The 1,000 Dollar Comment Game

Published on Jul 28, 2007 (updated Apr 29, 2023), filed under misc (feed). (Share this on Mastodon or Bluesky?)

After the amazing success of the 100 dollar comment game, I proudly present the next game in which you might win 1,000 US dollars! That could mean your new iPhone, MacBook, or whatever you wish to spend the money on.

Since I don’t give away 1,000 dollars myself, here are the five sponsors who made this game possible:

Rules of the Game

Comment #100 wins.

The game starts on Sunday, August 5, at midnight (00:00 CEST).
If comment #100 is reached before that moment, there is no winner.
Comments must include a link to your own website (this is to prevent cheating, and there’s a small bonus if the site validates…), and they must make sense. Tell something, albeit it may be short. Comments that ignore this rule will be removed.
Everybody is allowed to post two comments, until comment number 100, that is. This includes me, though I cannot win and must post two comments. (There will be things to comment.)
The prize is paid via PayPal, and only via PayPal. Everything else is too complicated or too insecure. If you’re no PayPal user yet, you then have 1,000 reasons to become one, at least for a few hours.
There’s no legal process. However, the winner is asked to give a public sign that he or she received the money, just to avoid any kind of confusion.

For the lucky number 100: Wait for my winner announcement in either this post or a comment. Though I’ll be quite tolerant in accepting responses, I cannot exclude that there’s spam and stuff, and surely a cleanup is needed to determine the “real” winner.

❧ What’s this all about? It’s still a kind of “experiment” I’ll probably talk about later. What matters is that it’s serious and that nobody will be hurt—quite the contrary I guess 😁 So for now, let’s just note that I’m as excited as you are. Good luck!

Update (March 1, 2008)

This game has been closed due to lack of participation and in order to do good.

About Me

I’m Jens (long: Jens Oliver Meiert), and I’m a web developer, manager, and author. I’ve worked as a technical lead and engineering manager for small and large enterprises, I’m an occasional contributor to web standards (like HTML, CSS, WCAG), and I write and review books for O’Reilly and Frontend Dogma.

I love trying things, not only in web development and engineering management, but also in other areas like philosophy. Here on meiert.com I share some of my experiences and views. (I value you being critical, interpreting charitably, and giving feedback.)