The continuing race
excuter
July 17, 2007, 10:10 PM posted in General DiscussionTwo contestens are fighting each other fearing not to less sleep nor using others to get to there goal: beeing most active user.
In the red corner John with an actual weight of 127 comments trying to trick poeple with a applause to my opponent and a how can we make the algorythm better post.
In the blue corner Lantian with an actuall weight of 82 comments trying to trick people with several let´s tell cpodstaff how much we love you posts.
who will win this fight? Or will Bazza keep his title? Place your bet´s here!
Do you like this little game or should we all relax and get back to lern chinese (what we all are here for)? Do you wait for an offer that is worth making one of these contestens the winner of this race? Let us know what You think! comment here!
excuter
July 20, 2007, 07:39 AMwhy (hah actual lesson title)? (if you mean I´m little late answering: my workinghours are constantly changing so that´s why I´m only some hours around per day:-) )
John
July 18, 2007, 01:10 AMDon't worry... all the competition is only happening because the Most Active User thing is new. It's just for fun. It'll die down momentarily. I don't plan to spend much more time competing (but I'll still be commenting/posting).
KennyK
July 18, 2007, 03:08 AMbazza, at first I was kinda thinking the staff at chinesepod would start to feel that way too and take it off the "most active user" feature... especially with all the posts that are not related to studying chinese... LOL... but i think john is right.... it's fun and it will die down eventually
Lantian
July 18, 2007, 03:51 AM玩比赛也是一个好玩的学习方法啊！ wan bi sai ye shi yi ge hao wan de xue xi fang fa a! Having a friendly (although we will go down fighting to the bitter end) is a fun way to study too! Everyone is so smart and tricky! 大家都是个骗子！ look that up if you don't know the hanzi! ;p
John
July 18, 2007, 04:59 AM我不是骗子，我只是有一点狡猾而已。 :P （也可以说“小聪明”）
bazza
July 18, 2007, 07:00 AM我也不是骗子，我不用骗。 ;)
bazza
July 18, 2007, 01:06 PMexcuter is only about 55 behind me now. ;)
italiana
July 18, 2007, 03:34 PM5th place
KennyK
July 18, 2007, 03:39 PMitaliana, are you in this competition too trying to beat out bazza??? if so, u got a loooooooong way to go! :P 還是給你加油吧!!! 加油!!! :)
xiaohu
July 18, 2007, 01:03 AMI think if people care most about studying Chinese then that's just what they'll do and they won't care one bit if they are the MOST or LEAST active user according to the sites algorithm. I think the only people who care about being The #1 most active user's #1 priority is to become the #1 most active user. I personally think it's kind of fun to see one's name go up and down in the rankings. I think this feature should stay as an incentive to become more active in the community, because in this Chinesepod community we are all studying communication and the more we USE Chinese to communicate the more it can better our communication skills! You follow me?
KennyK
July 18, 2007, 04:18 PMsorry italiana... can you read chinese yet??? 還是給你加油吧!!! 加油!!! = I should root for you! Go, go!
italiana
July 18, 2007, 04:25 PMIm workin' on it! I am trying to focus on Chinese as much as I can, but now I will be starting college 2 years early so it might take me longer than I though...I can read some though.
azerdocmom
July 18, 2007, 04:41 PM"starting college 2 years early" Wow, italiana! Terrific! I hope your bubbling enthusiasm for Mandarin keeps up!
italiana
July 18, 2007, 04:50 PMYes ma'am, 谢谢。
italiana
July 18, 2007, 04:59 PMWell actually its more like "graduating HS 2 years early because there is really not a set age to start.
italiana
July 18, 2007, 05:00 PMI start in August but a good portion will be online to I will have more time for chinese also doing it that way.
bazza
July 20, 2007, 07:01 AMMaybe we should have a 'most ignored user' as well, I'd probably be pretty high up on that as well. ;)
bazza
July 20, 2007, 07:07 AMActually come to think 'most active' and 'most ignored' are the same thing really hehe.
italiana
July 18, 2007, 04:09 PMKennyK~ No not really, but Im truckin' on up there! (I love that word "truckin' / trucking".) I've been w/ CPod for a month and a half now so Im not really that far.
bazza
July 17, 2007, 11:32 PMMight be best to remove the feature altogether. :P