Contagious Media Showdown

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Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday May 20, 2005 @05:16AM from the get-it-off-me-get-it-off-me! dept.

Philipp Lenssen writes "In the Contagious Media Showdown, competitors plant addictive memes to see who's best at viral marketing. The contest pages officially launched yesterday. The grand prize (most unique visitors) is $2000, with three other prizes at $1000 each for most links, most popular entry with a Creative Commons license, or first site with an Alexa ranking higher than 20,000."

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My own entry... by EnronHaliburton2004 · 2005-05-20 05:19 · Score: 4, Funny

Cowboyneal's Boobies.

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WARNING! by Capt'n+Hector · 2005-05-20 05:22 · Score: 4, Funny

Do NOT click here what EVER you do, do NOT CLICK on the following link!
DEATH RAY OF DOOM

How's that for clickability? Come oooon, you know you want to...

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My entry was called contagious media by Anonymous Coward · 2005-05-20 05:23 · Score: 3, Funny

All proceeds go to help fund MPAA/RIAA efforts. Thank you for your help.
Re:I think Slashdot just skewed the results by LiquidCoooled · 2005-05-20 05:31 · Score: 2, Funny

*Tinfoil hat area*

The page itself is Phillip Lenssen's own entry to the competition.
The real competition page doesn't even list the participants ;)

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Excellent excerpt by benhocking · 2005-05-20 05:35 · Score: 2, Funny

"We've documented over one hundred cases of male truck drivers suffering from uncontrollable lactation."

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1. Re:Excellent excerpt by Anonymous Coward · 2005-05-20 05:47 · Score: 1, Funny
  
  Oh good. Less reason for them to pull over for a drink.
Winning strategy No. 2 by RobotRunAmok · 2005-05-20 05:38 · Score: 4, Funny

Round up everyone who still drop the word "meme" into conversation and beat them bloody with aluminum softball bats.

Alright, alright, it may not be much of a "strategy" but words can't express how good it would feel.
1. Re:Winning strategy No. 2 by Soybean47 · 2005-05-20 05:47 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  The worst part about the whole "meme" phenomenon was that it was hard to complain about it without calling it a "meme." As in, "The 'meme' meme is the most annoying meme ever memed!"
2. Re:Winning strategy No. 2 by tool462 · 2005-05-20 06:25 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Come on, what's wrong with "meme?" You need to change your paradigm or you'll find yourself unable to synergize and compete with the mindshare of more proactive entities. Contemporize, man.
Re:I just lost the game! by archaeology_andy · 2005-05-20 05:47 · Score: 1, Funny

GAH! four months, I was winning.....

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'meme' by Anonymous Coward · 2005-05-20 05:48 · Score: 1, Funny

Dude, that word doesn't mean what you think it does.

But it sure sounds cool, huh?
RetroVirus by Doc+Ruby · 2005-05-20 05:53 · Score: 3, Funny

What a great idea! I'm going to start my own "Contagious Media Showdown".

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Be honest... by It+doesn't+come+easy · 2005-05-20 06:03 · Score: 2, Funny

How many clicked on the "Girls who love Geeks" link first? (the other link is better)

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Re:I just lost the game! by 01000011011101000111 · 2005-05-20 06:27 · Score: 2, Funny

You. Utter. Bastard.
There goes nearly a year's worth of not thinking about the game :(

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Re:Slashdot Scooped by NPR by geomon · 2005-05-20 11:49 · Score: 2, Funny

..50% are 35-54.

That is my category.

As I said, older than dirt.

Or that should be "Dir-te".

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