in one way or another.
Wowhead has been having contests since it was a baby. Sometimes people give us stuff to give away, and sometimes we just go out and buy things to give to people. But bear in mind that only about 5% of Wowhead's regular users even have accounts in the first place, and that's assuming that EVERY account represents an individual user. Hell, until I started working here I didn't have an account either! Contests like this are good for the Wowhead community--we get more signups from users who might have browsed for ages but never registered, and everytime we do, more of those people stick around and become contributors. And YOU guys get loot cards.
Be friendly and welcome the new kids into your house for a while. The ones who don't want to be here will be gone when the contest is over, and the ones who do just might be your future cohorts.
Post by
pelf
I'd like to think they aren't quite
that
whorish, Ariiez.
Post by
144903
This post was from a user who has deleted their account.
Post by
Malgayne
The PC giveaway is coming later. :P
Post by
144903
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Post by
Malgayne
Clearly our contests are not for you. :P
Post by
blademeld
The PC giveaway is coming later. :P
MAKE IT CANADA VIABLE
plx
:(
Post by
Miyari
Help
! Wowhead has been invaded! Seriously though, shouldn't you guys make a rule for contests that says that only users that have been joined for at least a month can participate? It's really annoying to see all the "Joined 1 hr. ago." thing under peoples' names.
Yeah, cause people registering for our site sucks! Boo to new users! We should keep Wowhead an elitist club of only people who registered 5252225 minutes ago and prior! Rawr! *stomps around*
Seriously now, as Malgayne said before, every time a contest comes up we have to remind people that just because someone doesn't have a Wowhead account does not mean they haven't been using the site for quite some time. True, they aren't really contributing to the site in any way and essentially are just part of our fanbase, but Wowhead aims to provide a resource for
every
WoW player, not just those who have registered accounts. The amount of registered accounts we have is nowhere near the amount of people who use our site on a daily basis. I like to think that users will see these contests as more of an incentive to register, and hopefully to contribute to the site in the future. We can't just sit around and play favourites! :)
Post by
ArgentSun
Well...it feels nice when your 1/2/3 years of contribution or 1000/2000/3000/blademeld number of forums posts, guides, comments and screenshots are being acknowledged. It really feels nice. I myself am not doing as much as I wish I could (secretly writing guides and whatnot now though), but I really loved that comment contest, where the winner won based on literal contribution, and not sheer luck.
I'm not complaining here. Just giving an opinion, and maybe defending one of the sides...
Post by
Malgayne
We're trying to find ways of acknowledging these contributions. Have no fear. :)
Post by
blademeld
1000/2000/3000/blademeld
You're naming a number after me?
Make it 10^100000 or 1000 x googol!
Post by
ArgentSun
1000/2000/3000/blademeld
You're naming a number after me?
Make it 10^100000 or 1000 x googol!
Figured I can adequately reflect both the number of your post and the speed of their increase, at the same time.
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149406
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Post by
zandilar
I have to confess.. I have been a longtime wowhead fan.. and this is the first time I have registered. I should be ashamed of myself ;P
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