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Awesome contest. Loved participating in it. The entries are now displaying on the contest page, I can see mine!

After seeing couple of posts, I have a doubt. Did we have to just explain why we chose the characters we chose, and what we'd be talking about, or do we have to simulate a chat conversation, as in chatting in WeChat itself? I did the latter one, and even ended up designing a chat User Interface that looks like that of WeChat. :|

you only have to do what your minds tells you, not what others have done - thats called creativity

You have to do something on your own and not copy other's stuff! 

You will never know till the results are out, Kamlesh. Whatever the companies think is good for their product. Companies which rely on their product will choose posts that do lot of blah blah about their product. Companies that are looking for more top of mind recall for brand want the brand mentioned a hundred times in the post. Companies that are trying to build a brand and looking for cool assocoiations will be on look oout for anything positive and creative.

Did Renie intentionally hide the Random Page on the first day ( to make everyone happy ) or was it a mistake? 

how can everyone be happy if its hidden??

It seems they were busy changing the logic behind it.

Old one was giving more emphasis/weightage to popular posts.

In Colgate contest, I could never see my first post and even others too did not find it- as  it received 0 votes.

(or, that post was a wretched one )

@ Nandini

There are some people who like the contest entries being sorted based on votes because they are capable of getting more votes - have good number of people in their network, ....

I'm sure they didn't like the introduction of random display ( which started around a year ago )

To make them happy, Renie might have hidden the random page and displayed popular page on the first day.

Now, others gets disappointed. So, the default is changed to 'Random' from the second day.

So, everyone is happy. 

@ Avadhoot Let us propose a new ordering of posts which satisfies everyone. 

@R: you can't please all with the same trick. 

I don't realize why people are whining about someone copying content. If you choose popular characters, they are bound to appear in others' posts as well. Take for example Subhash Chandra Bose (I wrote that post on 31st May)- I have seen Bose appear in at least 5 more entries, but I don't really care. If you have faith in yourself, you should know that your post is better than someone else who might have grabbed on to the idea.

That being said, unless you see copies of your sentences/paragraphs, you shouldn't be complaining.

Well I second your thoughts. Characters can be used by many...but the dialogues and all shouldn't be same. 

You know on second thoughts, few quotes *might* be the same. For example, I have chosen Sheldon Cooper and used some of his dialogues. I can't accuse someone else if they use the same! (Like 'I am not crazy, my mother had me tested')

I am still hunting for my 2nd entry   :D 

Agar main khoj ke laa doo to kya milega?

Check in "My Indivine posts". Note that it would correspond to a date you actually submitted the post. My oldest post is in the 3rd page in my posts, I think!

@ Rio - Kya chahye :P 

Well jyada nahi, Mac book se kaam chala lenge somehow

Hahaa  - toh fir mei khud hi dhundh leta hu :D 

Someone distributing Macbooks? 

Poochne me kya jaata hai Ranjith.  Tata sky 

Keep asking Rio. And if someone says yes, don't forget to inform me. 

Can anyone post the link to the profile who has those 14 entries? I want to see the versatility there!

You can start with my tea time posts 15 in total

Even I am curious to see who did 14. I was the one who started this glorious tradition with 14 entries for Vodafone contest last year.

@ TF Why don't you search manually? 

TF - This guy should have broken your record of 14. Anyways he has equalled it ;) Kudos to you two

Stephen - See Rio's comment. He broke my record in the very next contest after the Vodafone - The Stayfree Change contest.

Oh ho! So your record was already broken by Rio. :D I can't even think  to break my own record of 3 ...so 15 is a distant dream for me ;) Lets see if someone breaks Rio's 15 

Let me see if I will be able to break Pramod's record with ITC contest. 

Even If I don't win, I'll get Rs 6,400 worth combo packs. 

what were the prizes for vodafone and 15 post wala contest?? this macbook prize is worth a lot so can understand people going berserk.

There was a macbook too for the Vodafone contest and of course a free trip to IPL finals ;) 

... and Stephen won those tickets and a PlayStation. 

oh cool....then the mehnat is worth  else nobody wud do so much mehnat for some kindle/tab

I never thought that a tablet was cheap. 

In the case of people who submitted multiple entries, is it just me or are those posts of yours getting more votes which you think have a less chance of winning atleast something?

I concur with you. I too have one post which I wrote with a lot of heart and it's stagnated at the bottom, and the other one which was a result of random wanderings is seeing quite some daylight. 

Okay, here is the thing. There are times when you ask politely and people don't help you. Even if it was meant to be a joke, I tend to take it personally. I asked for the link of the profile with the 14 posts, and knowing that certain people knew it, they decided not to tell.

Here is the link to the profile with 14 posts: http://www.indiblogger.in/blogger/49844/ Highly commendable work by the blogger I must say.

How did I do it? Not manually. Even I know web scraping and my fair share of programming. Someone mentioned Java, but I prefer the concise Python. My code is just 45 lines. What's better is that I have made it object oriented and you can re-use it not only for any contest but slightly modify it for other purposes as well.

Since I believe in open source, I have put the script in github. Check it yourself if you are interested (to install the dependencies of the script, check the README in my root directory): https://github.com/sdaityari/web-scraping/blob/master/indiblogger.py

Shaumik, thanks for that. Now that is what i call brains... atlast! someone sensible posted something useful!

I can finally see something other than whinings... 

Hey guys, just leave the results to fate... everyone did his/her best! No use whining now 

huh, thanks 

With 407 entries and 84 prizes, I have 20.6388% chance of winning.

You should have calculated the percentage to a few more decimal places. 

 Waiting irresistably for the results..!!

Result will be declared on 5th of July, so have some fun till then  AIR will go to the right heir....

by 10 th and not necessarily on 10 th  

no no, exp says by means 10 th and onwards. i just wanted to say not necessarily on 10 th.

Don't wait. Results never come on time. Will uncessarily lead to frustration.

I feel that the results will definitely be out on 10th. These days, IB is becoming more and more punctual. 

can anyone help me figure it out ?

have issued a ticket on the same :

Hi ,

This is regarding my WeChat entry ,

I had posted two entries , but the first entries like seems to be broken

http://www.indiblogger.in/indipost.php?post=245873

when I click on the above like on the indivine page , the blog can’t be accessed.

Here is the link to the blog , can you plz fix it ,

http://idontsharedesserts.blogspot.in/2013/06/a-blast-form-past-present-future.html

I have really put in a lot of hard work in the post , and would love to share it with the world.

See,

the url of your blog post and the url you submitted are different.

The link you submitted for the contest has 'and' but not in the url of the post.

replace  the url of your blog post by the url you submitted for the contest and you are done. :)

http://idontsharedesserts.blogspot.in/2013/06/a-blast-form-past-present-and-future.html

http://idontsharedesserts.blogspot.in/2013/06/a-blast-form-past-present-future.html

Your indivine link directs to a different post, which has the extra -and between the words 'present' and 'future'. To change the link of your post, do the following:

1. Open Blogger > Posts.

2. Click 'Edit' under that post which you have submitted as the entry.

3. On the right side, you'll find a Permalink option. Note that this cannot be changed when the post is live. To edit this, first click 'Revert to Draft'. Then the link becomes edit-able. Choose 'Custom Permalink', enter the link with the '...-form-past-present-and-future...' (WITH THE '-and', NOT the link you've given above) and then hit 'Publish' again.

4. Your indivine link should now be fixed.

(NOTE: I'm relatively inexperienced here and I'm not sure if a link to a post already published on Indivine can be edited. It'd be better if other people on this forum verify whatever I've said before you proceed)

@Avadhoot Oh, you had already replied while I was still typing

In blogger, you can manually edit the url on editing the posts.

Hai friends...i have read most of the Blog Posts for this wonderful contest here.Good job everyone...! All the Best..! and i wonder how the judges would be able to pick up the winners ????? Tough task for them i guess...!! 

they'll do a inky pinky ponky 

Never underestimate judges.  Dude. 

May be they will call me for my help.... 

What is the use of Multiple entries.. one post is enough to express feeelings and It will also increase winning chances for everyone...

Yo dude,  

Multiple chances may increase your chance of winning. Sometimes judges choose creative entries as the winners. Sometimes, they choose those posts that praise the sponsor's product. Sometimes, they look for witty entries. Sometimes, they want something innovative. Sometimes, they choose a mix of the above posts.

So, multiple entries do no harm. They increase your chances of winning. 

multiple entries give u more combos

Well said Nandini. 

And who knows, they may give GV's instead of hampers just like the 'Love Marriage' contest. 

but it also reduces other's winning chances who post only one article per contest... I guess moderators don't read all posts and select winners using random or some other selection procedure... I have seen valuable and creative post from apollo contest but they hav'nt been awarded..... 

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Who said they don't read all the posts and choose the winners randomly? The Inky Ponky thing we were talking about was a joke. 

Coming to Apollo thing, what are the best posts is a personal opinion. May be the judges liked those winning posts more than those posts which appealed to you. 

My post is buried deeeep under the heap of entries. So please, please do go to my profile and read my entry...

i liked pony tailed girl's image

I took 25 mins to search my blog post!!! Finally got

Congo's

Too many complaints of missing posts... 

IndiPolice, what are you doing instead of searching for them? 

They are searching their own posts dude

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I have got a doubt....can i post the link to my blog here..?? 

Shameless????  why did you use that word?? could have answered without using such words that hurt others na????

shameless self promotion is a menu under report tab.... so its a part of indiblogger

he meant this thread >> http://www.indiblogger.in/forum/topic.php?id=859

Yes, we need to stop using the word shameless. 

Using that word itself looks shameless. 

@R: or shameful ? 

Confused again... 

@ Ranjith - A shameless person does shameful acts without feeling any shame for the same. 

@TF How did I not read this reply of yours! 

By the way, your sentence isn't confusing.  It's as easy to understand as

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. 

oh is it?? ok then fine...

Unknowingly I have posted my blog link over here. How to delete the link now? 

Either you open a ticket here (IB) or simple close the ticket from your mind

You can't. But always remember - whatever you do or don't do on this forum, chat room and anywhere else , big brother (in this case IndiPolice) is always watching.