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Announcements Nov 26, 2010 at 7:23 PM

Wanted: Beta testers for listnook gold gifting code

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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +31
Hey, Raldi - How tricky would it be to put a little coin or star or something next to the people on our "friends" list who already have Listnook Gold? The past six names I've tried *already have* Listnook Gold and while I could certainly gift them, I think it'd be more fun to gift somebody who doesn't have it. Not a criticism, just a question. I mean, I even thought about gifting Youngluck, even though he can't exactly use it, but that mofo is Listnook Gold, too...
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +57
We're always really careful about not creating two classes of users, so putting a star on *every* post of theirs is totally out of the question. However, you can see who's gold by looking at their trophies, so the information is out there, it's just hard to get. Perhaps it would be acceptable to put this notation on the friends page, as you suggest. Thanks for the idea!
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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +27
"Every post" would be a terrible idea. I think that would be a worse disaster than turning the mods green.
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +45
THAT ONLY HAPPENED THAT ONE TIME!!!
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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +7
...aaaah, but what a time it was...
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raldi Nov 27, 2010 +10
I'd take a trip down memory lane, but strangely, your half of the conversation appears to be missing.
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flyryan Nov 26, 2010 +2
Is there a way for me to just buy clistnooks without buying another year? I have over 3 years of listnook gold already, so I really don't want to buy ANOTHER year just to get the clistnooks. I'd buy a year's worth (12) of clistnooks though!
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raldi Nov 27, 2010 +2
There will be soon -- read to the *end* of the blog post before commenting. :)
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flyryan Nov 27, 2010 +2
Doh! Well, I anxiously await these improvements!
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[deleted] Nov 27, 2010 -2
I think it is a mistake to cater to whining freeloaders. It is common practice to have free services for people who won't pay and a special set of additional services for people who will. The people who can pay will subsidize the people who won't because they get additional stuff that the freeloaders don't (and i mean freeloaders in the non-judgmental econ sense of the word). If you guys have figured out a way to get people to subscribe for a donation program to a for-profit corporation I think you'll be blazing an unknown trail. Frankly it will be an odd trail that really does not mesh with human nature. People generally won't pay for utility that they can get for free. This can be countered when the organization makes its finances public (usually non-profit charitable organizations). Corporations have not had much luck getting people to voluntarily pay for things they can get for free. Lastly, this whole "all users are the same" reminds me of Communism. Why exactly shouldn't people who are willing to pay have a special status? They are the ones who are making all the free services possible. I so think it makes sense *not* to allow people to buy things like enhanced power for their upvotes, i can understand a hard line in the sand on that. But no "paid user" medallion? Porque no?
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raldi Nov 27, 2010 +7
> I think it is a mistake to cater to whining freeloaders. They're not (all) whining freeloaders. They're the people who submit links and write comments and vote and look at ads. And they're my friends. > If you guys have figured out a way to get people to subscribe for a donation program to a for-profit corporation I think you'll be blazing an unknown trail. It's not a donation. It's a subscription to a higher tier of service. When an air traveler pays for business class, you don't call the fare difference a donation, do you? Anyway, [we're far from the first to try this business model](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium). > But no "paid user" medallion? Porque no? Go to your local library and ask to read the insightful sociology textbook entitled, *The Sneetches and Other Stories* by Dr. Theodor Geisel.
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drrevevans Nov 27, 2010 +1
[Here](http://digg.com) is a Listnook like site that treats users differently. You should give it a try, I bet you would like it. > They are the ones who are making all the free services possible. I know you have only been here for 9 months but Listnook was around long before they started subscriptions. > freeloders The millions of lurkers are the people who make this site possible. Listnook would be a pretty sad place if the only people on it were gold subscribers.
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[deleted] Nov 27, 2010 +1
More like 3 years, this isn't my only account. Almost any site can operate fine when the number of users doesn't strain the infrastructure of the site. listnook passed that point a long time ago. In case you forgot the whole gold program was a desperation move to prevent the site from becoming unusable. The gold subscribers saved the site from being much less usable than it is now (or maybe even more drastic things like being shut down). I'm not suggesting it would be great if the free users went away. I'm suggesting that the paying customers keep the site going. They deserve special recognition and exclusive services because they make listnook possible (new hardware, more instances, additional staff, etc). Or I'm wrong and people are happy just to pay to be beta testers. And in that case all of this discussion is moot. I'm only putting this out there in case gold subscriptions don't quite live up to expectations.
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holocarst Nov 26, 2010 +125
YOU KNOW WHO ELSE PUT STARS ON PEOPLE THAT WHERE 'SPECIAL' ?[!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_%28football_crest%29)
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mtux96 Nov 27, 2010 +7
I wish I was special, but i'm a creep. I am a weirdo. What the hell am I doing here?
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ObjectiveGopher Nov 27, 2010 +9
You don't belong here.
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facetiously Nov 26, 2010 +23
THAT ONLY HAPPENED ONE TIME!!!
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ezekielziggy Nov 26, 2010 +36
Primary school teachers?
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whatevers_clever Nov 27, 2010 +2
is this a reference to the Paris Hilton Sex Tape?
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cartola Nov 26, 2010 +95
> 46 new servers (giant ones) > Half a terabyte of RAM > A 770 GHz increase in CPU power > Over 100 terabytes of new disk storage (useful for redundancy and reliability and redundancy) Holy mother f***.
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iBleeedorange Nov 26, 2010 +39
That's more Ram than I have space on my HD...jebus.
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cartola Nov 26, 2010 +25
That's more RAM than I have sperm on my balls.
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mosesconspiracy Nov 26, 2010 +18
deleted ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.6091 [^^^What ^^^is ^^^this?](https://pastebin.com/FcrFs94k/77846)
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iBleeedorange Nov 26, 2010 +55
> On my balls On? you should clean that up.
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +25
Keep an eye on jedberg's posts; he loves to talk specs.
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cartola Nov 26, 2010 +12
I'm more interested in your caching solutions myself. Hardware is meh.
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ketralnis Nov 26, 2010 +28
Combination of memcached (for the rendercache and datatypes in Postgres) and Cassandra's row cache. Most listings are persistently cached (in Cassandra) and simply modified in memory on invalidation (e.g. the hot page for /r/programming is just stored as a list of IDs; when you vote on an item there we asynchronously reorder the listing as appropriate). This includes comments trees as well. As we move more datatypes to Cassandra we're able to do more common-case caching: Cassandra has a bloom filter in front of each on-disk table, which makes negative lookups much cheaper. This means that instead of only storing the relation "ketralnis is friends with cartola", if we do a secondary CF of "these are all of ketralnis' friends" this significantly speeds the lookup in the common case that the user has 0 friends. We cache rendered items as well, in a few forms. There's the whole-page cache, which is served up to logged-out users. This is a cache of an entire rendered page and lasts for 90s per page. Then there's the component render-cache, where we cache a link or comment that has been rendered. It lasts "forever" but it's LRU (memcached) and the cache key contains most of the information in the item. There's also a special case for comments trees where, barring some uncommon cases (like that you're a moderator on the listnook being viewed), we cache the entire tree rendered and then place in some JS to plug in arrows and whatnot. In front of us is our CDN, Akamai, that catches a small fraction of traffic before it ever hits us (mostly static stuff like JS and CSS). That's sort of a general overview but if you're curious about diving deeper feel free to ask questions.
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Prof_G Nov 27, 2010 +5
>this significantly speeds the lookup in the common case that the user has 0 friends. So if everyone was forever alone, this would speed things up?
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ketralnis Nov 27, 2010 +6
I hate this meme and I wish it would die. But yes.
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cartola Nov 26, 2010 +11
Interesting. Thanks.
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +16
Join /r/listnookdev -- ketralnis has made many long h******* tech posts there.
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littlebug Nov 27, 2010 +8
>many long h******* tech posts Go on...
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umbrae Nov 26, 2010 +4
It gets crazier. From Jedberg, about their Amazon AWS EC2 Instances: >Here is our current instance count: > > 45 c1.xlarge > > 27 m1.large > > 40 m1.xlarge [Source is here,](http://groups.google.com/group/listnook-dev/msg/e072d525626848c3?pli=1) and [instance types here.](http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/#instance)
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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +122
...but will it run Crysis?
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GoodMusicTaste Nov 26, 2010 +97
Only on medium.
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jaxspider Nov 26, 2010 +15
Better run on low, just to be safe.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +8
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jaxspider Nov 27, 2010 +5
And risk crashing the listnook servers? Where are your priorities?
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StuartGibson Nov 26, 2010 +7
Imagine a Beowulf Cluster of those… Wait, wrong site.
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UristMcInternet Nov 26, 2010 +3
Heh, and how are our robot overlords these days?
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +5
we should close listnook down for a day and host some intense servers.
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rolmos Nov 26, 2010 +62
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +6
> I just extended for a year, verified, and get nothing :( Really? I see it right there in the logs: Nov 26 12:34:17 rolmos earned 3 clistnooks Can you go to someone's userpage and post a screenshot?
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jaybol Nov 27, 2010 +2
I'm not seeing my extension or the clistnooks - Web Accept Payment Sent (Unique Transaction ID #7P9096236Y946732G) I sent email to listnook feedback as well, mind taking a look? Thank you, I know you are busy.
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rolmos Nov 26, 2010 +7
I edited my comment a minute ago. It works, waiting to test gifting. Thanks!
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maragesic Nov 26, 2010 +22
I want gold :-)
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rolmos Nov 26, 2010 +8
Done! You were the first to comment. Enjoy your time at the lounge!
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maragesic Nov 26, 2010 +7
Thank you VERY much!
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +7
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[deleted] Nov 27, 2010 +9
It's been 4 hours. Maragesic is dead to us now.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +3
Pick me, pick me! *Or I'll get the artist formerly known as OPinBULLETS to track you down.*
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neko Nov 26, 2010 +6
Good news for /r/secretsanta. Is there an option for anonymous gifting?
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +10
> Good news for /r/secretsanta. Well, it'd be lame if everyone just got each other gold back and forth. But if your present is only worth $12 and you wanted to spend $15, throwing in a month of gold isn't a bad idea. :) > Is there an option for anonymous gifting? Read all the way to the *end* of the blog post.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +14
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +3
You and me both are searching, all day every day, for any opportunity to work that meme into conversation. Both real life and online.
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iBleeedorange Nov 26, 2010 +6
> Read all the way to the end of the blog post. but I just skim for pictures of cats...
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coopdude Nov 26, 2010 +3
It figures that I would buy listnook gold yesterday and then proceed to activate it *right before this announcement*. ಠ\_ಠ
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +3
We actually invisibly turned on the clistnook-giving code a little bit before the blog post. It looks like you got it, actually -- so go find someone to gift to!
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
It's like wining on a l****** ticket he didn't even know he had!
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +3
I sent you a postcard and you never gave me listnook gold access. The taste couldn't be more sour.
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +3
I consider postcard data entry a very high priority, and rarely leave the office until they're all accounted for. What did yours look like?
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
It was Ben Franklin's ghost flying over a building in downtown Philadelphia. It said "Flying high in Philadelphia!" I bought it in chinatown just for you guys :(
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +2
I don't remember anything like that, but I'll ask the other guys when we're all back in the office on Monday. Do you remember about when you sent it?
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
Found the comment announcing when I first heard about the postcard thing and promised to send you one. Guess it was about 2 or 3 months ago if that helps. http://www.listnook.com/r/announcements/comments/d1sdr/why_is_there_a_mouse_over_the_listnook_logo/c0wxey7
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
Hmmm, it was a couple of months ago. It's really not that big of a deal, just kinda bummed me out. I might go back to that shop and give it another shot.
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ajehals Nov 26, 2010 +2
OK, I'mgoing to jump in and do this.. Although I will say that I have gifted something like 4-5 gold accounts over the last 6 months simply by PM'ing the recipient the secret link... It isn't exactly complex. Still, I can see how it might be nice to be able to do it in a more sensible manner. Edit: Done and gifted. That done actually seem rather nice, much easier than the messing about described above. There is one thing though.... Just to complicate matters. It seems to apply almost immediately, it might be sensible to ensure people have the opportunity to decline a gift and for it to be sent anonymously (I just gifted someone who I talk to a lot and somene who probably doesn't like me, so it will be interesting to see the response...). Edit2: And yeah the ability to buy credits would be nice too...
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +1
> Although I will say that I have gifted something like 4-5 gold accounts over the last 6 months simply by PM'ing the recipient the secret link... It isn't exactly complex. As the person who does customer support for listnook gold, I can assure you, quite a few people have gotten caught up in the process. One poor listnookor accidentally ended up paying for an ongoing monthly subscription for another one when they had intended it to be a one-time gift.
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ajehals Nov 27, 2010 +1
Yeah, like I said, the new process is actually a lot better... Although with regard to: >One poor listnookor accidentally ended up paying for an ongoing monthly subscription Back in the day my section commander would have shouted something about attention to detail... It isn't that hard to get it right. Still, as I said, the new process is nice and works well and is indeed a much better user experience less likely to lead to a negative outcome (and presumably will drive additional revenue, which I assume is the point..). The only other points I had were about accepting the gift and being able to give anonymously.
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raldi Nov 27, 2010 +2
> Back in the day my section commander would have shouted something about attention to detail The military tends to have a larger hiring and operations budget than listnook. :)
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Iamien Nov 26, 2010 +1
Beta tests aren't supposed to cost money.
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +3
It cuts both ways, though -- we're giving $12 worth of gold clistnooks to anyone who helps us out.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
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druid_king9884 Nov 26, 2010 +1
raldi, I don't mean to go off topic, but this seems to be the most direct way I can contact an admin as of now: Is there a problem with [/r/listnookrequest](http://www.listnook.com/r/listnookrequest/)? No one seems to be paying attention to the posts and repeated emails some of us have sent to get our requests granted. My [post](http://www.listnook.com/r/listnookrequest/comments/e2v06/the_sublistnook_rwinstonsalem_has_no_mod_can_i/) hasn't even been touched even though it was posted two and a half weeks ago. I've sent hueypriest several messages as the sidebar said in that sublistnook, but no response. What's the deal? Are those messages considered spam and deleted?
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +2
Yeah, we're struggling to keep up with all our feedback and are looking to have a solution soon. > but this seems to be the most direct way I can contact an admin http://www.listnook.com/message/compose/?to=%23listnook.com
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druid_king9884 Nov 27, 2010 +1
Thanks for the reply. I sent a message.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +1
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +3
someone already made that joke
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koew Nov 26, 2010 +125
I'm going to give raldi 1 month of Listnook Gold.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +75
It might cheer him up a bit - he seems extra grumpy today. I don't believe in the Gold option, I think it's bad for the listnook community. I would not want listnook gold gifted. I also think reverse psychology is a myth.
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +64
> It might cheer him up a bit - he seems extra grumpy today. What makes you think I'm grumpy? (A little sneezy, maybe, but certainly not grumpy.)
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +26
You needed to add 15 smilies and winkies to avoid seeming a smigeon passive-aggressive here: http://www.listnook.com/r/announcements/comments/ec5z7/wanted_beta_testers_for_new_listnook_gold_gifting/c16yzpw Also, grumpy people always say they are not grumpy - it's a sure giveaway. You might be coming down with something. Don't worry about work, let me handle it. PM admin pwd pls.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +19
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +10
This is all the proof I need.
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aliciabryn Nov 27, 2010 +3
If people tell me I'm grumpy when I'm not, it makes me grumpy. Maybe that's why you think "grumpy people always say they are not grumpy."
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Namell Nov 26, 2010 +15
Better sneezy than dopey.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +10
>Better sneezy than dopey I thought jedberg left?
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atomicthumbs Nov 26, 2010 +8
that was keysersosa
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jedberg Nov 27, 2010 +10
:P
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ep311 Nov 27, 2010 +2
Dopey is probably somewhere roaming around /r/trees.
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Chr0me Nov 27, 2010 -1
Charging visitors money for user-generated content. lol It's like a restaurant where they make you prepare someone else's food before you're allowed to sit down and buy your own meal (prepared by another patron).
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raldi Nov 27, 2010 +2
Or like charging admission fees to join a club. Oh wait, people totally do that all the time.
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theycallmemorty Nov 26, 2010 +3
Why don't you bring it down a notch, grumpster.
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ggggbabybabybaby Nov 26, 2010 +18
No, stop! You'll get him addicted to Listnook and then he'll never get any work done.
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krispykrackers Nov 26, 2010 +32
The first hit is always free.
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ggggbabybabybaby Nov 26, 2010 +6
They should have just called it that. Click here to give krispykrackers a free hit of Listnook Gold!
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krispykrackers Nov 26, 2010 +12
somebody please click oh god i
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jedberg Nov 27, 2010 +3
Careful. Too many hits will make you sick.
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firewires Nov 27, 2010 +3
Too many sick will make you click.
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bjorn Nov 26, 2010 +7
Here's a link to [his profile](http://www.listnook.com/user/bjorn/) for your convenience. You're welcome.
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ZachPruckowski Nov 26, 2010 +4
Clever Girl. Gave you a month for making me lol.
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aDildoAteMyBaby Nov 27, 2010 +6
All other shit aside, Raldi, you can f****** write. I'm highly disappointed in myself for not seeing *"(useful for redundancy and reliability and redundancy)"* coming. Further points should be awarded for carrying the half-ass metaphor through to its logical, though oft overlooked, conclusion.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +1
This is all well and good but I never got confirmation of my one month non-recurring listnook gold purchase :(
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +23
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iBleeedorange Nov 26, 2010 +7
It will be advertised on The Colbert Report.
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45flight Nov 26, 2010 +5
Clistnook Gold is a sound investment. Pray on it, then decide.
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RecordP Nov 26, 2010 +12
Holiday or no holiday, for once I'd like to complete the ass.
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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +3
Know the quickest way to *not* get one of my 3 freebies? *Sit around begging for them.*
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +3
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ggggbabybabybaby Nov 26, 2010 +4
\*puppy eyes\*
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DJPho3nix Nov 26, 2010 +2
I have a bone to pick with you. I was blissfully unaware of the meaning of your username until yesterday. Now I can't get that damn song out of my head.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +12
Someone please gift [xjems](http://www.listnook.com/user/xjems) as part of this if you need someone to test this on. She threw a great Listnook Thanksgiving last night and definitely deserves it!
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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +14
Done.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +182
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Pollox Nov 26, 2010 +138
I thought it was a typo at first, but now I geddit.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +108
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gigitrix Nov 26, 2010 +72
Oh I hate the risk of coming into comment threads like these. One might say I dlistnook...
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Underyx Nov 26, 2010 +73
Okay, I haddit! ENOUGH OF THIS!
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frankthepilgrim Nov 26, 2010 +52
This can not be tolelistnook.
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StonedPhysicist Nov 26, 2010 +47
Pun threads are embeddit into our way of life on here.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +37
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Underyx Nov 26, 2010 +58
You just couldn't leddit go on, right?
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +45
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michaelw00d Nov 26, 2010 +9
I don't think he intendeddit
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sirbruce Nov 26, 2010 +1
> Got any other ideas? No more daily downtime due to heavy load would be nice. Also, still looking for a system to expire old, idle usernames.
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Liru Nov 26, 2010 +5
This is perfect! My subscription expires in a few hours, so the clistnooks are going to be a bonus for me to subscribe. And here I was, planning to renew yesterday. PROCRASTINATION PAYS OFF YET AGAIN!
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ladfrombrad Nov 26, 2010 +4
I just [gifted](http://www.listnook.com/r/Enhancement/comments/ec6r3/a_deserving_listnookor/) /honestbleeps a month, but he's already a gold member. Does it add to his existing membership?
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Nick4753 Nov 26, 2010 +1
If anyone else has a month of gold, I'm running out and have basically no money :)
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bargainmusic Nov 26, 2010 -1
I'd love me some Listnook gold... anyone out there wanna help out?
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +2
Sure, here's the link you need: [/help/gold](/help/gold)
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DJPho3nix Nov 26, 2010 +9
Who wants my clistnooks? First 3* get a month each. *Must not already have gold EDIT: It took 14 minutes to get 3 replies. I expected that to go faster.
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Katnipz Nov 26, 2010 +19
How can someone beta test this?
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +21
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +48
Or give one person three months, or give half a person six months...
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +7
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +15
For now, it's limited to months. But maybe we'll introduce a "For the next hour, drinks are on me!" feature. The hard part is, our servers couldn't really handle it if that many people had gold at the same time.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
The hell? That many people getting r/lounge access wouldn't be that bad...
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raldi Nov 26, 2010 +3
Sure, but that many people using the new-comment-highlighting feature would obliterate us.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +4
Oh, I didn't even realize that was a gold feature, I've gotten so used to it.
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abolish_karma Nov 26, 2010 +5
Tempting.. :)
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SmartAssX Nov 26, 2010 +2
HAHA now ill just buy a few hundred thousand subscripts and spread it around ... to crash the server!
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Grimant Nov 27, 2010 +2
They'll just get more servers so the amount of gold users you need to crash servers goes up exponentially.
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StuartGibson Nov 26, 2010 +1
If I have a monthly recurring subscription, what happens if I purchase a year? Does it suspend the monthly until it's up?
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ProbablyHittingOnYou Nov 26, 2010 +59
My legs and midsection have been dying to try Listnook Gold
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krispykrackers Nov 26, 2010 +11
The left side of my body asked for listnook gold for Christmas.
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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +11
I just gifted you. Now - which "you" did I gift? I checked five of your accounts - not a one of them had Listnook Gold. 4shame.
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ProbablyHittingOnYou Nov 26, 2010 +14
I'm confused.... I'm just one person
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +13
Nice try *Saydrah*.
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wordsauce Nov 26, 2010 +8
Never forget.
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wordsauce Nov 26, 2010 +2
Yeah, and so am I.
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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +2
###SUGGESTION: Let us top off our account with more gift subscriptions. If, for example, I could give a 1-month gift subscription for 50% off or something, I can easily see keeping six months of gift subscriptions on my account just to be friendly with. I've given away two gifts so far with no problems whatsoever. I can see this being a really nice thing to be able to sling around. I've *often* wanted to be able to gift other people karma; this is a nice substitute. (although if I could, say, trade 5,000 karma for a 1-month gift subscription to give away, I *totally* would)
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Ubertroll Nov 26, 2010 +3
I went through half [this!](http://voltier.com/2010/11/12/listnooks-astonishin-altruism/) page and had to close it... too many onions on it. You guys/gals are the best!
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reggiegrip Nov 27, 2010 +3
i literally JUST got gold last night....is there a way i can fall under this umbrella? i have a couple deserving listnookors i wanna give gold to!
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drucey Nov 26, 2010 +11
If anyone wants to beta test that feature on me, I'll be happy to do my duty to Listnook and gratefully accept. Edit: Someone did gift some, I responded by gifting 3 others. Stop downvoting this, and join the festive "pay it forward" fun!
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +10
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drucey Nov 26, 2010 +11
Bloody hell, how very nice of you. My original post was in jest, although I've never looked into Listnook Gold. I shall now subscribe myself, and pay your kindness forward by gifting to 3 listnookors!
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horsepie Nov 26, 2010 +5
It's all part of the scheme! 2 Listnookors get gifted Gold and they are inspired to buy a subscription and gift 2 others! That's actually pretty clever...
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drucey Nov 26, 2010 +2
I have some Listnook Gold if anyone wants it? With lots of love from obsessive1 and myself
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notadigger Nov 26, 2010 +3
I'm pretty new to listnook and I didn't know you can buy a subscription. Count me in, I love listnook and of course I will subscribe!
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joazito Nov 26, 2010 +6
Now we can bribe /r/gonewild babes! (I mean, if beads work...)
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lostwolf Nov 26, 2010 +3
I like your way of thinking
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jaxspider Nov 26, 2010 +3
I already gave out my 3 months. Fantastic idea. Good work, chaps!
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abolish_karma Nov 26, 2010 +2
this may.. or may not work on some of the admins.
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OhighOpyro Nov 26, 2010 +3
it showed up for me.. who wants to be the first victim?
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Roark Nov 27, 2010 +2
I'm not sure I like the idea of being forced into Listnook gold. What if a person doesn't want it? I like my account the way it is from when I started lurking years ago.
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FractalP Nov 26, 2010 +2
I still have 6 months left of Gold yet I find myself purchasing another year already. I guess it's just the lure of free stuff. Raldi, you brilliant, devious man.
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muzthe42nd Nov 26, 2010 +2
I'm yet another with three clistnooks to disperse, boys. First three people to call me pretty, you get them. Edit: And gone, thanks ladies! I feel pretty
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Lizard Nov 26, 2010 +4
I already have 14 remaining months of listnook goldage to my name plus a self-renewing subscription, so what about us existing gold members? I want to be able to bribe people and earn karma with promises of listnook account riches, too!
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kleinbl00 Nov 26, 2010 +3
...what about you? I've got plenty o'time and I was able to renew no problem.
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
I'd like to second that, I've a quite a few years of gold and don't really feel like renewing but would love to have an option to gift couple of months to someone.
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tastydirtslover Nov 26, 2010 +3
I love you lizard......
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
So now all the virgins will have a way to break the ice, and all the women will have listnook gold for free. Brilliant!
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GodOfAtheism Nov 26, 2010 +2
No one better gift me gold[.](http://www.google.com "Hopefully reverse psychology works.") Edit: Damn your black heart tvjunky[.](http://www.google.com "Thanks bud")
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EvolutionTheory Nov 26, 2010 +2
Done! Extended a year, gave a friend a month, and now I think I'll play a game with the remaining 2 months!
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sfx Nov 26, 2010 +2
I would love it if there was a way to prevent people from giving me gifts. That's how I roll.
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fingers Nov 26, 2010 +2
Thank goodness for this because it was a pain in the ass gifting all those people last time.
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gbeier Nov 27, 2010 +1
Here's an idea if you're not seeing the level of participation you'd like to. The guys who make 1password for mac/windows/phones ran a promotion over thanksgiving weekend where everyone who has a current license could give a full license of the current version to a friend. There was no need to buy another license in order to participate. It seems to have been quite popular, and that's not even truly a subscription-based product. Such a scheme seems even more likely to pan out for a subscription. So maybe offer current subscribers a chance to gift (but not hoard) without repurchasing, if you don't seem to be getting the level of participation you want.
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theanyday Nov 26, 2010 +2
Now I just gotta figure out who to give a month of listnook gold to. So many choices...
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
Signing up give me a second. Side note who out there wants a free month?
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ponie Nov 27, 2010 +2
I have less than one day left! Now who will my lucky giftees be?
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kloo2yoo Nov 26, 2010 +2
I'm in, but I can't afford it before next thursday :(
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[deleted] Nov 26, 2010 +2
i love black friday sales... i mean, beta testing.
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UnreachablePaul Nov 26, 2010 +2
I bought one year upfront. This site is worth it!
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toddthefrog Nov 27, 2010 +2
beta tested. worked like it was supposed to. :-)
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Radico87 Nov 27, 2010 +1
Listnook karma store where we trade in karma for super fantabulous ... I was going to go somewhere with this but something important has come up. Fantabulous is recognized by spellcheck as spelt correctly, therefore it's a word according to spellcheck. The above is an exaggerated simplification of how I actually get distracted on red...
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Absturbation Nov 27, 2010 +2
Done and Done. It was time to renew anyway :)
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ilovecomputers Nov 26, 2010 +2
Is it just me or did Google Checkout go down?
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xPoncex Nov 26, 2010 +1
Today i will be calling a place to see if they can hire me and live the teenage life of having a part time job and i promise ill buy a years gold. I just need to pay off my bro for buying me New Vegas first. Edit: I passed the online application and will be calling tomorrow to set up an appointment.
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