Hi all,
My name is Eli, and I'm the CEO of inter8ing. Nice to meet you (:
I'm very happy that you seem to like the service so much (as was, really, when we beta tested it in our small hot country). But: the more users we will have, the more prizes we'll be able to spread among you. Help us to expend! we want more U.K. users, we want U.S users. We want Bebo, but also Myspace and Facebook and all the rest. You know lots of people. Tell them about us. Promote the service. Add users. We'll be bigger - you'll be the first to enjoy it.
Make some noise! You're popular, right?
Well, let's see.
The other thing I wanted to mention is: We had some problems last week with votes that our security system (and A', responsible for deleting) did not like. We blocked those, and people were angry. We HAVE TO keep this contest clean, otherwise it will be meaningless. In the hot li'l country mentioned above, we've forced all user to ID by cell phone, and it worked great - but we won't go so far with this contest yet.
What we ARE doing, though:
1. First vote after identification will be worth 15 points - one time only!
This week we will grant 15 points for first vote of any identified voter, even if identification was done already. As of next week, only new identified users will get this bonus.
2. First vote of an identified voter per contest (e.g. this week), will be worth 8 points.
3. First vote of an identified voter for a certain profile per contest, will be worth 3 points
4. ALL VOTES of unidentified users will be worth 1 point. Only 10 such votes will be allowed per user for each contest.
You don't have to worry re this phone-based identification, really. inter8ing is a startup company, backed up by first-grade law and accounting firms such as Ernst & Young and WSGR. We have no use for the phone numbers, and will never use it for anything but the sole purpose of ID'ing you.
So - play along, market yourselves, make some money, let others know about us - you are our seed users, and we can become huge together. Happy hunting, and a great new competition to us all!
Eli Swed