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Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:27:15 GMT
@bigacesurfer from from Charleston, SC wins the second iPod Touch! Yes! All of the city finalists (those with the most votes in each of their cities) are listed below.
As previously announced, Happn.in will be giving away Four iPod Touches to the people who get the most votes in their city’s Happn.in Feed. We’ve given away two so far.
NOW: we’re changing the schedule a little bit from what we previously announced. In order to coincide with the release of the Happn.in iPhone app in a couple weeks, we are putting the remaining two iPod Touch contests on hold. We will announce here and via our Twitter Account when the contest is back on. Check out the rules
The iPhone app will not just be another Twitter client – it will provide a dedicated way to communicate to your city using Twitter.
We had 66 finalists from all the cities last week. All of them received the most votes in their city’s Happn.in feed. This means they gave their city the most valuable city-specific content.
NOW: The idea of the Happn.in feed is not actually to give away iPods. The point is to give a local focus to Twitter. We hope that makes sense to you and that you find the Feeds useful. We welcome your feedback.
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Matthew
Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:59:47 GMT
@Ms_CL from Ottawa, Ontario Canada wins the first iPod Touch! Yes!
As previously announced, each week for the next four weeks three weeks, Happn.in will be giving away an iPod Touch to the person who gets the most votes in their city’s Happn.in Feed.
You Should Totally Enter : Read the Rules
We had 89 finalists from all the cities last week. All of them received the most votes in their city’s Happn.in feed. This means they gave their city the most valuable city-specific content.
NOW: The idea of the Happn.in feed is not actually to give away iPods. The point is to give a local focus to Twitter. We hope that makes sense to you and that you find the Feeds useful. We welcome your feedback.
Next Winner Announced next weekend!
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Matthew
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:43:00 GMT
We just launched a new feature called the Happn.in Feed. Try out that feature and you could win one of four iPod Touches1
Update (10/11/09): We’re changing the schedule a little bit from what we previously announced. In order to coincide with the release of the Happn.in iPhone app in a couple weeks, we are putting the remaining two iPod Touch contests on hold. We will announce here and via our Twitter Account when the contest is back on.
Each week for the next four weeks, we will be giving away an iPod Touch to the person who gets the most votes in their city’s Happn.in Feed.
The Happn.in Feed?
The Happn.in Feed gives you the ability to Tweet directly to your city. Similarly, it gives you access to city-focused tweets. Have a show coming up? Have a restaurant review? Want to just talk about the weather? The Happn.in feed focuses your Tweets on your community.
How to use the Happn.in Feed to win an iPod Touch.
- Go to your city’s Happn.in page (find your city on the homepage)
- Use the text box to talk to your city
- You will be authorized through your Twitter account
- Your Tweet will appear on the Happn.in Feed
- Get your Tweets Voted Up.
Each tweet in the Happn.in feed can be voted either up or down.
We keep score; and the person with the most votes at the end of the week from each city gets a chance at the iPod. We put all the city winners’ names into a hat and pull one out at random. Got it? You can tweet in your city’s Happn.in Feed as much as you like; but remember – if you are annoying, there is a bigger likelihood you will be voted down.
The contest starts now. We choose the first winner Friday, Oct. 2 and then every Friday for the next three weeks (Oct. 9, 16, 23).
Contest Rules
1NOTE: The prize is actually an apple gift card in the amount of $199 – the price of an 8GB iPod Touch. Because we thought: maybe you don’t want an iPod touch – maybe you want $199 worth of some other Apple product? You know?
- Contest runs from Sept. 24
through through Oct. 23 see Update Up Above for New Schedule
- You enter by posting a tweet into your city’s Happn.in Feed.
- You may post in your city’s Happn.in Feed as often as you like.
- At the end of each week of the contest, the person who’s tweets in the Feed have collected the most positive votes from each city gets entered into a raffle for the Apple Gift Card. There are 110 cities.
- A winner will be chosen at random from the 110 finalists
for four consecutive Fridays starting Oct. 2 at 8 PM Eastern; and will be announced via the official Happn.in Twitter User (@happn_in), as well as on the Happn.in homepage.
- The winner must provide us with a legit mailing address within 7 days of the announcement. We will attempt to contact the winner through Twitter Direct Message (though, that person must follow @happn_in for us to be able to do that). The Apple Gift Card will be sent out within 7 days after receiving the mailing address.
- We reserve the right to change or update these rules as necessary.
OK SO: Good luck. Any questions, definitely let us know either through Twitter or our Feedback Page. We will update this blog post with any Frequently Asked Questions or Rule Updates as the contest continues.
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Matthew
Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:26:00 GMT
To celebrate and announce the upcoming Happn.in iPhone application, we are giving away an iPod Touch on July 10. Here’s the deal:
To enter, just @-reply Happn.in within Twitter – that’s @happn_in (note the underscore). We will randomly choose one winner on July 10 at 5 PM Eastern Time.
TO INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING (three-fold): be sure you are a follower of one of the Happn.in cities on Twitter – check the list to find the city nearest you.
Happn.in makes Twitter more useful (see this recent blog post for why we think Twitter is mostly not useful right now) – we collect local data so you can see what people are Twittering about around you. Currently, we have over 130,000 people following 67 Happn.in cities worldwide. With our upcoming iPhone application, we’re going give our users even more ways to engage with their local community through Twitter.
Starting Sunday July 5, you can throw your name in the hat for our 8 GB iPod Touch Giveaway, and on Friday, July 10 at 5 PM Eastern, we’ll choose one of you at random.
Contest Rules
- Contest runs from July 5 through July 10.
- You enter by replying to @happn_in from your Twitter Account (doesn’t matter what you say, but if you use profane or offensive language, we’ll disqualify you and think lowly of you).
- If, on July 10th, you are a follower of one of the 67 Happn.in Cities, you will be three times as likely to win the contest (think of it like this: anyone can get a raffle ticket, but Happn.in followers get THREE raffle tickets). You can see the full list (with links to their Twitter accounts) at Happn.in. You can follow more than one city, of course, but this won’t increase your chances.
- A winner will be chosen at random on Friday, July 10 at 5 PM Eastern; and will be announced via the official Happn.in Twitter User (@happn_in)
- The winner must provide us with a legit mailing address within 7 days of the announcement. We will attempt to contact the winner through Twitter Direct Message (though, that person must follow @happn_in for us to be able to do that). The 8 GB iPod Touch will be sent out within 7 days after receiving the mailing address.
- We reserve the right to change or update these rules as necessary.
OK SO: Good luck. Any questions, definitely let us know either through Twitter or our Feedback Page. We will update this blog post with any Frequently Asked Questions or Rule Updates as the contest continues.
Update (June 10, 2009)
OUR WINNER IS: @paulgerhardt. Yeay! Congratulations to Paul; and everyone else: THANK YOU! It was a really fun week. We were excited by all the response and feedback.
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