Comments for a Cure - WINNER ANNOUNCED!

Olympus 40-150mm f/3.5-4.5 Zuiko Digital

05/03/2007 11:48:19 PM · #1

How does it work?

Comments for a Cure is a month-long contest to encourage everyone to comment more, and at the same time to leave high-quality, constructive and helpful comments. The contest will run from 12:00:01 AM on May 4, to 23:59:59 on June 3, 2007.

At the end of the contest we will select 100 comments at random from all comments left during the contest period. This includes comments left on almost ANY photograph on the site, whether old or new, challenge entry or not!

Those 100 comments will then be reviewed by a panel of judges. Those judges will choose the best comment from among the 100 selected, and the author of that comment will win a gift certificate for a free 1 year DPChallenge membership! The gift certificate can be used by the winner or given as a gift, at the winner's discretion.

Who makes up the panel of judges?

frisca,

karmat,

nshapiro,

sher and

ursula will be the judges. I will break any ties.

Are there any restrictions?

Just a few. The judges can't enter, I can't enter, and comments left on our photographs won't be part of the contest. Comments you leave on your own photographs won't be counted either. Also, any time a photograph is removed from the site, so are the comments on that photograph, so any comments associated with a deleted photograph (such as a portfolio entry) also won't be counted.

Won't this encourage cut-and-paste comments?

Not likely. Keep in mind that there is a random selection aspect and a judging aspect. Someone who leaves a lot of short, generic comments might make it into the random selection of 100 comments, but those comments will be very unlikely to be selected by the judges.

Why is this called 'Comments for a Cure?'

I'm doing this to help raise awareness for Multiple Sclerosis. For the fourth year in a row, I am participating in the MS Challenge Walk, walking 50km to help strike out MS. I've set an ambitious fundraising goal of $2,500. All I ask is that if you receive an especially helpful comment this month, please do the following two things.

- Repost the comment here as a public "thank you" to the person who wrote it.
- Consider making a donation in support of the walk and the contest.

Thank you in advance for your donations AND your comments, and good luck in the contest!

~Terry

Message edited by author 2007-05-03 23:52:40.

joynim

Olympus E-500 EVOLT

05/04/2007 04:57:26 AM · #2

What a great idea I'll give you a nice friendly bump :)

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/04/2007 07:35:19 AM · #3

...and a bump for the daytime folks!

Ben

Canon EOS-30D

05/04/2007 07:38:33 AM · #4

Not a bad idea, my membership runs out in 20 days.
Have to get commenting, (Hence the whole idea of the comp works, wey!).

sher

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Tamron AF 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Aspherical IF for Canon

05/04/2007 10:12:35 AM · #5

w00t! i can't wait to see all the great comments from everyone. good luck to all and hugs to CJ for such a great idea!

downtherabbithole

Canon EOS-30D

Peleng 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye MC In M42 Mount

05/04/2007 10:18:57 AM · #6

I really love seeing people with passions that move them to do something. I think that is all someone needs, a passion that moves them. There is something about human nature that I think needs that to feel complete.

edit for typo

Message edited by author 2007-05-04 10:19:23.

Matthew

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

05/04/2007 10:46:47 AM · #7

$2.5k is a decent target - good luck! I'll try and squeeze in a few comments (and perhaps hope to receive a few).

downtherabbithole

Canon EOS-30D

05/04/2007 02:21:29 PM · #8

I'm bumbing this because it's worth it

pgirish007

Canon EOS-5D Mark IV

Canon EF 24-70 2.8L II

05/04/2007 02:45:15 PM · #9

This is definitely interesting!!! this would make people to add constructive message across, including me ;);)

05/04/2007 05:49:09 PM · #10

A quick afternoon *bump*

05/04/2007 07:41:51 PM · #11

Point One -- Okay, there are 32 days to go.

Point Two -- The critique club also has a Call to Arms.

Point Three -- Recently, my husband, in connection with some other issues, had to have an MRI to screen for MS. Even though the doctor was fairly certain he didn't have it, just having it as a possibility gave me teeny, tiny glimmer of insight as to why many people feel this is such a good cause, and why research to find a cure is critical.

Soooooooooo, here's the deal, for every day that the critique club queue is "0," I will donate $2.00 to Terry's fund. If it hits zero tonight, I will start counting my dollars immediately. I'll post the "Zero Days" in this post.

Saturday, May 6
Sunday, May 7

Message edited by author 2007-05-06 00:14:40.

BAMartin

Apple iPhone 5

05/04/2007 07:45:47 PM · #12

Thank you again for doing this Terry. I, and others who have this disease, are very very grateful!

I will pledge all proceeds from the sale of any of my prints to your walk.

My prints

05/04/2007 07:46:26 PM · #13

Originally posted by karmat:

Soooooooooo, here's the deal, for every day that the critique club queue is "0," I will donate $2.00 to Terry's fund. If it hits zero tonight, I will start counting my dollars immediately. I'll post the "Zero Days" in this post.

Oh, great idea! Thank you!

~Terry

pineapple

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

05/04/2007 08:26:13 PM · #14

All in a good cause. Hope it helps you raise some $ for it.

05/05/2007 08:47:51 AM · #15

Bump for the weekend folks.

Have you received a helpful comment or critique? If so, please consider making a donation!

~Terry

05/05/2007 12:00:15 PM · #16

Langdon tells me that DPCers made a total 48,280 comments in April.

For the duration of this contest, I will donate $0.001 for every comment made, to a maximum of $150. This means, for example, that April's comments would have been worth $48.28.

Let's see if we can set a record for most comments made in a month!

~Terry

ETA: If anyone else would like to make a per-comment pledge, please let me know and I'll make sure to get you the comment count at the end of the contest!

Message edited by author 2007-05-05 12:01:14.

05/05/2007 12:05:57 PM · #17

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:

Langdon tells me that DPCers made a total 48,280 comments in April.

Shew, good thing I didn't commit to the 1 penny per comment thing, then, huh? :)

05/05/2007 12:07:55 PM · #18

Originally posted by karmat:

Originally posted by ClubJuggle:
Langdon tells me that DPCers made a total 48,280 comments in April.

Shew, good thing I didn't commit to the 1 penny per comment thing, then, huh? :)

Indeed!

Though if we can get 10 people to offer 1/10¢ per comment, that'd be really awesome!

~Terry

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 28-300mm f3.5-5.6G ED VR

05/05/2007 12:12:15 PM · #19

1. Clubjuggle

who will be number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10?

banmorn

Nikon D750

05/05/2007 12:18:08 PM · #20

Originally posted by karmat:

Cool....I'll match you $ for $. Anyone else?

Message edited by author 2007-05-05 12:21:36.

Fujifilm XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 R LM OIS

05/05/2007 01:55:21 PM · #21

Cool, banmorn.

So, you can comment, pledge $ per comment, or join banmorn and myself and pledge for an empty critique club queue (doesn't have to be $2, could be a quarter).

Anyone else want to join?

ursula

Fujifilm X-T2

05/05/2007 02:09:04 PM · #22

Originally posted by karmat:

1. Clubjuggle

who will be number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10?

I'd like to be #4 (my favourite number), but I'm wondering if it would be OK to cap it at $25 at this time. If someone else wants to offer a higher bid for #4, I'm fine with it. :)

05/05/2007 02:11:11 PM · #23

Originally posted by ursula:

Originally posted by karmat:
1. Clubjuggle

who will be number 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10?

I'd like to be #4 (my favourite number), but I'm wondering if it would be OK to cap it at $25 at this time. If someone else wants to offer a higher bid for #4, I'm fine with it. :)

You can... or, since we're almost certain to have at least 25,000 comments this month, you can also make a straight $25 donation if you prefer.

Either way, thank you!

~Terry