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October 28 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"Funny. I was just there. And that terminal is sort of surreal..." - Jerry Chacon

I have 25 YouTube real-time invites for anyone interested: **UPDATE** YouTube only allows to send invites to friends, so you must send me a friend request first: http://www.youtube.com/kevinaw....

April 23 - Comment - Like - Share

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i can take one, rzrarti@rzrarti.org :) // username: tedmer - Meriç Dağlı

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Apparently, you need to add me as a YouTube friend: http://www.youtube.com/kevinaw.... - Kevin Whalen

yusufozantasdemir at gmail please. thanks. http://www.youtube.com/user... - YusufOzanTasdemir

fcbosa at gmail. thx. - Oğuz Serdar

tunahanemre[at]gmail.com please.Thank you - Tunahan E. Bilgin

Sure I'll take one....jamar78@gmail.com youtube username: jamar7886 - jamar78

i've done. :) - Meriç Dağlı

Added you to my YouTube subs - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

Invites sent for: jamar7886, acheekymonkey, fartani69. - Kevin Whalen

awesome got it thanks - jamar78

YouTube only allows to send invites to friends, so you must send me a friend request, which is different than a subscription. - Kevin Whalen

No problem. You should now be able to give out 25 invites of your own. - Kevin Whalen

gibson.trey@gmail.com thx - Kirill Kotikov

Thanks! Ozerersan at gmail - Ersan Özer

I can invite now too, add me as friend acheekymonkey (you can unfriend after, I won't be upset) - John Graham

Invite sent to: angrykeyboarder. - Kevin Whalen

YouTube only allows to send invites to friends, so you must send me a friend request first: http://www.youtube.com/kevinaw.... - Kevin Whalen

http://scr.im/maed , youtube username apapiezwiedzial , thx in advance (: - maed

Invite sent to apapiezwiedzial. Scott, I haven't seen your friend request yet. - Kevin Whalen

Scratch that Scott. I got ya already. - Kevin Whalen

Click "Online Friends" on the tool bar. A pop-up will load showing how many invites you have remaining. - Kevin Whalen

amirhg at gmail.com thanks! - Amir Gharaat

YouTube only allows to send invites to friends, so you must send me a friend request first: http://www.youtube.com/kevinaw.... - Kevin Whalen

i've just added u (: - Tunahan E. Bilgin

Kevin, my YouTube UN is HaloZero69. Thanks. - Amir Gharaat

Amir, did you get the real-time invite? - Kevin Whalen

Tunahan, you need to add me as a friend on youtube, not subscribe. - Kevin Whalen

can i have one? dariosalvelli, tks - Dario Salvelli

Yes. Thanks! - Amir Gharaat

Cool Amir, wasn't sure if it went thru. - Kevin Whalen

Invite sent to: dariosalvelli. - Kevin Whalen

Invite sent to: sfmetalerik. - Kevin Whalen

wow, you're speedy, thanks! - metalerik

sure, no problem! - Kevin Whalen

Kevin--Any invites left? I just sent you a friend request. - Jerry Chacon

Jerry - yep, just sent ya one. I have 16 left. - Kevin Whalen

Excellent. Thanks. - Jerry Chacon

added you as a friend u still need an email? - Dobromir Hadzhiev

I'd love to give it a spin, as well, if the offer is still open. I sent a friend request. - Kathy Fitch

I sent a friend request .My id is ljyxfztf - jimmylee1984

Dobromir, Kathy, and Jimmy, you should be hooked up now....13 invites left - Kevin Whalen

@Kevin this time i did right thing i guess :) - Tunahan E. Bilgin

Thanks, Kevin! Very generous of you. I can't wait to play around with it. - Kathy Fitch

Tunahan, invite sent. - Kevin Whalen

Your welcome Kathy!.. You should also have 25 invites to pass out.. - Kevin Whalen

Ah, I see--how fun. Reminds me of the days of passing out gmail invitations! So, now I just need to work on building a base of friends for my new page, there. Way cool. - Kathy Fitch

I sent a request. Hope you still have one. - Ryan Dadey

If Kevin runs out, I'd sure be happy to follow his lead and share the wealth! - Kathy Fitch

I'd like one....I just friended you Kevin...as well as Kathy for good measure :) - Mark Krynsky

Fyi...here's info on what this new YouTube functionality is about http://www.techcrunch.com/2009... - Mark Krynsky

hey. i friended Kevin & Kathy on the YT as well... i would likes me an invite, please. :) - Jim Halligan @jim

If there is one available I would be interested in testing it out for FFundercats - Johnny Worthington

Great! Mark and Jim, you're all taken care of! Invites on the way. - Kathy Fitch

thanks Kathy. i'm down to spread the love now 25 left... - Jim Halligan @jim

dheydon (at) gmail dot com TIA! - Darren Heydon

zjemily at gmail - ElijahBailey-Zu of FF <0,

Jim, I sent you one, as well. Play it forward, all! I'm off to sleep (perchance to dream). Lots left, so don't hesitate to friend me there if you need one, too. Email not needed. Just friend AxisPortals (or whoever else is playing it forward), and then the invite is a snap to send. Night, everyone! Kevin, thanks again for getting this rolling. Fun! - Kathy Fitch

thank you sir, if anyone is looking for invites hit me... - Dobromir Hadzhiev

cool i added you as a friend, im heyddn - Darren Heydon

on its way Darren - Dobromir Hadzhiev

nice one, thanks for that - Darren Heydon

Just sent invites to ryandadey, gadovo. It appears some others were hooked up already. I have 10 invites left.... ok, back to bed.. - Kevin Whalen

i'll have one if i'm not too late. jviddy at gmail - Jamie Vidamour

Bwana was looking for one yesterday. I don't know if he found it. - Tendonitis' Bitch

Jamie - YouTube only allows to send invites to friends, so send me a friend request first: http://www.youtube.com/kevinaw.... - Kevin Whalen

I have 9 invites left - Kevin Whalen

serbayarda@gmail.com i sent you friend request too - Serbay Arda Ayzit

Serbay, invite sent.... 8 invites left - Kevin Whalen

Can anyone with invites friend me on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/jesipr - Jesi

Kevin I just added you as my friend (Jesipr) Please send me an invite. - Jesi

I have lots left. I'll check my account throughout the day and add anyone who doesn't have one already. - Kathy Fitch

hey kathy can i get one please ? - Kashif Khan

Kashif, yes--just send me a friend request, and I'll add you and send you the invite. I'm AxisPortals on YouTube. - Kathy Fitch

Hey Kathy I will add you (Jesipr) Please send me an invite. - Jesi

Okay, I added Kashif and Jespir--invites on the way. Still have 20, so don't hesitate to ask. - Kathy Fitch

Thanks a lot, if i get some ill post here as well - Kashif Khan

wait a sec, i have invites so please feel free to ask - Kashif Khan

:-) - Kathy Fitch

Patrik, invite sent....5 invites left.. - Kevin Whalen

i just added you Kevin - /haleydaily. If you stall have any. - Josh Haley

Josh, invite sent.... 4 invites left - Kevin Whalen

Thanks! - Josh Haley

thanksss - Serbay Arda Ayzit

just friended you can i get a invite please thank you - Brian Moore

Just gave out last 2 invites... Brian, I think one went to you... - Kevin Whalen

I still have some for anyone who is looking--just say the word. - Kathy Fitch

thank you Kevin! - Brian Moore

could someone invite me, please? my user is: /tommarques thx! - Tom Marques

Just added you as a friend.. Can you please send me invite? EMail id at, http://scr.im/jigar - Jigar Mehta

Sorry, but I gave all my invites out last week. - Kevin Whalen

I still have some. Will check and add next time I log in to YT. - Kathy Fitch

anyone? please!!! user: polycarpo3 - polycarpo

would anyone be willing to send me an invite, please? http://www.youtube.com/user... thanks! =] - jon

I would like an invite please. My youtube url is http://www.youtube.com/user... - Joshua

I'm actually out of invites. - Kevin Whalen from email

Hello My e-mail is mbiskin at gmail dot com . Could I get an invite please? Thank you very much - Murat Bişkin

I'm all out. - Kevin Whalen from email

TheHenry to TheHenry's feed, Invites

I have one Google Voice Invite! Anyone want it? I will choose at random!

August 4 - Comments disabled - Like - Share

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Anyone? - TheHenry

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I didn't know invites were live yet. - Eric Geller

I have an Extra One. - TheHenry

Ahhh, okay. - Eric Geller

Anyone want it? - TheHenry

Congrats Jerry! You won! :) - TheHenry

{grin} got it. Thanks a bunch! - Jerry Chacon

No problem. Enjoy :) - TheHenry

I'd like to get one too if anyone has an extra. Thanks. - Mark Smith

Jerry Chacon

jerrychacon.com : Rewarding Kids for the Wrong Things - http://jerrychacon.com/...

August 10 from Intense Debate - Comment - Like - Share

"Agreed." - Jerry Chacon

Jerry Chacon

jerrychacon.com : Rewarding Kids for the Wrong Things - http://jerrychacon.com/...

August 10 from Intense Debate - Comment - Like - Share

"Doug: Thanks for visiting. It's been a while and I hope you and your family have been well. On your points, I don't, of course, know what your son's ceremony was like. My daughter's ceremony...as can be gleaned from our Flickr ( http://u.jc.vc/wxats ) stream ...was pretty close to the one described by Daniel Zwerdling in the NPR piece. In fact, the picture on the NPR site looks pretty close to some of the pictures of my daughter on Flickr -- gown, mortar board, and tassel. Looking back at my daughter's graduation, I think that a party would have been fine. Sitting in a big circle with families with each kid in turn telling a story about the prior year or their hopes / fears regarding the coming year could have been a lovely closure for that chapter in my daughter, Malena's life. Heck, even a little performance / play / sing along would have been lovely too. Instead, Malena's ceremony was accompanied by the graduation anthem...names were called...the kids walked across a long..." - Jerry Chacon

Jerry Chacon

jerrychacon.com : Rewarding Kids for the Wrong Things - http://jerrychacon.com/...

August 10 from Intense Debate - Comment - Like - Share

"Thanks bud!" - Jerry Chacon

Jerry Chacon

jerrychacon.com : Rewarding Kids for the Wrong Things - http://jerrychacon.com/...

August 10 from Intense Debate - Comment - Like - Share

"Janet: I presume you mean "what a difference a year makes". I absolutely agree with you. I felt a bit uneasy then...the robes seemed a little much, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. And then, this last year was a year in the Waldorf system...what an eye opener. I am sure I will continue to offer recognition / rewards to my kids that in retrospect will make me cringe, but I will try to keep Botstein's (and the narrator's) comments in mind. Thanks for visiting! -- Jerry" - Jerry Chacon

Jerry Chacon

Re: Brittany Bohnet - http://www.brittanybohnet.com/post...

July 11 from Disqus - Comment - Like - Share

"Brit - If you like these guys, you should try Barefoot (http://u.jc.vc/vghol) in the South Bay (Lawrence/280)." - Jerry Chacon

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blog.iphone-dev.org : - http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post...

July 1 from Intense Debate - Comment - Like - Share

"The files do go by really fast. But with quick fingers, poppap's technique gets 'em. Thanks a bunch poppap!" - Jerry Chacon

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24Kpwn lives on, in the iPhone 3GS! (via feedly) - http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post...

June 26 from Google Reader - Comment - Like - Share

It looks like a 3Gs Jailbreak is coming soon. - Jerry Chacon

Bryan Veloso

could care less about not getting http://www.facebook.com/bryan now. You don't know how long I've been waiting to do this — http://grabup.revyver.com/89ba8b5...

June 12 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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Congrats Bryan! - Jerry Chacon

Invites: Mark Krynsky

Come join me to play a new Twitter game called Spymaster. Just leave your Twitter username in the comments for an invite.

May 29 - Comment - Like - Share

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andruedwards - Andru Edwards

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Here's good tips for getting started in the game http://bit.ly/zhBte - Mark Krynsky

jigarme - Jigar Mehta

johnduff - John Duff

etctips - Matt Stevens

daemith - Лиова

kionee - Nick

wayfmguy45 - Adam Robertson

frankkamadin - Frank Kammerdiener

Sorry it took me so long. I just sent invites to those that didn't have them already. - Mark Krynsky

jesipr - Jesi

liamka - Kirill Kotikov

jerrychacon - Jerry Chacon

Please send me one @jesipr - Jesi

Ok, invites sent to all above. - Mark Krynsky

Jerry Chacon

Fire Sign Cafe (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...

June 2 from Yelp - Comment - Like - Share

"Simply the best breakfast in North Tahoe. Adding too much text to this review seems like "guilding a lily" -- the other 4 and 5 star reviews do a fine job. I will, however, say that the cheesy,…" - Jerry Chacon

garyvaynerchuk

HUGE NEWS! It's a GIRL! Misha Ava Vaynerchuk came into the world at 937am at 8 lbs and 5 ounces. Lizzie and Misha are doing great! OMG!

May 31 from Twitter - Comment - Like - Share

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congrats to all. that's excellent! - Jerry Chacon

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Congrats to the Vaynerchuk family. - Bryan R. Adams from PeopleBrowsr

Congrats!! Welcome to the world little Vaynerchuk :) - Charlotte M

Wow congrats Gary! BTW girls rock :) speaking as a dad of one! - Peter du Toit (S.Africa)

Congrats on the new baby girl! I remember the day my daughter was born, like it was yesterday. She is now 4 years old and I don't think I've ever laughed this much in my life. She is pure comedy! Enjoy your time with your daughter, they grow up too fast. - Josh Landsberg

Congratulations to Lizzie, Gary, and Misha! Hope she looks nothing like her father :) - Daniel Kenney

Congratulations! - Abbas Haider Ali

Invites: Phil G

I have 40 invites for Aardvark (http://vark.com) in case anyone still needs one. I need a name and email address.

April 26 - Comment - Like - Share

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Hey, thanks! My email address is me at larryhudson dot org, and I think my name is apparent > - Larry Hudson

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Thanks! - Larry Hudson

amirhg at gmail please. Amir Gharaat - Amir Gharaat

Everyone who replied to this point should have an invite now. - Phil G

Thanks a bunch Phil! - Jerry Chacon

VariXx at gmail if you've still got any left. Thanks! - VariXx

http://emailcover.com/b8X. thx! - brainno722 (Peter)

Salazar miguelangelosalazar at gmail.com - Salazar

Hey Phil, I'd appreciate an Aardvark invite. You can reach me at sushaantum at gmail dot com - sushaantu

please can I have one also? email address is my last name at gmail.com. - Kostantinos Koukopoulos

may I have one,-------------------- - Matthew

Ok invites to all above have been sent. - Phil G

thanks! - Kostantinos Koukopoulos

pneumo at virgilio.it thaks ;-) - pneumor

I didn't get one...brainno722 (at] yahoo dot com...thx...Should I check for spam? Who is it going to be sent from? - brainno722 (Peter)

Ok invites sent. Pneumo, your profile is very incomplete.. can you tell me three general areas you would be able to take for questions from aardvark? - Phil G

Please send me an invite: aardvark at derlinzer dot otherinbox dot com - thanks! - Ralph

I'd love one: guruvan@yahoo.com Thanks. (more bio on my blog too if needed) -Rob - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

I would like one, my email jesi (dot) nieves (at) gmail (dot) com - Jesi

Thanks Phil! I'm enjoying trying this out. Pretty cool. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Got it. Thanks. - brainno722 (Peter)

Can I have one too if some are left? Thanks! integserv@gmail.com Frank Kammerdiener - Frank Kammerdiener

I have 20 as well if Phil runs out. - guruvan (Rob Nelson)

Hey one for me please Email at aardvark@siddy.oib.com - Sidharth Dassani

Ok Sidharth, I have sent an invite. Frank and Jesi, did you get an invite already? - Phil G

Not that I am aware of. Checked my mail but didn't see anything. - Frank Kammerdiener

Ok Frank, I shot you an invite. - Phil G

Received all right. Thank you very much! - Frank Kammerdiener

i also sent sidharth an invite. - Ralph from email

I'll take one, if you don't mind: dan.dashnaw at gmail [dot] com - thanks! - Dan Dashnaw

lawmacs@lawmacs.com the name is gary - Gary lawood

i'll send gary an invite now... - Ralph from email

Hi, im Camilo and I'd like one of those invites, thanks. my email is camilo.galeano at gmail.com - Juan Camilo Galeano Mejia

Send me one at wins at zenbe.com. Pls. - Wins Fern

Hey Phil, do you still have invites available?... would like one :)... jorge dot avila at avilaintegradores dotcom - Jorge Avila

Ok guys, I have 23 invites left, please use this link to get yourself set up: http://vark.com/s/jJ8l .. when they are gone they are gone :) - Phil G

Here's a link with another 15 invites for you, should Phil's not be enough: http://vark.com/s/dM7a - Ralph

probably too late but matt and matt@envisage-tech.com - thanks! - Matt Stevens

There's still plenty of invites, Matt. Just click on one of the vark.com invites above. And that goes for Jorge, Corrigan, etc who still need one. - Phil G

If you have an invit, I'm interrested. Send me at pgbs1mw5qg5i8tj@jetable.com Thanks - Jonathan

Robert Scoble

I'm sitting with @anamitra who is the "monetization guy" at Twitter. Here's some things he's told me, and you can ask your own ?'s:

May 27 - Comment - Like - Share

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They are resisting moving toward advertising models, instead looking to sell features and data to businesses. - Robert Scoble

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He's giving the keynote this morning at the Twitter conference. - Robert Scoble

There is a Twitter conference? Streaming? - Darin aka iGoByDoc

He believes that consumers won't buy "premium features" but that businesses will. - Robert Scoble

What kinds of features? - Steve Lynch from twhirl

Darin, sorry, no streaming. Bandwidth here is really bad. - Robert Scoble

Maybe Twitter should buy Yammer to get a decent premium offer. - Ruud van Wijngaarden

Steve: things like data about engagement for brands, or sentiment, etc. - Robert Scoble

They should define a "business" as anyone with over 5000 followers or something. These are the people using Twitter to monetize their own stuff, so Twitter should monetize them in return. - Keith Fulton

What services could Twitter sell that are already not being sold or are free with other services? - Darin aka iGoByDoc

will they sell vanity urls? Oh, wait...Twitter gives those out for free. So what features? - Jerry Chacon

Keith, he says that's not an easy question. He says that they can separate out people who are using Twitter for commecial purposes. - Robert Scoble

Use an Amazon affiliate URL, get sent to the penalty box! - Daniel J. Pritchett

Think he is right on advertising, look at Open Table IPO, 30% above the IPO price last week, pay per head not pay per view with the business picking up the tab could be the right model. Online ads will get flat with actionable metrics paid by companies that are not tied to ads should be huge but will be a beast to program for companies. Middleware programmers will clean up in this big new shift. - Chad Harris

I think media outlets who for instance use a # for a specific show could be charged for it? There are lots of ways that # could be used (and also abused/spammed) - Raymond M. Kristiansen

Jerry: the data set that Twitter has is quite interesting. That was pretty much the theme of the conference. Lots of developers here are studying the data. One developer last night bragged to me that he has 800 million rows in his dataset. That's the new status. How many millions of rows can you push into Slicehost! - Robert Scoble

I have an idea for the monetization guy --- Don't sell out to the "celebrities" and auto-recommend people for new accounts because they have paid. The people that really use social media aren't idiots and we don't want our computers to be full of TV and Radio ads. If you put ads in front of our faces, we will go somewhere else. Old media is DEAD!!! - T.S. Elliott

T.S.: agreed. I think that's why Twitter is so resistant to advertising models. - Robert Scoble

How will twitter differentiate itself from other twitter search / data miners out there? - Jerry Chacon

Jerry - my thoughts exactly.... - Steve Lynch from twhirl

Robert: I'd ask if they're currently generating any revenue, and whether they're selling analytics/aggregated data at the moment. - Ken Sheppardson

Totally agree T.S. Elliott - Amiroo ™

T.S. the one that's really going to clean up here is Google, anyway. - Robert Scoble

Ken: he says they don't have much revenue yet. Almost none. - Robert Scoble

Given the focus on revenue, won't Twitter now charge google for access to the data + metadata? - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Robert: The thing that FB has that TW doesn't is lots of closed groups -- you said so yourself -- so in the mining game, FB has an advantage over everyone else. TW doesn't seem to have the same kind of advantage. Which causes me to wonder if the only thing left is a Netgravity-esk feature of targeting ads based on some sort of deep algorithm. - Jerry Chacon

Jerry: easy. They have the full dataset. Everyone else only has pieces. - Robert Scoble

Robert: I'm not sure about that. Pre-acquisition, Summize had a full set. - Jerry Chacon

Mike: I asked that and he answered that he doesn't know what kind of partnerships Twitter will work on with the search data. - Robert Scoble

Mike: translation: if they are working on such a deal with Google they aren't willing to talk about it yet. - Robert Scoble

Re: Ads not working. People respond well to Entertaining content that advertises. It can be done. I welcome good ads on twitter. - Ian Wright from BuddyFeed

So what does this TW guy think of the conversation that has cropped up here on FF in just over a minute? - Jerry Chacon

Jerry: yup, Facebook has many advantages Twitter doesn't. Twitter has advantage over Facebook, though. A larger public dataset and a brand that's white hot. Plus developers are building lots of cool stuff because Twitter is more open with its dataset (Facebook only lets developers store data for 24 hours). - Robert Scoble

Ian, wouldn't a "good ad that entertains" be exactly what Twitter wants - a thoughtful brand that is using metadata to focus responses to active folks - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Jerry, I haven't shown him what I'm doing here yet. :-) - Robert Scoble

@Chacon - he probably thinks "the Twitter API is awesome!" - Daniel J. Pritchett from IM

Off to work for me...thanks for the conversation guys. - Jerry Chacon

hehe - ask him if we can pay to have all of our past twitter posts available instead of some arbitrary limit based on good the database is feeling today ;) - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Jerry: I think this is what Twitter has to get right, facillitating the conversation. Now it is to much seperate messages shooting around, if you pass the 75 friends or more. - Ruud van Wijngaarden

Ruud: That's where FF blows Twitter out of the water. - Jason Hansen

He corrected me and said "I'm not the monetization guy, I'm just a PM." - Robert Scoble

so does he know anything then and what does he think of FF? - Thomas Power

Are there any particular feature sets they are waiting for (outside) developers to write? - τorƍue

robert - will they offer third party devs a chance to inject metadata back into the stream and share in the revenue? - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

And his project is to manage monetization right? :) - lisa padilla

BTW... anyone know how Seesmic & Tweetdeck plan to "monetize" ? - MarkHirsch

Mark - Loic has mentioned a couple items already publicly, but yes we are looking into multiple ways to monetize - bear (aka Mike Taylor)

Mark: I'm sure those applications will have a paid version later on. Tweetdeck is still in beta, not sure about Seesmic as I don't use it. - Jason Hansen

Mike & Jason... thanks... sorry for getting a little off topic.. - MarkHirsch

It still seems like a pay-to-post model for very large posters is the most obvious way to monetize to me. They are the ones getting monetary value from their posts. What is hard to define about that? Or is it that those people (Oprah, Ashton) are the ones creating the buzz about Twitter and we don't want to drive them away now that they are big? - Keith Fulton

Are they going to sell the real time data? - Francine Hardaway

Business accounts could work just like Facebook fan pages except they'd be paid to access. For instance - bulk mail all of your followers a full-length message... - Daniel J. Pritchett from IM

Daniel that would suck! - Francine Hardaway

Hardaway - what's so bad about that? You can always unfollow people who have premium accounts if they spam you. - Daniel J. Pritchett from IM

I'm really curious to see what comes out of this data that's valuable to businesses. In my feed, I only see a really small percentage of Tweets relating to a particular business or customer service need. And those businesses tend to fall into a somewhat small niche of websites, entertainment (music/movies), Apple and telecom complaints. - blake

Jerry Chacon

Fredrick's Fusion Bistro (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...

May 15 from Yelp - Comment - Like - Share

"Fredrick's struck us as "hip" when we entered -- copper tables, big murals on the walls, and really friendly servers. It is somewhat small though (28 seats at tables, 12 seats at the bar), so…" - Jerry Chacon

Jerry Chacon

Fredrick's (5/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...

May 15 from Yelp - Comment - Like - Share

Jerry Chacon

Rosie's Cafe (4/5) - http://www.yelp.com/biz...

May 15 from Yelp - Comment - Like - Share

"Tried to go to Fat Cat but it wad closed for renovation. We started to walk back to the car to re-group, saw Rosie's a few shops down the street and decided to give it a try. What a gem! Our order…" - Jerry Chacon

Robert Scoble

THIS CONTEST IS OVER, PLEASE DO NOT COMMENT ON THIS ANY MORE. Thank you.

March 14 - Comment - Like - Share

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THIS CONTEST IS OVER. THE MONEY HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN AWAY. I'm giving away $4,500 of my money. The contest will be here in friendfeed between now and Tuesday afternoon. Ends 3 p.m. Austin, Texas Time. Winner will be picked live on http://www.ustream.tv/studio at 4 p.m. Austin Time. Two ways to win: First way to win ($1,000). Leave a comment here. We'll pick one winner out of a hat randomly. Second way to win (Two prizes of $1,750 each). Leave a comment about how you will use the money (use only one comment here). I'll pick my favorite two messages and announce a winner on Tuesday afternoon. Good luck! - Robert Scoble

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Good way to keep us engaged Robert :) - bcultral

only that? too easy Robert! :) - directeur

Robert "Ben Stein" Scoble :) - Mattb4rd

Will it be tax free? :P - imabonehead

pinched nerve in back from military accident.. might be outta work for a bit. - WithoutInk

I'm in. - Paul Grav

Sweet awesome robert! - TheHenry

Simple is good. :) - Heather Solos

Robert, Ben Stein beat you to that game. Try and be first rather than a fast follower. :P - Lorin Olsen

What are the rules? International ok? :) - Holger Eilhard

I'll happily leave a comment here. - Aaron Crews

Congrads on the new venture:) - Rob Cairns

I'll take it in Canadian please .. - johnpiercy

Lets be honest- there are few people who literally put their money where their mouth is. Mr. Scoble you continue to impress me. And I have said this before the contest. - Alyx

I declare myself ineligible for the first way to win :) - Douglas Gourlay

Do you have to be an American? Cause I could use a new laptop :) Plus the USD>AUD exchange rate is pretty good at the moment ($1000 USD = $1500 AUD) - Bryce, Low in Sodium

Cool ....I need new Laptop - Michael Holzinger

#43 - Brian Daniel Eisenberg

Prediction: this will be the most commented thread on FriendFeed ever (chance to win $1000). - Mike Doeff

be sure to let us on the detailed result of this new experiment of yours - Georgios Kasselakis

really? :) - K.Fatih Özçelik

oh...pick me pick me pick me :) - Stephanie Segel

Will you give me more if I say rackspace.com? - Jason P. Brown

woohooo! Anton like this. - Anton Johansson

c'mon fingers. find me in the hat. - Jason Kane

OK, I'm changing my comment to go for one of the $1750 prizes. I will offer to donate all of it to a mutually acceptable charity in exchange for an appearance with you and Steve on the Gillmor Gang. If Jason can buy his way onto Twitter, maybe I can buy my way onto the Gillmor Gang! - Kent

Are you still going to the XMPP meetup on tuesday? - J Allen

Good luck to everyone! - Amit Nangare

money talks :-) - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Leaving random comment here for $1000 yo! Can I get that all in pennies and not rolled up? Preferably in gallon milk jugs! - Jason Moffatt

I think Mike will be right - Henrik Johansson

I would use the money to 1. Donate and support our local Milwaukee tech community (events like web414.com, BarCampMilwaukee.com, and Bucketworks.org) and 2. purchase some more tech items (i.e. mac mini, video camera, webcam) to enhance and encourage more interaction with development and the tech community. - Sam Dodge

I'm in too ... - Leo

$1000 for a random comment. I suspect we'll have a record number of comments. But what kind of hat will you be pulling the name out of? Austin Cowboy hat? - Andrew Leyden

well, this is one way to get me to actually use my friend feed account =) - Travis

I'm echoing the earlier comments, free money + your reach = most commented thread. - Steven Cains

I could use it. Ill be out of a job in 2 weeks. - Armando

sweet. i like free money =) - Arin

Second way to win (Two prizes of $1,750 each). Leave a comment about how you will use the money (use only one comment here). I'll pick my favorite two messages and announce a winner on Tuesday afternoon. Good luck! - Robert Scoble

I'm game. But don't shoot me. - Steve Lowe

why would you do that? - Burçak Sayınsoy

is this part of the bailout? - Thomas Jelonek

Pick me! - Henry Irish

hook it up! - Zachary Poley

Robert , Congrats for Building43.com ! - Rocky

Open to anyone in the world. It's my money and if I get sued I'll make fun of you on Twitter. :-) - Robert Scoble

So let me get this straight, I just leave a comment here? Will this $1000 be reported to the IRS? :) - Craig Eddy

If ever there was money that could be used to buy gadgets guilt free it is Scoble money! - Joe Pierce

Building 43 sounds interesting. Can't wait. - Andrew Bashore

need cash for new company my wife and i are starting -- to help offset the cost of adopting our next child. - WithoutInk

all i have to say is, more cow bell please :) - Ivan Stegic

I LOVE RACKSPACE!! - CG

I'll talk about the contest later on http://www.ustream.tv/studio - Robert Scoble

Isn't this a nice way to test how scalable Friendfeed entries really are? :-) - Yuval Atzmon

Will use it to buy Arrington a hairpiece after the TIME article. - Mike

Please, no, you're better than Ben Stein (although that's not saying much) Are you trying for the most comments ever on a Friendfeed post? Because I can certainly see that coming. - The Web's Wendell Wittler

What kind of hat? - Geoff Schultz

Scoble--congrats to you and Rocky! Keep up the great work! - Joey Hayles

Neat! I'd spend the money fairly selfishly... on bandwidth bills for http://enjoysthin.gs - Ted Roden

How would I use $1750? Three words: Pay. My. Rent. - Stephanie Segel

Are friends and family excluded? - Tina Chase Gillmor

Oh well, why not! maybe the hat's lucky! - vanweerd

I'm just here for the cash. - Jim Mitchem

Nicholas - would like to work with you at Rackspace, was a senior systems design engineer for Sony Broadband SW Development + Broadcast Integration Division(s) SW Systems Integration and testing, also senior technical project manager on Google's infrastructure upgrade + Verizon's FIOS fiber-to-the-premises nationwide. I also spent ten years in post-production in hollywood as a senior tech support engineer / consultant to the stars. I like bad food, long hours and the warm glow from completing projects. - Nicholas Chase

Hmmm, how do you post a comment on FF...??? :-) - I Spy

Feel free to donate lol - hiphopgame

I would use the money, to help buy a mac for the family. We are in need of a new one, and right now our current one (a powerbook) is starting to die out. I already have some money saved up, but not enough. Thanks for doing this Robert! :) - Techno Todd

thanks for making friendfeed notifier go insaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane - Caio

I'll use the money to buy a laptop for my soon-to-college daughter, as well as to fund her scholarship searches& college visits this summer. She's leaning towards working in special education, continuing the volunteering she's done with her high school's Options Program (http://www.paulvi.net/academi...). - Craig Eddy

My friend (14) and I (15) are working on a subscription web service that we want to launch this summer and some additional runway and start-up capital would really be helpful. We do have some experience with this stuff -- we did iJailBreak (www.ijailbreak.com) a year or so ago and had millions of hits and a million downloads and a lot of coverage (Gizmodo, TUAW, Digg front page multiple times). - Ben Feldman

I want Robert's stimulus package. - Daniel Sims

This is my random comment for the random pick! - Mona Nomura from fftogo

Hi Robert - Pick me! :) - Susan Beebe

if i didnt know you, i would have un-friended you for a post like that. "i'm giving away money. details to come." Congrats on the new gig! - fansnap

If I win, I'll spend it all on ale and whores. I'm in need of both. - Onur Cengiz

$1,750? Ok, I'll give the half of it to a charity, that is: $875 — and the other half will be my contest's gift. My contest? The one who donates the most to that charity wins those $875. And yes, I'm serious :) - directeur

I don't know about the tax consequences. I'll try to find out. Basically this money is money Cisco paid to me and I'm just shipping it back out. So, this money will be counted pre-tax, I'm sure, and you'll probably need to pay tax on it. - Robert Scoble

First comment: Hope my comment gets chosen! - Kevin Poirier

Fabulous - Jon

Sweet! $1000 would be lovely - Vanessa Scanfeld

you can give away money in this economic times? ;) - Simon

I'd be using the money to finance my freelance work and get a half-way decent video camera. I'm working with a friend of mine on tooloftheday.de (nothing to see there yet) to produce videos of popular tools, tips, tricks, howtos, etc... - Holger Eilhard

Throwing my piece of paper into the hat. Crossing my fingers! - Troy Malone

man, my feed is going crazy... stop it guys :) - Ingo Di Bella

OK Robert, I'll bite and leave a comment here. - Herne

Second comment...I will use the money to buy as many clever domain names that I can in hope that one day, when you are creating your "next big thing" that you will have to purchase the domain name from me realizing that you had in fact, through me, had purchased these domain names in the first place. - Kevin Poirier

I'm also available for 1/2 time work for $185/week (Rails sites) http://tefflox.net/JesseCr... Thanks :-) - Jesse Crockett

Thats a internet first i guess, good luck to all contestants :) - Yunus Tunak

For the 1500, I will donate all proceeds to #smackdown. - Mona Nomura from fftogo

If I win: I will use the money to lend out some of it on Kiva.org, give my brother (12 years old) his own domain/hosting so he could start a wp-blog there and maybe buy Spotify premium =) - Anton Johansson

I would buy a new macbook pro with it. I have the old one, and Was hoping to buy the current one. I would then give the old one to my brother and I would use the new one! :) - TheHenry

I'm in!! - DanDan

I would use it for the prizes I'm giving out daily on my twitter game @I_spy_treasure. Robert, you can win it back... (and so can anyone else...) - I Spy

Lasers. - Lasse Johnsen

I will use part 2 to donate to Kiva.org and match it with Cisco's matching gifts program - Douglas Gourlay

I would donate it to my homeless shelters. - imabonehead

I'm giving my winnings to congress to spend wisely : ) - Joseph

Congratulations to both you and Rocky on the new jobs. - Ron Schott

Count me in! Could use the extra $$ to buy a mac and see what all the hype is about. - Tim

I would create a company called One Laser Per Child. - Lasse Johnsen

This is my comment. I would use the extra $1750 to pay for me and Lindsay's trip to Gnomedex this year. It would probably be enough for us to come up and stay a few extra days in Seattle. - Internet's Tad

That'd put a dent in my taxes. Ugh, freelancing has its pains. - Andrew

nice! i could use some money :) - krist80

Would be silly not to comment... although I have nothing interesting to say right now. - Jen

umm..ok i'm in! - Michael Lemmon

Even I can manage that! - Jeremy Brooks

Everyone else is doing it... - Rochelle

Is there a third way to win? I'd use the money to offset part of the costs of moving to Portland in the spring. Moving from New York with next to no connections to see what it's like living on the west coast for a while. - Mark Trapp

Did I win yet? - Robert Collazo

Sadly, I'd use most of the money to pay bills, but in the spirit of ff, I'd take a smaller portion of it to play a similar game on my ff. - Randall Rodakowski

What I'd do with $1000? Get them converted to Euros :) Would most likely be spend on "offline" needs, like a new bathroom - dieck

I suppose spending it on crack and hookers wouldn't win the prize, would it? - Ian Betteridge

Feeling like a winner already. - Tsega Dinka

I will use the $1000 plus 119,000 more dollars to buy a spot on the Twitter "Suggested Users" page. - Sprague D

And you r giving your money away why? - Andrew Finkle

it'd go toward my first Mac - Jeff Mincey

118 comments in 17mins, progress report.. :) - Yunus Tunak

Count me in! - Wim Mulder

Interesting; I'd give a bit more than the the money to an unemployed friend for necessities(car repair, rent, food, getting back her phone with Nana Lemon singing Nena's famous anti-balloon protest song) in cash and perhaps a small gift - RAPatton

I would use the money to go biking in Tibet and give everything that's left to the Tibetians. - Henrik Johansson

Robert why are you giving away money - not that I am complaining- but curious! :) - Susan Beebe

I'm game - Ken Nicely

I'd spend mine on women, booze and a Mac. - Ed Hudson

I'd use it to stretch the time I can work for equity-only before our startup gets funded! (Why doesn't federal stimulus money go to something like this which actually creates jobs and innovation instead of banks and auto companies?) - Dale Larson

this should be interesting - Robert Accettura

The chances of winning Scoble's money are slim. But the comments are hilarious. Love them. - I Spy

This is easier than a lottery ticket! We must be in an experiment or something, knowing Robert. - Cesar Arevalo

Sure why not - Rodfather

I will use the money to go PyCon, learn new skills, network, mention how generous Robert Scoble is, and do a sprint to improve FriendFeed PyAPI--which, by the way, you should use to select the random winners from this thread. https://launchpad.net/friendf... Thanks in advance. - Chris Lasher

Clever way to show the power of friendfeed! - Emee Pumarega

For $1750: I would pay a portion of my wife's college tuition, buy my daughter a netbook, and my son a practice guitar amp. - Mattb4rd

Great idea! Count me in. I think you should give your money away monthly. - Grace Ciccone

I'm Here. Wow. I''ve thrown the laptop up on a 56" JVC LCD HD. Convergence! Just watched you on the Gillmor Gang. Feels like TV to me. It's great. Something's definitely happening. - Stephen Pickering

Love it...I'm in - gavin

that's not that much - Jesse Fornear

I'd spend the money on a new display, I really need one - Dobromir Hadzhiev

Not my first comment on a Scoble posting here, but first with a potential payoff. - Tom Landini

I'm in. How I will use the money? will buy server for XdbE project - Elmira Gazizova

With $1,000 I could buy all 57 Used & new "Naked Conversations" books from Amazon and still have enough to buy bottle service at the club. - Andy Fields

would like to be able to try new technologies while still being a student and on a student's income = ($0) - Shane Grant

Cool, count me in :-) I would use the money by buying 2 HTC Fuzes for me and my love. - Sarah Peterman

Count me in! (for the first way I guess :P). - Mauro Borione

What can I do to get your $$$ Robert? How about a virtual dance from my dogs? - Jeff

get Diabla my pit bull puppy hip surgery sooner rather than later - shayne catrett

haha, what is it all about? - 13% мужчин

I would use the money to help fund a small-scale electronics lab, which has been a dream of mine for some time. It would serve as the perfect place to plot and create the robotic army that will eventually take over the world! Also it would teach me lots that would make me very attractive to an employer, or capable of creating a business of my own. - Daniel Bruce

It would be hard for me to decide how to spend the money. There is so much, yet so little, being given. Because I'm a crazy Linux-lover, I think I should take the selfless route and donate at least part of the money to various Linux/open-source programming projects. Though, I would have to be careful to make sure that the money is not wasted in the style that Jeff Atwood describes (http://www.codinghorror.com/blog...). - Rishabh Mishra (p248)

<cold><oddsized><red>here's my comment</red></oddsized></cold>. I've made my comment colored and differently shaped because supposedly those will get drawn before all the other regular looking comments. It's cold too because that's how the Knicks got Ewing first in the draft. - Todd Hoff

Well, I need a new kidney, and there just happens to be one available on Ebay for $1000. (The previous portion of this comment is an utter lie; both my kidneys are doing fine, I am gainfully employed, do not need the money as much as so many on this thread, but Mastercard would really love to have it.) Congrats and good luck with the new venture, Robert. - Phil Essing

Very cool! - Josh Haley

Hey as long as were giving away money - count me in ;) - Rob Jones

sweet, a thousands eh? converted to $ JMD that's 90k, groceries for 2 months:P - Gordon Swaby

i'd like to thank my good friends olasofia and tav for mentioning this opportunity to win $1000 randomly, and if gratitude to one's friends isn't enough, how about this: i will give the $1750 for the best answer to this question: now that there are 100,000 people paying attention, what single action can we all do next tuesday that has the greatest social impact globally? - happyseaurchin

For either amount, I would look to pay down some of my pressing debts and apply the rest towards a rainy-day fund. The 10% paycut I took three months ago has not helped things. - JA Castillo

I'm on spring break now and my school was nice enough to lend me a Canon 20D (a little old, but I'm still glad to have borrowed it). Usually, only people who are part of the after school photography club can take it out, and seeing that I'm not, I was quite lucky. They gave me a 28-135mm lens, which looked ok to me. It was the last lens they had available, so it was take it or leave it.... more... - Michael Forian

hmmm just leave a comment for a $1,000 dollars, not sure what to say... - Kevin Tunis

$1750 for a cheeky mobile app, any more would be telling - Yant

I'm here. pick me :) How would I use? I'll buy a netbook and some books. - Dogan Tuncer

i am somehow reminded of ben stein - Adam Singer

Testing the mix, testing, testing, one two, one two, - is this thing on? - Martha

I would use the money to do what I do with all of my money...support my wife through graduate school :p. Thanks for the opportunity, Robert. - Neal Jansons

Give it to Michael Forian! He seems so well-meaning! - RexEveryhting

Big Spender Robert. Who knew? - Michael Fidler

I'm feeling lucky. - Laura

Cool! I saw your new venture announcement (live) earlier on my old iMac, which I would love to replace. :) - Rob

I'm an unemployed community manager formerly of Silicon Valley. Hoping to spread new technology from NorCal to SoCal. - Kimberly

recently laid off, this would really help, *fingers crossed* - Nick

Pick me, I've got medical bills to pay-off. Boring I know, but it's really how I'd use any extra money. - Curtis Phillips

I'll donate the money to GM. Nah, forget it. I'll worry about it if I actually get it. - Hal

I will throw my virtual hat in the virtual ring for the not-virtual $1000. What is the other $3500 going toward? - Her Lindsay-ness

Working on a little something in the review space with a friend of mine, $1000 could cover a bit of initial hosting. - Jack Bogdan

Hmm, adding that to a house down payment would be nice. I imagine there's others here that could use it much more, though. - Jordan Hofker

peace on earth..... - imran

Wow...a comment can win me $1000!?! - jamar78

Awesome. With $1,000, I'd use 50% to buy shares of F, GM, BAC, etc... and we'll have even more money to hand out. With the other 50%, we could also make 20 $25 loans at a Stanford MBA microfinance project, so the money recycles and has more impac (and have FFers decide which projects to support). Gumball Capital http://news.newamericamedia.org/news... or Kiva.org http://kiva.org Ideally we could even start a fund to support out-of-work FF'ers. - Mitchell Tsai

@scobleizer - please give me your money. if you do i will use it wisely to help pay for a macbook & if i get more than the random $1000 prize i will use it in a philanthropic manner - Chris Heath

I'm probably use the money for a new bed for son, and upgrade Shelly's computer - jamar78

I'd have to use it all to put toward the $1,900 deposit due next month for the Friends school for which we got an acceptance letter, on behalf of our 10 yo, earlier today since my partner's reaction was that all I needed to do was to go out and get a job Monday! We've tried public schs (& their lotteries) in Boston & DC and have come to this... If that wasn't pressing, I'd use it to put... more... - Angela E. Taylor

updated to say - please give the money to someone in need. If I were to have the money to give away, my choice would be to http://www.theanimalrescuesite.com. - BEX

Wait, in this economy, you giving away money?! - Adi Rabinovich

So...dear! Did you sign the cheque? Yes? Now send it to me! LOL - Lora Lufark

all your money are belong to us! - Geek Cowboy

It would be really cool if this money went to a charity in need, in increasingly tough times. - jjprojects

I'd use it to buy myself some time to finish a volunteer project I'm doing for my alma mater - making a website that is an archaeological cataloger and academic discussion space all in one. - Joey Brunelle

posting comment. crossing fingers. knocking on wood for good measure. - Anita

I'd use the money as a donation for my favorite charity, www.4everhomes.org, helping orphans and foster children get adopted. - Lynn Owens

I will use the cash to invest in a MacBook for my wife so she can be mobile and still do her school work and finish that degree finally!!! - Geek Cowboy

Well after the football team I support (Nottingham Forest) lost 5 -0 today I would spend the money on buying myselft a place in the squad. I can't be any worse than the current goalkeeper - Paul Bainbridge

I'd give the money to children of San Diego http://www.alphaproject.org/ - David Krug

I'm in - Jack Kendall

Putting my entry in the hat. Hope this is truly random because I don't have anything interesting to add! :) - Matt Baron

With $1750 I'd buy Canon PowerShot SX1IS 10 MP CMOS Digital Camera with 20x Wide Angle Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.8-inch LCD @ $600, a 2nd Gen Drobo populated with four 1TB Western Digital Green Drives @ $849 via TwipPhoto and a GigaPan Epic 100 as soon as its available (probably about $500). All of this will support my GigaPanning habit: http://www.gigapan.org/viewPro... - Ron Schott

James (imabonehead) & Robert, $13,000/yr is allowed by gift tax limits,... so no tax if it's from Robert's personal money. - Mitchell Tsai

Great idea. I'm in. - Bill Romanos

I would use the $1750 to pay for the laptop that my daughter wants for her 11th birthday at the end of the month. She will be entering Jr. high next year and could use a faster more up to date computer than the 5+ year old hand me down desktop PC running Win2000 that she is presently using. - Jeff P. Henderson

i would be glad to invest it into a macbook pro... - Progresif Cem Gencer

Craziness. That kinda money could feed my voracious tech and gadget habit for quite a while. - Brooks Bishop

OK, I'm in. Though not for the money: I want to know waaaay more about Building 43! - Jordi Soler

I'd use the money to invite (pay for flight/hotel, etc.) someone really cool (Harold Varmus?) to the next ScienceOnline conference. - Bora Zivkovic

Building 43 and Rackspace FTW! - Bill Koslosky

I'll use it to buy 2 new monitors. 1 for tweetdeck and 1 for Alert thingy - Jeff (the メガマクダジ of FF)

Hi Robert. A noble venture to be sure. We would put the gift to use saving our art studio. The after effects of dealing with the Basin Complex Wildfire that burned Big Sur have left us in a precarious postiion. Truth be told, we'd rather have a big commission than the gift. Work is always better on so many levels. Perhaps we can bootstrap ourselves back to where we were and afford to offer the same gift to others in need one day not too far off--Pay it forward. Best wishes on Building 43 & thanks. - B.E. (BJ) Johnson

me I'd take my wife out to dinner and then seriously consider buying a MacBook Pro :) - Steven Hodson

I'm in for the $1,000 random drawing (because my $1750 answer would not be memorable - pay my bills). - Laura Norvig

Give half to charity, then spend the other half on upgrading my skills (educational resources) - Mo Kargas

What did I miss? - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Do Canadians qualify? - Brian Sullivan

I just caught up with what the other money is for. If it was awarded to me I would use it to help a couple I know get started in Aikido. Their kids are in our kid's class, and they had been trying to find the finances to join for almost a year and had just figured out how to start and then the husband got laid off... They're having a hard time making ends meet and I know that they would... more... - Her Lindsay-ness

What a cool contest, Robert. I can't wait to see how it turns out. - Glen Campbell

I'll donate the entire $1,750 to Phoenix Children's Hospital if I win. Same goes for the $1,000 if I win that one. - Aviv

paypal address to follow ...... :) Good luck with the new gig Robert - Charlie Anzman

With $1750 I would help that YouTube girl scout girl, Wild Freeborn, reach her goal of selling 12,000 boxes to send her whole scout troop to camp. Got to give the girl some credit for thinking outside of the box. - Tyler Brownfield

_/\_ Namaste (greetings) from India. This is simply awesome Robert. Would be great to win a cool 1000 USD. That's a lot of money in India. ;-) - Shinil Payamal

Here's my comment. I would use the money to fight against DRM - Marcos Marado from fftogo

My mother has been an avid Obama supporter doing a great deal of volunteer work before & after the election. She recently lost her job & wants to start something new. She will need an audience. Robert, I'd love to use your money to hire YOU to coach her on how to do that most effectively. - Rob Michael (Atmos Trio)

Money..! Will use the money to travel to India this summer, visiting, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... with my family :) - Karthick R

maybe because I'm the first Italian to write about it :) http://www.fluxes.it/flussi-... - Andrea Contino

Haha a single thread from Robert turned us all (briefly I hope) into marketers :) - Mo Kargas

What the heck I'll throw in a comment...I would use the money to fix up the bathroom at my parent's house. - Amber, Random Time Lord

This comment is random. - Dave Roth

Great idea Robert! If I won I would take your portrait for free :-) - Bill Pennington from twhirl

Cheese and rice! This comment thread is giving FriendFeed Notifier a run for it's money. It's an interesting character study on what people will do with free money. Me? I'd pay the IRS & give to my favorite charities. - Anthony K. Valley ©

If this comment gets chosen at random, I hereby refuse the money (always test the exception conditions of any algorithm). If I win one of the other chunks, I commit to donate the money to @eff (EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation - the leading civil liberties group defending your rights in the digital world). - LogEx

I thought I already commented on this? - Herne

And the other way to win? - Alex Scoble

I would find 17 worthy people under the age of 16, who are helping their community through volunteerism or have started businesses and give them $100 each to help them reach their goals. IMO, helping young people is the most noble thing those of us above the age of 40 can do. And I'd spend $50 on take-out dinner with my wife. - Scott Duffy

You win if you're last on the thread, Alex ;) - Josh Haley

here and ready to spend the money for new ipod touch :) - Nahnu

why? - Anthony Farrior

$1000 with which competitors can enter the bet would be google! - Harun R. Demirbaş

Hi Robert. I can haz $1,000 plz? kthxbye. - Joey Gibson

DONT PICK ME!!! </ reverse psychology> - Alfredo

If I win the prize money will go on my school fees and the rest will help me to buy a netbook with a full-size Scoble sticker :D you crazy! - İbrahim Uzun [ j ]

ROFL, Chris. - Alex Scoble

Money would help so much you have no idea. :) - courto

I'll use the money to send 2 teachers in my school district (Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools) to a technology conference somewhere to learn about Web 2.0 technologies. - Tim Cooper

If I win I'll use the money to buy a copy of Autodesk Maya 2009 Complete. Then build cool things. Thanks for the chance Robert. - Andrew Smith

pick.me - Bob Stewart

bring it on - jkkmobile

Hi, and who are you? Thanks Robert. - Daniel Buckley

Sounds good, here is one comment. - Grant Bierman

I would channel the money to ongoing biomedical research in the lab I work in (UCSF). - Pedro Beltrao

*wave* - Jan Schwenzien

How will I use the money? With pleasure, thank you Robert. - Tomi Itkonen

I will use the money to start my non profit and purchase educational/tech material for my son's school. Warm thanks Robert. - Yanik Falardeau

And as for what I would do, I'd build a new desktop pc (and switching my current one over to act as my media/web pc), buy a true dSLR and donate some to charity. And if there is any left over, pay back some minor 'loans', which I guess I really should do first... - Grant Bierman

Hi! İ m not speak english so not comment writing :D(ingilizce bu kadarmı berbat olur ya:II) Thx You Robert. - Mehmet Alp

Hey Robert, If I were to win the money would go to a project myself and a few other early stage entrepreneurs are starting to help get people who have lost their jobs back to work in the startup community. I know it wouldn't go very far but it'd get it kicked off. Otherwise just give us some help (which would be better anyway) and give the money to the guys who have to pay school fees or rent or buy food for their families. Their need is greater. anton@udoogoo.com if anyones interested in helping - Anton Mannering

Great.I'm in. - OnuRC

this post is going to get a hell of a lot of comments. - Thomas Hawk

Random is random, Chris. :) Thanks for the thought though. - Alex Scoble

Just another random comment. :) - Zian Choy

Why am I giving away the money? Because last week we did a job for Cisco where they paid us to do some videos. I am giving away my cut because what Cisco is doing is important to pay attention to without you worrying about whether I am paid off to say so. Also, I'm very fortunate to be in the position where I can do it. I thought about paying Jason Calacanis to buy some of his tweets, but thought that money could help someone out of work more. - Robert Scoble

liked - Yusuf Esenkal

I think you should give it all to Jason ;o) - Ken Morley

Love being crazy. Let's be a bit. If i won the money, I'd make my ideas and projects real. - Cem

I would use one of the $1,750 prizes this way. I'm currently photographing people that ask me for money. I give them $2 for their portrait. Instead of the two dollars. I will use the the money to add $50 to each $2 (total = $52) to the next 35 people that I photograph as part of this project. After I photograph them for the $2 I will give them the extra $50 and tell them that it is from Robert Scoble and will document each person's story, photo and reaction in a blog post. - Thomas Hawk

i'd like to thank my mother, my father and all the people who helped me win this :p - Sofia Bustamante

interesting !! - Murat Can Demir

Hat off! - Alemsah Ozturk

Sounds good to me. - Herb Hernandez

I changed my mind. Give it to Thomas! ;o) - Ken Morley

Hmm I like Thomas' innovative idea - Mo Kargas

I couldn't tell you what I would do with $1750, but I do know I would give some away to good causes like my underfunded state school or the public school drama and music programs, and I would probably keep a little to save or update my home technology. - Steve Lowe

This is my first comment : Gods of Randomness, choose me ! - Alemsah Ozturk

how many others have signed up for Friendfeed to try and win $1000? Scoble, you should be a Friendfeed spokesman... :) - chelle

Best of luck with the new gig! Have fun at SXSW! - Trevor Little

I wonder how many new FF accounts this thread has been responsible for? Many first-time posters here. - Ken Morley

This is my second comment: I will gonna put your $1.750 to eBay tagged as “Robert Scoble's first FriendFeed Competition money“ and I'm gonna wait & see what happens :) - Alemsah Ozturk

Sounds fair to me. I'm in. - Henry Burger

Random rules - ted perlmutter

why not publish this on an indian and a turkish newspaper? this will def drive this post to records easily... and i am sure, i'll get the macbook pro this week with scoble's sponsorship... maybe i'll brand-name its alu-case with a thanksgiving note to scoble and his sponsor... time to start coding on textmate... - Progresif Cem Gencer

My niece in Mexico is on a partial sports scholarship at the university she attends. She's been supported by her mother who worked at a liquor store to help pay my niece's way. My niece's mom recently lost her job and fears she cannot financially support her daughter's education. $1,750 would pay for six months of university studies. If I were to win, that's where it would go. Good luck everyone. - Andrew

Thanks for the opportunity Robert. Good luck on your new gig! - andy

What would I do with the money? Well I'd put some towards my debt and paying my Mum's house bills. But I think my family could do with a nice break or trip away somewhere - my Mum hasn't really gone out since the death of my Dad last January! Time away from the house would do her the World of good right now. - Kol Tregaskes

Really? - Vinay | विनय

Hi Robert; good luck at Rackspace! My $1,750 would go toward my Rackspace bill of course (well, that would cover it for a few months)! - Binyamin Bauman

My second comment (for the 1K). This would go to the same niece...it's 3 more months of school. - Andrew

i dont want it... { reverse psychology } - Cem Öztürk

laykk! - Taylan GERDAN (Tylolhot)

My wife has put up with a lot of sacrifice as I've worked on http://ourdoings.com/ and money's been tight so I haven't been able to make up for what she's done. I'd use the money to take her somewhere special, and of course I'd share a picture/map of where we went here on FriendFeed. - Bruce Lewis

Oh for peats sake, it should at least be easier than winning the lotto. I'm in. - Eric @ CS Techcast

I'll comment and be random...it's a good day to be giving away $$$ :) I would use any money won here to help my friends who are in such horrible need right now. (the story is on the blog and all over my FF stream). I may be unemployed, but I have a roof over my head, food on the table and can make some $$ freelancing. My friends are hanging on by less than a thread, already stretched way too far. - Karoli

Hey man, I love money. Also, I have no job. Also, I will say some incitement here: LEO LAPORTE IS AN ALIEN - Mike Nayyar

Make me your AIG! On the cheap no less. - Tracy Viselli

Well here goes nothin'. thxbye - April Miller

I'm pretty random... I'm in. - Jamie Grove

I wish I could be at SXSW. - Christopher Knopick

i'm feelin lucky :-) - Cardeen Martinez

Interesting promo Scoble. Comment and win money. Cool - Sam R

so this is how you comment on friend feed.... - Noel Gomez

looks like i have a 1/300 chance of winning (right now). i'm predicting this number will diminish to 1/950. - Kevin Pruett

just to be safe.. - Cardeen Martinez

Count me in! - Aaron Draczynski

good luck :) - Ömer

I'll throw my name in the hat. - Chris Owens

Since my wife (school teacher) got laid off from her district on Friday, I'd use the $1,750 for tuition to help her get a Special Education certification, since districts are still hiring Special Ed. teachers. In turn, her continuing work will help pay for my son's tuition when he starts college in the Fall. My son wants to eventually become a lawyer so that he can influence policies that would ensure that people get a good education. - Glen Campbell

Sounds like a plan. Let's see if FF has scalability issues with their comments. - Michel Goldstein

Yea! I need some money! :) - emdot

Why, not... Thanks Scoble! - Jim Porett

Welcome to the ScobleCashMachine. Enter your comment. - Olivier FAURAX

Put my name in a small hat and draw from it. - Ken Worley

I'm in. - aykut

If I win then I'll donate 0% of my proceeds to charity. Even more than that, I'll DOUBLE it. - Cody Robertson

Trust me I am still looking for the details.... Can't find them! - Ricky

Who wouldn't want to win? - Tom Silk

This is my first year of trying to "make it" on my own, with a camera and no "real" job. Just trying to scrape by ... to be perfectly honest I'll use the money to help pay off some debt that I have acquired since I started, which has definitely been causing me headaches and frustration. My husband has been a gem, paying the majority of the bills since I make very little, and I want to be closer to breaking even with my debt so I can start to help him out. :) - Nicole Young

Scooby dooby doo! - Haggis (Sean Loyless)

new sponsor ? paypal ? - Gökmen Karasu

Hope the hat is a big one, this thread is getting pretty full. :-) How the money would be spent? Pay off some student loan debt and put a chunk in our 5 year olds savings account...he (as well as his entire generation) is going to need it by the time he's an adult. - cmiper

robert başkan parayı buraya getir. - bahadır canberk

Wow! I've outgrown my entry camera and this price is just what I need to be able to fulfill my dream; a Nikon D300! Please make my dream come true, Robert! - Graphfruit

Hit me, Fortuna. Papa needs a new MacBook. - Will Parker

robert are you a photographer - Dixon Hamby - Dixon Hamby

Geez, it's 2:10 am here in Berlin and you start just another interesting stunt. I will take the 1.750 US and pay a programmer to finish our "Virtual intelligent chatbot" project which offers affordable AI Avatars with personality for all kinds of virtual worlds like Second Life, Gaia, the web, Opensim etc. They'll be our 24/7 virtual workforce and a way to create immortal interactive portraits - Gaby K. Slezák

I like this idea. I'm talking with some friends this evening about how they'd each allocate $1750 if they were given this much money today to do anything with--most would share with friends and acquaintances that are going through tough tmes. One would help a friend who just closed down his company and is in need of dental work. Another would help co-workers whose hours have been cut... more... - Loren Heiny

I own Cisco stock. love that Co. - Christopher Mann

Count me in - Peter Szaro

a subject very interesting, congratulations in advance:) - Serkan Cura (XiLoNeN)

An interesting way to find out what the limits (if any) of FriendFeed comments are. Also: show me the money. - Richard Akerman

Damn Robert Scoble: I meant "overly engaged" this thread is off the charts! - bcultral

I'll get me some of that - Phil Coyne

It's very interesting to see how many new people your offer has attracted to friendfeed. - Anne Bouey

Great idea! Count me in. - Mike

A comment for the $$$ - Jess Gibson

this sounds fun. - Wesley Robin Guerrero

I'd like to win :) - Sam Houston

i will love you forever. and evah evah. money would be spent on a nice camera (i'm studying photography) and supplies. working with a 5 year old p&s is getting tiring. :) - shannon

How can anyone NOT click 'like' or comment? I definitely 'pLike' (the p is silent - btw) this thread. :-D - Sean Hanna

a stunt? sure, but I could use an extra $1k. count me in, scoble - Seth Long

If I win the $1750 it will be applied to my son's tuition as he starts college this fall. - Jess Gibson

Sure, why not! - Jasmin Patry

Is this stimulus money??? If so I'll use it to build infrastructure. There's a giant pot hole in our alley. I'll buy bags of cement and repair it myself. The neighbors will love me. - Greg

Who am I and what am I doing here? - Kris

I'm on it like white on rice. - Jay Lara

Wow, I'll take some money - I need hard drives for my Drobo. Seriously, I need to start up an emergency savings account. - Bryan Villarin

A chance to get paid to comment? Love it! - Ginger Kenney

First, here is the comment. Second, I would use $1,750 to travel back home to Russia where I have not been in five years with my toddler son so my grandmother who is very ill in her old age could see her only great grandson (who's 19 months old) before she goes, and so I could take a one dream portrait of them together. She's been a big influence in my life, and this would be the way to make the portrait and their meeting possible. - Ivan Makarov

Could really use some money to help plant some seeds for the future - Leonard Nelson

I'll buy an Iphone and with the rest put in my IRA to reduce my tax bill. Hey, helping economy and investing in business. Not bad. - Stephen Pickering

i would spend for my interrail trip.. - Yasin Müderrisoğlu

This is my lucky day, an email today said I won the UK lottery. - Bob Gannon

I'm going to buy half a Canon 5D Mark II. Or pay my bills. - Andrew Trinh

If i win, i triple win , because i live in a third world country (Argentina) and for every dolar y get $3,60 on our local currency, which is a good ammount of money here, for example, i could eat for 1 year or more :D - Ignacio Guerra

Ok. I would donate my winnings to the Bernie Madoff Defense Fund!@#$%^ - bcultral

I have dreadful luck when it comes to these kinds of things but I could really use this money. I have no car & desperately need to buy one. - Mattie Kenny from fftogo

Cool. And speaking of cool, PlanetHeidi.com is very cool. - dunsany

between building a new house, a new baby and a new job, I am sure I can put it to go use, btw congrats Robert on your new venture, I shall be keeping an eye on it. - Shane Wolsey

Cobble Sorter (anagram of Robert Scoble) = my random comment for the first part of the draw. - Daniel Rowley

Wow, there's like a lot of comments here! Great idea for publicity, Robert. Carry on... - Kevin Trotman

Watching Robert on Ustream right now. - John Rubier

$1000 USD goes a long way in Canada :) - Ryan

Thanks for sharing the wealth in more than one way - Matt Penning

I could have an actual vacation and pay down some more debt. - Todd Tripp

$1000 is mine! please? thanks Robert - planetMitch

1. my comment for 1k, 2. $1750 would be split into 3 gifts of $250 a piece to encourage the best new open source projects, and the other 1000 I would invest and reinvest in http://kiva.org , selecting entrepreneurs in third world countries to invest several microloans in. Its' a gift that, over time, can be reinvested over and over to benefit many! - David Silvernail

Take my hardworking wife on an overdue vacation - she supports me thru the IT bubbles. Thx hun! - mal

Probably will give it back to you, winning could be cool enough - Burcu Sarar

LOOKING for work but hand out will help - Ron

I'm in as well. - OyaD

C'mon Robert money or not now ya still benefit more with the insane publicity - Mrsth

well, we are curiously waiting the result, and also i'm in.. - Mücahit Yılmaz

Smart one - Heni Hazbay

Word Of Money. I am in:) - Yunus Arslanoğlu

I'll take it if your giving....it will go towards the camera fund! - Noelle Bell

I would use it to promote my tiny little super niche social news site http://HeavyAsHell.com The campaign would involve helping bands go DIY and avoid evil record companies. - MarkCarras

What kind of sick social experiment is this? :) - Oren Shomron

I'm in - Josue Fontanez

mmmmm, austin. i miss Trudy's, El Mercado, Magnolia, Wanfu, Kerbey, Chuys, Fonda San Miguel, Dog & Duck, Thundercloud, Waterloo, Amy's, Little City, Hut's, Green Mesquite. aw heck and Taco Cabana and Whataburger too! if i win, i'll spend it all on restaurants in Austin! - poxaV

pick me - Ryan

OK Robert, add me to the pool.... - Gregg

You can't win unless you play! Ok, I better start praying now.... :-P - Brian

My father-in-law is laid off and his unemployment eligibility runs out in about 4 weeks. No place around here is hiring, and $1,750 would be the equivalent of extending his unemployment benefits another 5 weeks. Thanks for the chance, Robert. - Civisi

:) - Orhan Yediyıldız

Hello, giving away your money randomly? I can comment for that. Best of luck to all! - Ronald Paul Corbin

Will you next tell us its limited only to Americans? I hate contests on the Internet, or anything on the Internet, that says "limited to the USA". The Internet is borderless... so should its contests and prizes - Colin Charles from twhirl

Thanks. I would use the $1750 to help my grandparents. My grandfather is 73 and my grandmother is 72. They just lost their 15 year home to foreclosure and are pretty much starting over with not a whole lot of time left. They are both on fixed income of SS and are now renting a house and trying to survive with the help of friends and family. When he as younger and had more money he was always the first one there to offer money to friends or family to help, even if it meant he went without something. - Jonathan Gotcher

Robert please consider partnering with (Facebook) Seattle's Seeds of Compassion 2.0: The Compassionate Action Network (Twitter: @SeedsCAN) -- this organization is building a supra global network of "Compassionate Action Networks" (a bunch of ex McCaw, Softies and CISCO) -- currently in the throws of leveraging Social Media and Seattle's creative communities (music, tech, film). Last... more... - dakini_3

I wanna buy a jet ski, that's my MONEY! - sofarsoShawn

Random commenting! I hope FF doesn't fail whale! - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕ from BuddyFeed

If I won, the money would go into putting insulation in my daughter's room & closet. Any leftovers would help buy a gas stove & fridge. :D - Zulema ◕ ◡ ◕

My, there has been some very good comments about what people would do... And some very needy people out there. - Grant Bierman

Like most, it would be an unemplyment extension for me. As mine ran out, no jobs in the area, and times are tough. But hey, BUCK UP not DOWN! the only obstacles that exist are in your mind. - Ronald Paul Corbin

Crazy! Hope you are enjoying SXSW! I'm in Austin but can't attend it. - Head Ov Metal

I'll put some of the $$$ into donorschoose.org for some local classroom requests and the rest to fix up my car. - Pete Delucchi

comment left here - Brad Nickel

Count me in. - Keith - @tsudo

This is a cool idea. - Bluesun 2600

I would take the $1750 and go and get myself a root canal, so I could finally get out of pain. And if there was any left, I'd donate it at www.kiva.org - Bec Rowe @d0tski

Will comment for money, any time. - Dinah

Alright, I'm a sucker for free money so here goes... $1750 would be enough for me to buy an oven, sod my yard, and still be able to donate half to a charity. - FFing Enigma (aka Tina)

I wouldn't say "no" to $$ - Ted Louie

I could use $2,000 just to pay off my credit card. That's about it -

A $1000 would be geektacular. $1750 would buy my way into the cult of Mac. - Melinda

Monkey? - The Bohemian Penguin

Wow! Count me in! Sure could use that money to attend JavaOne this June. - Rom Feria

$1750: Others need the money more than me, I'm sure of that. But ... that said I'd give $500 to a local library or literacy charity. $500 toward my home down payment fund. $150 to a kidney charity (my daughter only has one kidney). $100 for flowers for the wife. $100 for a bike for my daughter. $200 for a brake job. $200 to send at-risk kids to a Giants game. - AJ Kohn

I would pay off our one remaining credit card and put some portion toward a down payment on a new car. In fact, I'd probably give a slice to the EFF as well. I haven't given to them regularly since my last layoff. - Ha3rvey (Free hugs!)

why would you do that? It's a sort of social experiment? - Niki Costantini

Will invest the money in my new unique microblogging startup :) - X-Man

I wonder how many comments in this thread are their first on FF. Well I'm in. If I won money, some will go into savings and some will go to my favorite charities: Autism Speaks and Atlanta Boxer Rescue. - Carmen

yay first comment ever, though I suppose I should be commenting more - Wang Yip

Wow, a lot of people commented just while I was writing my own! For me, half the money would be for savings and health insurance while I'm still trying to get a job (recently graduated). The other half would be for the non-profit arts organization my friends and I just founded in our hometown, which has no supportive creative outlets for its youth. The money would help produce the tri-high school theatre competition we are currently planning and hope to put on soon. Great offer, Robert. - Kelly

One comment, coming up. - Michael R. Bernstein

Comment comment comment! - Andy DeSoto

my comment - Mathew Spolin

For $1750 I'll either blow it on more photo or computer equipment. Or sock it away in my kid's college fund since it'll probably cost more than half the organs in my body to pay for by the time he's of age. It's a tough choice. - ronin

I'm all for free money Robert! - Michael A. Baydoun

Who wouldn't comment for a chance ... lol ;) - Brandon

If I win the money I'm going to establish world peace & have tons of sexy bitches serving me grapes. - sofarsoShawn

I would finally upgrade components in my PC and pay off some of our upcoming wedding debt! - Mike Kogelman

$1000 would be nice, but with $1750 I could do even more. Either way I would Pay It Forward http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... - R. Oglow

I'd put it on black - John Kitchen

A percentage would undoubtedly go toward the health care fund, unfortunately. I'd allocate some for art and film supplies and give away the remainder. I've seen several comments here mentioning worthy projects and needs that are certainly deserving of attention and support. Thanks for sharing, Robert! - Chris Weige

Circuit City lay off would use on BILLS, BILLS, and oh yeah BILLS - Ron

I want to win your money!!!! - Andrew

Wow. This is kinda cool. If I were to win anything at all from this, I would ask that the money be instead given to fellow FF'er Anika Malone because it breaks my heart that her and her family are having to go without hot water, a dryer, their stove...due to their gas being turned off. Hard times have struck too many good people right now. :( - tinypants - Hagitha of FF

400+ comments...wow! Guess 1000 bucks is motivation. I'd put the cash toward my photography efforts or go the boring route and invest it for now. - Justin Korn

Why would you do that? Anyway, here's my comment. - Saner Apaydın

The pure capitalist social media business model: simply pay users to come. - Michael Krigsman

It's so easy a caveman can do it!! - Fireman17

I would use the money to pursue my passion of creating LOLcats & bring endless joy to all the world forever. - sofarsoShawn

I sit here naked as I type. By the way, they're real, and they're SPECTACULAR! - Abbie Kendall

If I won, I would ... go to Disneyland! - Jerry Chacon

lol, great Seinfeld reference!! - Michael A. Baydoun

If I won the non-random cash prize, I'd use it for expenses while I was off work, recovering from my (upcoming) third brain surgery. - Abbie Kendall

I would love to use the money to stimulate the economy by purchasing a new hot water heater. Our current one is in need of being replaced. - Vaughn

Cool, this would help me stimulate the economy while I wait for my California state tax return. - Stephen Ip

Question: Is it one comment per way to win or one comment in general? I've made one comment above that says how I'd spend the money. Now I'll just be random: PURPLE MONKEY DISHWASHER - Bryce, Low in Sodium

Okay, I'll play. I would return your money to you with a "let's do something better than this" remark. I would then ask you to actually read (reread?) the email I sent you about helping me get in contact with NPO's re: starting an OLPC-esque SMS-device project for said devices to be delivered in care packages around the world (via Red Cross, etcetera, etcetera) so that the poverty stricken and people in disasters could actually communicate with the world in real time. - trench

Good job ! - Alper

I am making this comment as the IT/Communications Director of FHL International, Inc.http://fhlinternational.org I want to feed babies of poor working and nonworking single mothers. I want to change the oil in their cars when they can't afford it or know how to. I want to feed their children good wholesome food. I want to give the refugees and the lost some hope for another day. If we spend it carefully and wisely we can make it stretch to cover a 3-4 outreaches and give you a write up. - Melanie Reed

random random random. macro lens, macro lens, macro lens. - Andrea Ewald

I would probably also tell you (via your infamous digits) why facebook sucks, why friendfeed pretty-much sucks, and why Twitter sucked but no longer sucks. And then I'd educate you on why we - yes, you and I (and Thomas?) - need to visit Turkey ( http://is.gd/7yQr ) and discuss these things further. Yes, k... logging back out now. Thanks. Make coat not war. - trench

@Robert as the IT/Communications Director, I would invite you to one of our events to cover it, put you on one of our videos and underscore the digital divide and what we can do about it. I would invite you to our UB cafe for the best pancakes in the world and have you look over our IT training provided by the IndyChristianGeeks in Indianapolis, Indiana and meet Dr. Thomas Ho, former... more... - Melanie Reed

Robert, I would also introduce you to my "boss", Merlin Gonzales, who started FHL International, Inc.: http://www.youtube.com/watch... - Melanie Reed

I'd use the money to pay off debt, and take some time this summer to work less and volunteer more. - Michael Kacer

What else would I do with some extra cash from Scoble? I'm thinking about making a difference via http://www.heifer.org/ and http://www.kiva.org - Anthony K. Valley ©

want the money for my project - Abubucker

hah!! most no of comments on FF so far I guess.... - Satya

Would love some money of course! I plan on using at least 3/4 of it to fund a new project I'm working on involving the iPhone and a web service. It would most likely go directly toward the cost of the project (registration fees, hosting fees, learning materials, etc.) - Brandon Titus

can you imagine if I actually won? - vijay

This is really cool. I love seeing all the people who would donate part or all. - Alix Whitmire

@qtbrowneyes - get in here :) We are making FF history. - vijay

wow, always new excitements here on ff, thx for fueling in! - ★ Esther Rudolph

That took a long time to scroll down here to make a comment. - David McDonald

Me FTW - Brian

Good luck with building 43—great name, great concept. - Dave

Great idea, Robert :) - Baard @ Pixum

Interesting experiment. Can't wait to see the final results. - Shamir Katsu

< insert winning comment here > =P - vijay

I'm spending my winnings on wine and women - Zik Daniel from twhirl

Great contest. I'll give it a go. - Michael Molinar from twhirl

Why, thank you kindly, Mr. Scoble. - Victoria Plautia

I'd use the money to get a new iPod Touch and maybe pay the rest to my medical bills. :P - Mol, Time Warping

As far as how I would spend $1750: I'd love to say that I'm going to donate it all to a worthy cause like the EFF or the local mission, but I know I'll be selfish and just end up spending it in a blaze of glory at Fry's or during the next Woot-off. No point in trying to kid anyone here. - Michael Molinar from twhirl

Aargh too many comments to read them all - dK from Nambu

hi! :) - اميــــــــــــــر

Half of that money would be enough for me! please send it to my Gmail account! :) amirapt.at.gmail.com I will be waiting :) - اميــــــــــــــر

Cool way to gain money :) - Richard Holas

I can definately use some cash. :) - Shawn Whitmire

I am in! - Edwin Khodabakchian

I would spend all the money for entertainment :) - Sinem Co

$1,750 or $1,000? In any case it would be a good stimuli to open a startup in Belarus - Aliaksandr

Wow, popular contest! I would use part of it to buy the Rosetta Stone package to help me learn French. I'm taking time off between my undergrad and graduate degree, and I figure learning a foreign language would be a great use of my time. I would use the rest to help pay rent when I get my own place, I'm going to be a Congressional Staffer in D.C. and the living is expensive while the pay sucks! Thanks Robert. - Keenan

If i get the $1,750, i'd give the money as $100x10 and $50x15 AdWords Coupons to the people who searched for the website/blog on pageboss.com for promote their projects like sponsored by Scobleizer.. And if Scob gives me $1,000, i'd spend all of them with my sweetheart Sinem :D - N.Onur ATAHAN

I would use the money to buy a laptop for my wife, a Kindle for myself and one year worth of school for two children that we know and support in Nepal :) - Sam Grover

i need money :-) - Dan

:) If i am lucky enough, i'll pick a random comment on this thread to give this money + 1$. Just to see how loop can be created. - Guy Vander Heyden

One more random comment - sam b-r

I'm in too :) - Eray Korkmaz

1 Timothy 6:10: "For the love of money is the root of all evil." If that's the case Scoble bring on the EVIL! WHOOOOOO YEAAAAAHHAHH EVIL!!! - sofarsoShawn

Beautiful, beautiful link bait. ;) - Chris Nixon from BuddyFeed

Most commented post :) - Roman Zolotarev

Wooow this post will be the most popular post of all times :-) I'm in! - Ahmet Alp Balkan

$1750 would get me a DSLR and new macbook - Duc Nguyen

Wow, great idea to make new friends ;) (but a bit expensive?) - Pascal Hertleif

This is totally insane. I'd probably buy my mom the Palm Pre and 10% will go to charity (like always). - Nir Ben Yona

In a rich man's world! http://www.youtube.com/watch... ain't it sad! - sofarsoShawn

FriendFeed is affected! :-) - Oğuzcan Şahin

I need a netbook for my projects :) - Hasan ÖKTEN

$1750: gonna buy my lover. don't you believe me? her name is gabrielle, check her out: http://www.realdoll.com/cgi-bin... - Okan Vardarova

That's a big hat you need... - Orli Yakuel

Yay! - Rich

I will by my wife a flight home so she can go and see her parents who she misses lots. Which means i'll have sole access to my (our) laptop instead of having to share it. I could just use the money to buy a new laptop but then i wouldn't get teh good sofa and control of the remote as well! - Jamie Vidamour

meow! - zenya isaychew

Let's see if I'm still the unlucky guy I used to be - Boubacar Balde from twhirl

I could be homeless soon, lost my job due to the economy, and getting unemployment that just doesnt cut it, I could really use the money to pay my rent, bills and feed my kitties, contact me via email Kyle.M.Weller+scoble@gmail.com or you could just hire me and I'll help you in any way possible, check my blogs, I could be useful. And I would return the favor 10 fold if I can, matter fact I'll search for 2 other people to help and blog about it/take photo's - Kyle Weller

I would keep half of $1750 and give the other half to the author of the comment I liked most, but only if he/she promises to do exactly the same. - stark

.I need a new Laptop - Selçuk Hoca

I`ll use 1000$ of the 1750$ to buy a lot of comments on FriendFeed :) - Vlad

I thought these kind of things happened only countries like mine which the goverment tries to build a begging culture just to keep the hope alive and dependent to the authority at the same time. Each reply begging for money is adding another brick on the wall of shame. And Bob, couldn't you find another way to publicize this? - M. Serdar Kuzuloglu

If I win I will invest it back for advertising! Just say my name 3 times on twitter like "Candyman". - Los Angeles Dj

So what would I do with the money? Half of it would go to the good cause. I want to create value for people and who other than the less fortunate, handicapped and so on deserve this? Right. The other would go to a business I'm building. One for the people, on that will change our lives fundamentally and is here to stay. - Kris

If I dont win this, i'll be happy to donate my time blogging or helping someone in any way right now, im jobless in Phoenix Arizona, I could do yard work or hook up pc's/fix pc's or help you with your website if I can - Kyle Weller

I'd invest half of it in Google Stocks, then the rest I would pay my rent, get kittie food, and try and advertise www.phoenixstickers.com with adsense so my girlfriend makes some money with it, its new and not very popular right now ;\ - Kyle Weller

Here is my comment : the best way to talk about something is to let people talk about, and 4500$ is a pretty advertising investment. but it is really interesting :) now the question is ; is there any way to gauge the effectiveness of word of mouth? good luck. - abdellah

Mmm....are u crazy Rob? :) Ok! I wanna a netbook give to me only 300$ ;) - Dario Salvelli

i'm in!! - scusanonsento

I'd give the money to Comic Relief (http://www.rednoseday.com/) to buy 250 mosquito nets for Africa. Two hundred and fifty saved lives? Bargain. - Robin Stacey

you are so generous robin you deserve to win :) - abdellah

why? - catepol

I don't need this money :) Because I'm still working. But you can donate to a charity organization if I win. - Süleyman Sönmez

I will spend the money attending game design workshops in when in San Francisco, to improve my theory about the use of game design techniques in social web applications (playfuldesign.org). - Kurai (ff)

@abdellah Hehe. Anything that stops someone from dying of Malaria is all right by me. Besides, it's simple economics. With $1750, no matter how I invest it, I can't do more that what 250 people could do with the rest of their lives. - Robin Stacey

you are right, so let resume (generous, logic, awesome, and with a sens of humor), let ask the question differently Robin : who has no reason to win the money win the money ;) (it seams that all have at least one reason) human are really amazing creature. (ps: me too) - abdellah

I agree, I'd buy a jet ski and have so much kick ass fun! - sofarsoShawn

i'm in is too easy :) - Valentin Sandu

se vinco devolvo tutto a Mantellini - Luca Sofri

Trying to overload the comment stream? - Örjan Lundberg

I am here~~~LOL - K.D.

l'uomo a cui appiopparono la santità - azael ماسيمو

I'll create a new world :] - Ahmet Kakıcı

yes please and I'll give half to my love oh and a bit to greenpeace - Julian Edward

if I win I will give $1 to everyone - Giulio Ardoino

great idea, Robert! hope i'll win it.. i'll pay for my flight ticket, so i can finaly see you:) - Martin

Dear Robert, sağa sola para saçmak yerine gidip bi türkçe kursuna kaydolsanda türkçe öğrensen olmazmı? Hem bu yorumu anlardın bak ne güzel. Paran çoksa işe yarar bişeyler yap canım. - Ahmet Karaca

Robert! :) - Anıl Eren from fftogo

If I win, I will use them to finance my trip to L.A. next August. - Fabio Cristi

I'm in. - Tiziano Caviglia

Count me in. - Alexander Arsky

of course, I'm in. - Lorenzo

I'm in :). - Demircan Celebi

I'm in :) - Rıza Selçuk Saydam

Ecchime. :) - Maxime

I'll take "I'm a Nigerian Prince" for $1000, Alex, err, Robert.! - Kevin Leroux

I have some debts.... and I have 11 sons... 34 grandchildren... 22 dogs... 16 cats... and I am a liar... a neeedy liar :-(((((((:-D).... GIVE ME CASHSHSHSHSHSSH... Ah... Goodmorning Mr Scoble - Daniel

I'd invest the money to my wife's startup that she starts next month. She'll be working around social media, blogs, photography etc. :) - Jemm

if i win i will spend it for go usa this summer. absolutely i'll visit you also :) - haluk

send all the money to germany :D - Carsten

whee! I'd use it to open my deli :) I see free lunches in your future *laughing* hell, I'd even dedicate a booth to you.. with a cool plaque and everything! - russa

This is going to be the longest thread ever - Manuela

I hope the money goes to someone that really needs it - Kyle Weller

Love to know your motivation for doing this Robert. Social experiment? See what people will do for money? You have a financial backing in Friendfeed & are aiming to stimulate usage? Either way, if I win, please donate the money to your favourite charity - Lindsay Davies

if I win I'll make a gift to my girlfriend - Ciccsoft

yo free money? I'm in! - danslarue

I would give it to a friend who is unemployed; buy a new computer, smart shirt and tie, give him his dignity & confidence back. It saddens me to see so many friends hurting right now. - Sally Church

I'll use the money by not using it (well, except for that 4pt escape clause written down below in the yet-to-be written contract between me and Mr. Scoble about the prize) - Daniele V.

oh, WOW! - Viditu

This is the FriendFeed equivalent to leftover pizza in the breakroom. I could certainly use some $ right now. - Phillip

I'd prefer *earning* that money rather than just typing in something non-sense to anyone besides me... (please exclude my comment from the lottery) - Kaan Ertürk

if I win I'll make a gift to Lehman Brothers - azael ماسيمو

I'd rather type in nonsense, can I have Kaan's spot? - sofarsoShawn

awesome robert!! are you part of pres obama's stimulus package? LOL! hope i win the random $1000 contest =) - Melissa Solito

I'll stay tuned :P - Tiziano Tassi

In regards to the first prize, I'm in. - Armin Talic

crazy guy you are! "You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it." (Robin Williams) - Johannan Edelman

@sofarsoshawn: LOL! (Opps another spot now.. who wants it? Maybe I can start another thread to give away my spots) - Kaan Ertürk

I'm in too ;) - saicharan123c

For cheap or for free. - Kevin Carey

So. this is my comment: I would use the money to buy a ticket to fly over to meet you and discuss if I could support you as some kind of correspondent over here in Europe (I'm in Germany). - Till

In regards to the second prize, I'd like to use the money to buy my brother and sister their first macs. I grew up on encyclopedia britannica CDs on Windows 95, they deserve Wikipedia on a Mac. - Armin Talic

@danslarue, "free money" these two word combined are more powerful then a TNT, if you can conceive or even think a second about a concept of "free money" then implicitly agree with the concept of "free work" and beside voluntary work they call it salvation . - abdellah

I would use the $1750 in part to purchase some equipment for the part time photography business (about $500). The rest would go to 2 friends who are hurting right now with Flagler County, FL's unemployment rate at just over 14%. - Jay Caruso

strange that no one, think to reverse the money to the 43 startup!! boys oh boys buy some action some part of this 43 startup may be it will be worth million :) - abdellah

At first i thought i'd start a similar thread and give the money i win :-) but, here's the truth... I'd use the money to pay the next month of dev, working with a partner on our hope to be successful web service. I'm jobless 9 months now, 3 months since we started pushing the idea forward, all done @ home. Will use the most to pay my bills, with the rest i'll buy dinner for some of the homeless people i usually ignore. - Majento

i need a new macbook)) - Как-Там-Её-Зовут

advertorial? - elifile

really? - Moses

gonna go to hollywood - Ozkan Altuner

With this money, I am plannig to start a new company that develops social media applications. So if I win, I can give a job to you :)) - Aydın Kayacık

the entire amount of money will be used to help the local communities in eastern congo and sustain conservation of the virunga national park in congo. if you prefere, you can do it right away without giving me the money, visit www.gorilla.cd/blog for a one-time donation / all donation are tracked and transparent :) - giulio

Brilliant idea and very noble of you, Scoble! (Sorry...I should leave the humor to my husband, who does a much better job!) LOL! I would use all the money to buy as many Radio Flyer kids wagons and send them out free to those that win a contest similar to this one! (I get them wholesale because I am an authorized dealer, so that would stretch the budget a bit more). - Pat Graham Block

I'd spend the money for future trips: I have ever wanted to see the milky way from the earth or see the Northern lights. But maybe, I could put the money aside and spend it for a parabolic flight when I have enough money (that's another lifelong dream). I would also love to go on safari in Africa and see all the amazing animals in the savanna. But maybe I should rent a car and feel the American dream at Route 66? Ah Robert, your money lottery helped my thinking about all my dreams again. Thanks! :) - Timo Heuer

I would use part of the money to donate to some podcasters or webcomic artists who are selling things on their website, like T-shirts, mugs and stuff like that. And buy a couple of domain names. Things I already do when tax return time comes, only this time more. - Derek Coward

Each post you make will promote this thread more and more thus decreasing the expected value, with this rate a post made a few hours from now will probably have an expected value of a few cents. This will be a very nice data . - Tuna

I need a new woman, please Robert choose me! - Francesco Marconi

cool :) I would use $1750 to buy cabinet-type gas-control point for cottage - Igor

! - Jens Christian Freund

I would spend the money of webhosting running free-of-charge computing services for open drug development (using open source utilities), such as used in Open Notebook Science and sorts. - Egon Willighagen

what's up. - pastas9

I think we will use the money to develop a desktop application for facebook very simple, actually, but that still does not exist in optimal form. I thought with a friend, but, since we are both students, we need a bit of $ $ $ to get technical advice from someone for some parts that relate to writing code (I study Marketing, and my friend is the final year of a degree in computer engineering). - Tiziano Tassi

Okey I give in. Scoble, finally you made me signup for friendfeed - shafiu

i'm in. also if this a psyco socialexperiment... - FedericaB.

hahah interesting to see anyways .. how many comments on the one thread - Terry O'Fee

Alright. This is my first entry. Chances are that I won't win....but it is exciting waiting to see if you do. :-) - Thebluestbutterfly

1) I'll spend the money to end my fear for airplane: so I can travel again. 2) i will organize a free public movie show here in Milano, all people sits in the night to watch the screen in the spring air - FedericaB.

@FedericaBellag, interesting :) and what if it is just a plain and simple contest? it may be more "word of mouth advertising" tracking experiment then psyco social one. (love the smile face) - abdellah

Who wouldn't want to join FF for $1000? - Samuel Driessen

I will use the money for paying up my college fees and taking up a course related to VOIP. People like Craig and Vincent of Grandcentral (which I use for 3 years almost), pat Phelan and more VOIP experts keep pushing me to do something great in that area. Also, great its open to any1 iin the world. Most competitions are US ONLY, which is something I HATE BIG TIME. I m in India Mr.... more... - Hardeep Singh Dang

@samuel, no the question is are FF team ready to pay $1000 for any on who join!!! - abdellah

@abdellah ok, let's be tracked then! that's my face at the office ;-) - FedericaB.

I will save the money. I'm an italian student studying abroad (Master in Digital Library), and those money could just be useful. They could be also a way to go in Jerusalem, following my girlfriend. Anyway, goo viral Scoble ;-) - Aubrey McFato

I bet half of the money, the prize goes to the 1000th commenter. - funkyboy from Posty

notice : the headline is "win my money" not "take my money", so we have to make effort, it is not a "free money" it is a make effort and win, so remember it is not "take my money" :) - abdellah

im in :) - shaff

money, money, money - Cengiz Çatalkaya

Adopt me Robert! - Özer (Wrzl) Dölekoğlu

It's so hard to see whole of the comments. 620 including me now. :) - Meriç Dağlı

I would get an iron if I have been searching some water in the desert and I would be the ass part of the Voltran, when we have been arising it.... bacause I am so unfortunate - Lokman Köroğlu

.oO(i SHOULD be able to get D90...) - browneyes

you wanna DDoS FriendFeed :). I will use the money for a ff-contest when i pay people for the best comment. obviusly you can partecipate and win back your money. :P - enzo zadrima

nice ;) - nicolatbr

Let's add a comment to this. - bnoise

I'll donate some charities with 750$ of it. Buy a macbook with 999$ it, and set up a " First commenters win the buck. " contest via friendfeed. :) - Meriç Dağlı

It shouldn't be about the money? What kind of game is it? We still need to wait Is it somehow related to SXSW? - Aziz

Sure do wish I could be there at #sxsw - Gil Rodriguez

Hi, with that sum I would probably take a chance to stop and take time to smell the roses, at least for a while. - ziomau

nice way to see if there's a limit on the number of comments a ff post could get.. - Nicola Maggi

I could qualify for the $1,000, but not the $1,750 as I have two jobs. The only basis I could see is for a complete donation to an organization helping out of work people. We have a food pantry here in Beverly Mass called Bootstraps and a women's shelter in Gloucester, Mass called Wellspring that both would know just where that money could be best used. - Martha

Damn... money can do anything... - Eyal Shahar

I'll be practical when I win the money and invest it in the future....my childrens' education! - Kevin Dugan

@Eyal no, you can't win a contest even if you give money :) money don't do anything ;) - abdellah

@nicolas interesting question, and what do you think? does a thread have a comment limit or no? it all depend on the limitation, will this run eternally?no so there is a number of comment that people will post here it is a kind of buzz after the momentum there will be no comment let say there will be 50000 comment, FF are able to store such data. - abdellah

So being completely unbiased, with little if any interest, if I were Robert Scoble, handsome fella, I'd give the money to whoever stated first they would buy a jet ski due to the fact they are super fun! Oh, who knew, that's me! - sofarsoShawn

Great...I was juts talking over in TechCrunch that Robert does not need luck in his new venture "Building 43" and not it seems I am the one that needs luck to win the $1000 ....:) Thanks Robert Joao/TechFuga - TechFuga

a little is better than none. :) - Geyik Mühendisi

Well I started reading this thread, but I got a 1/4 way through & gave up, >650 comments, that's got to be some kind of record. What post does have the highest number of comments? - Glenn Slaven

Interesting... I guess there's nothing to lose by trying - Adi Sheleg

Ok, can't hurt to put one's name into the "hat"...p.s. good luck dude on the new gig... will be following closely... thinking cloud myself :) - Michael Lehman

Hmmmm. That is my comment - Darrell Bell

Commenting away in the Great Scoble Sweepstakes. - Warner Crocker

With $1750 I would spend half to get to next years SXSW which I am missing this year :-(. and the other half I would spend on sponsoring a deluxe drop in-childcare at the Austin Convention Center for the parent bloggers. - Emee Pumarega

I'm in too:) I would use the money for keeping an exhibition - Nia

Comment! This is the Robert Scoble Stimulus Package - Kreg Steppe

Spinning the wheel. FF FTW ;) - Daniel Krech

10% to charities of my choice, the rest to pay bills and allow me to keep working in the nonprofit sector. I'm at that level where I still need to do outside consulting to come out ahead at the end of each month, and $1600 would give me 4 months where I wouldn't need to get a consulting gig (yep, the budget is that tight) - Jeff Stern

The 4 minihawks would like to donate to their california school district to help offset the 1.5mm cutbacks. - Mrsth

I'm in too! - LJ Kyser

Of course MRSTH could use an overdue marathon weekend away with Mr. Hawk. - Mrsth

I can promise nice pics? - Mrsth

I'm in... - Halil Ahmet ÇAKIR

This thread will explode in 3, 2, 1... - Marta

I can upgrade to a macpro by winning :-P - Richard A.

wow this is the most comments/likes i've seen! - andy brudtkuhl

If I won either sum of money, I'd probably put it toward buying some camera gear, like a Nikon D90 and another lens. I have a couple family events that I'll be taking pictures at, and it'd be nice to have a D90 for them. :) I could go for a D700, but the D90 has video, so that's why I prefer it right now. - Cheryl Jones

@Jason H - Whether or not either of us wins Robert's money, I have a timeshare near Disney that I haven't had the opportunity to use in the past few years. If you can get yourself airfare, a rental car and park tickets, I'll be happy to let you use the week, no charge to you. The dates are October 24-31, 2009. - Sally Robinson

if i win the $1000 or $1750 i would donate it to charity:water or some other water based charity. clean water is the catalyst to healthier and smarter communities - Damian Holmes

what r we copying Ben Stein now? - clarke thomas

Congratulations to you and Rocky on the new gig. - Aron Michalski

With $1750 I'd give money to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, to help fund research for a cure and treatments so my mother and others with MS can have an improved quality of life. I'd also give money to the American Diabetes Association to help my father and others living with diabetes. I'd give some to @smallcanbebig to help needy families locally (Boston) and hope to have enough left over to take my son to visit his grandparents in FL. He's 6 mos. and they've only seen him once, at Christmas. - Sally Robinson

Robert, I want your money. Do I have to work for it? - Aidha

I'm in. I wanne buy ı mac pro. - Rıza Selçuk Saydam

I'm in robert! - Junal Rahman

on that money is the side of the monte man. what's this it :) scoble iki dakka delikanlı ol lan paran fazlaysa git yardım kuruluşlarına, özürlüler, kimsesiz çocuklara ver mngoduum kapitalist pçleri. - Volkan Yılmaz ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶

hehe :P - Geyik Mühendisi

Yes please. The odds are way better here than playing the lotto - Christian Burns

I can't wait to see the effect of putting my name on this illustrious list of luminaries - David Gallagher

that's a smart way to get attention :) - PaperDoll

With USD1750 I could finally prove that friendfeed is not a complete waste of time... - Morten Josefsen

I would probably go for a D90 :-) - Nils Sandin

if you come to shanghai/China, we can have a dinner and go to bar :) - 赛林（土耳其）

I enter not because I need the money (I'd give it away too) but because me entering slightly reduces all of the rest of your chances to win. MUAHAHAHAHA - Nate True

My Scoble $1750 stimulus package spending plan: Give my son (the struggling Mac/iphone developer) $1,000 in "angel funding", get a Drobo ($500), and put $250 in my Grandson's (future Mac) savings account. - Al Degutis

Just for fun :) - Hassan

Pick me, pick me, pick me for the $1000 giveaway (if you don't pick me for the $1750 Scoble Stimulus). - Al Degutis

more people should do this. Many people or businesses could afford to give $1,000 - Lady Lovely Heart

i would donate some of it maybe half to a local worthy charity, the rest would go into a fund that would be used to encourage this type of activity. Conversation building, with the right questions a lot of solutions can be found by crowds - Tweet Feeds

My intent for the big prize would be to replace windows in my home with energy efficient ones. the ones in the house now are cracked from the house settling. they are the original 1959 windows, and they rattle every time a plane goes over the house. very distracting when we are trying to concentrate or stay warm - Lady Lovely Heart

I can haz money? - Bryan R. Adams

Big money. No whammies. STOP. | I would use the winnings towards upgrading my equipment (Mac Pro) since my current setup is pretty bad for video. I would sell my current MBP (2006 First Gen) and use the proceeds towards the new machine. I would pump out twice as much HD content with better equipment. Thanks for all you do Robert..I know whoever wins will make the best out of the cash. - Bwana ☠

Take my husband to the Grand Canyon for that honeymoon we never had--that's what I'd do with some extra cash. - joansjewels

I agree, nice way to get people engaged. - Gary Gifford Jr from Nambu

Show me the money! :) - Ale♫nastrorosa

actually, I don't want your money - Manuela

That's quite ingenious =) - Бутерброд с ветчумой

I'd buy a laptop so that I don't have to wait for the missus to get off the ruddy computer and let me have my go on it!!! - Andy

a nice way to test the limits of commenting feature on a bunch of real people just for US$1000. - 9000

I will use the money to buy $1 stocks in companies that will re-bound or will be more successful in the next 2-5 years due to the ongoing financial crisis. My choice will be guided by those companies that care, share and have flare for others...a community stimulus...hope others will join and build what the "financiers" could not. - Gordon Montgomery

It seems too easy, but.. here ya go! - Scott Breakall

You'll be my best crazy friend! *LOL* - Andrea Spedale

1. Cool 2. Travel for VC meetings so I can finally provide some solutions for RSS that we argued/discussed 2 years ago (delivery of premium content possibly over open channels) - Andy Beard

Random comment left. - domizianogalia

here I am :) - Fran

Yo Robert, did you give it away yet? Here's my chance to win! ;^) - Michael Bailey

@manuela, but personally I want more comment from you. - abdellah

awesome idea. by the way, how goes life without diet coke? - tracy

I'd use it to help an independent artist with their career. Rentals for video equip on shows and music videos with stories that would otherwise remain untold. - Frank Jonen

I'm in - Lucas Araujo from twhirl

I refuse to comment in this thread. - Akiva Moskovitz

How can I win? - Gloria Gordon

Woah! So is this part of the Scoble Stimulus plan? Anyways, if by some chance I did win the money I would use either towards moving out of my parents house later this year or put it towards my student loans. - Mathew™ one of a kind

@Akiva you also deserve to win., I insist please comment this thread please. - abdellah

If I lay my hands on this prize, I'll spent a night playing blackjack surrounded by hookers. I'd also buy a new Palm that Robert recommended lately and spend the remaining amount for ScienceDirect and Jstore subscriptions. - Alan Kodzasov

I'd use the money to go to Korea. - Mark Woodson

I would use the money to fix the economy. - Andy Bakun

Andy: you get it right, please fix that economy. - abdellah

Its enough to buy one toliet seat for the government :) - Roberto Bonini

Robert could fund nails and shingles for building a small seminar facility in the Adirondack State Park. - Jeff Archambeault

With $1750 I would buy a lot of toys for the baby we are waiting.... - roberto ferorelli

I count at least 6 references to "donate to kiva.org" so far. Pretty cool. That is what I was going to write, but looks like many other's beat me to it. But hell... If I got it, I would donate to Kiva.org. :) (make it 7 now). - Shannon Bauman

JET SKI! - sofarsoShawn

Sounds like a great idea. - Tyson Key

awesome idea. - Jessie

Give me $10,000 in unmarked bills or I tell Maryam your giving away $4800. - shelisrael1

joy and joyness! - Jenn Castro

Nothing special here, just want to pay some outstanding bills and get supplies for my 3mth old =) - Mat Finch

Quickly put in a reply while thinking about a smug way of spending 1.750... - Stefan Kolle

Yeah, I think I'll stick with the Kiva donation too. I'm pretty prolific there (a true believer), and have about that amount outstanding in loans, so the chance to double my Kiva loans in one go would be outstanding. - Stefan Kolle

is this gonna have like 1000+ comments? - Jorge Murillo

I'm bummed I couldn't get to SXSWi so I came to Robert's ATM machine instead. :) - Laura Zickus

in. - Richard Lawler

No comment :-P - Richard A.

Bump! - Tyson Key

I'd love to say I'd do something altruistic with the money, but I'd invest it all in my startup (we're doing cool things with information and emotions online). In this economy every little helps :-) - jennielees

Out - Roberto Bonini

Awesome. Looking forward to what's next. - Andy Sternberg from fftogo

Yay, the Scobleizer Grand Prize Giveaway- Still more chances than the National Lottery! - Tyson Key

FriendFeed Scales! - Tyson Key

with $1,750, I would I would set up 7 performance art / photoshoots uptown here in Charlotte in the center of Bank Town at lunch time, wordlessly demonstrating some of the problems (as I see them) with our current corporate culture. I have the first one of these ready to go but don't the cash to set up the others (yet). If I only got the free $1000, I would buy some more studio lighting equipment (much to the chagrin of my roomy). - Shannon J Hager

Why? Why? Why? - Ashish Rangole

in - Roozbeh

Bella idea! :) - Daniele Aprile

It just goes to show you can't be too careful! - Timothy Griffin

with $ 1.750 I would buy a laptop + microphone + router for my parish and start broadcasting with kids. - Astrid Virili

Hey Robert, I think this is the most commented entry on Friendfeed. btw I don't want your money :) Cheers - cihanergur

just testing my luck :) - Deniz (bluesign) Edincik

sure, I'll play. as for how I'd use the money, I'd probably use it to help offset the cost of my lasik surgery. - chrisofspades

I would use the money to fund my own open source development work (within the php symfony framework) as well as supplement my wife's pending maternity leave. Realtors don't get paid maternity leave... Thanks! - Jon Issler

Scoble rocks, count me in! - Chris Pugh

I would use the money to assist my parents in their move back home closer to the adult children. They are currently existing on 18k a year, their Medicare and Secondary insurance cost them 10k. It would help buy their medications. - Janet

I'm sure that there are a lot of deserving people who need this money so best of luck to all. I would give this $ to my mother who had to sell her business after working so hard, cause she was diagnosed with lung cancer. Now she has to work for someone part time cause still sick, husband laid off in Florida, trying to pay off house, med bills, prescrip, barely making it & gov't no help cause not appv'd for Medicare cause married, what? so considering divorce just to afford medical bills & mortgage. - M.E. - monica Edwards

Here's my comment! I'll take my chances. I'm a poor college grad, I could sure use the cash. - Jessica

I've blocked u, so if u wanna get back on my list....:) - Koba Yaschi

This is really good. I'll buy a Nintendo Wii. :) Thx. - marrup -serkan-

I hope people that REALLY need it win ,,, good luck on the Contest Rob .. - johnpiercy

This has to be the most commented thread in FriendFeed. - Nicholas James

Here's the rundown with what I'd do with $1750: I want to do a Power Rangers fan film. No joke. Stop laughing. No really, you can stop now. Power Rangers has been on the air for the past 17 seasons, and it's finally getting canceled. This has inspired me to shoot a film short inspired by the show I grew up with. The $1750 will be invested to bump it up to looking professional. Scoble can be the Executive Producer! Don't pass up on that chance. Ok, you can stop laughing now, lol. - Lisa J

I want money - Tyler (Chacha)

Tuition for 2010 Iowa Summer Writing Festival courses, at Iowa Writers' Workshop. - Paola Bonomo

It would go into the funds I am raising to start a new print venture, tbnl, which will publish great, timeless stories (fiction & nonfiction) in a limited edition (subscriber only edition), a print-on-demand edition available for years and a digital ebook reader. Paying writers & artists on an ongoing, fair basis - Shannon Clark

I'd love to have some Scoble Dollars. They'd help fund my exit from technology to academia. - Tom Morris

Hi Robert, Congrats on new opportunity with bldg 43 Can I share your money with my 18 month old daughter AKA the Joy transmitter or perhaps I could drop it form the sky with my tandem paraglider over the Microsoft campus... - John Clifford

It's impossible not to comment - although if it wasn't Scoble saying this, I wouldnt bother to be honest, as I'd suspect a con ... - Ian

760 comments and counting... - Mike Doeff

I guess a SECOND MacBook would be nice… - Alexandre Testu

Is it for VAT? - Onur ALMIŞLAR

I'd use the money to buy crack. I mean books for children. Oh, wait, it's random... - Jules Morgan

Wow! I think I would invest them for developing an iPhone application - Nicholas

Hi Robert, my first comment on friendfeed, I couldn't resist the chance. You do know that Tuesday is St. Patrick's Day - I'll buy you a leprechaun hat from the parade in Dublin to celebrate! - Niall Sisson

Leaving Comment here. Hope it finds a good home. I would use the money to start a shelter for lost comments. - Joe K

No 419 scammers yet? ;) - Tyson Key

Mmmm... Money! €_€ - Kristian Salonen

Great! As this 'WTF' crisis in Madagascar is causing everything to be sooo difficult now! - Thierry R. Andriamirado

better try... - 252525

That's like a lottery :) I'm in ! - gareth【ツ】

I would put together a new computer, like to see BOINC running on a quad core. - Willem (@wim66) ☠

I'm in. Getting married next month and need the cash! - Nation Hahn

Great way to engage Robert! - Sampad Swain

I'm here! And I'd like to switch from PC to Mac... :D - Giovy

Hi Robert, this is very generous of you, thank you! I've been unemployed since last April so I could use the money for rent, food, bills, etc. I wish I could buy a nice little netbook with the money but maybe once I'm back on my feet I can make that happen. In the meantime, thanks for being so considerate to your readers! Best of luck with the new venture too. - Andy

Rackspace customer and big fan... Looking forward to this new venture! - Charlie Nichols Browning

Surprised you have fallen as low as this Robert. Still, been there and done that before so best of luck and best wishes with Rackspace. - Paul Fabretti

Um, awesome. - Nick Humphries

count me in - Edward Kimble

If I win, will post about the same in my blog and you'll be famous in India too (if you're not, that is). BTW your fan following can add upto 45 million Indian internet users (Smirk!). Now how about that Mr. Scoble? Game for it....Oh man, this is quirky fun! Keep up the good work Robert :) - Sampad Swain

I would use the money to fix _my_ economy. And by my economy, I mean I'd blow it all on strippers and blow. - Jon Ursenbach

The amount of comments in here is insane. What's the record for the FF entry with the most amount of comments ever? Because this one feels like a winner. - Brad Butner from twhirl

you lucky! in Italy we can's setup a contest like that one easily and free, we have to pay taxes :( - Maurizio ㊍ Mazzanti

If I won $1000, it would go to my first Mac since a Mac+ ! - Steve Ellwood

am still undecided on your real motive...... but then again, pecunia non olet..... ;) - denise

787 comments ?? wow!! Scoble u are the Brad Pitt of friendfeed... anyone else see the physical resemblence? - Cody Heitschmidt

Um, no, I don't Cody. Sorry. Scoble is taller. - Roberto Bonini

just leave a comment. well her's mine - Rachel Clarke

well its not identical I know Scoble is a little taller, but other than that Anfgelina could easily confuse the 2. - Cody Heitschmidt

I'm in! - «Weird & Sons»

eh what the heck, im in :) - ralphsaunders

This is interesting, but too many comments to read unfortunately. - Mitch

Sure, Robert. I'll take your money! Can never have too much! ;) - MVB (Curmudgeon of FF)

Simulate me, Scoble! - Robert Owens

That would be awesome, I could put the $$ towards my vacation to Kauai in August. Thanks Scoble, I promise to provide you photos from the vacation PF. - Pentaxfan

I'm bending the corner of my comment so it sticks out - Just Ken

pick me! Pick me! :) - Dania

This is great.. thanks Robert! =) - Timo Ukkola

I'm accepting anyone giving money. Details to come. - Terence

I'll buy whatever Apple is developing with that rumored 10 inch multitouch display.. - Peter

too much comments..pick me! - Scuola di Ladri

. - Smeerch

Jet ski, I need one - sofarsoShawn

... - Barbara-BlackCat

If I win this thing, I'll be most hated person on FF. god help me!. - Ozan Caglargil

For a small advance fee, I can take part... - Gordon Joly

i'm in, too.. - Sercan YILMAZ

You're not really going to write down all these names & pull them out of a hat are you? - Mrsth

I'll need a credit card that got no limit-cuz we all just want to be rock stars - Mrsth

Mrsth: I bet he'll find a script somewhere to pull all the usernames into a file, as only Scoble could do. :) Any amount of money would likely go towards my photography business, should I be chosen to win... it would be fun to put a portion of it towards prizes for the photowalks I'll be starting this summer in northern Vermont for area photographers and enthusiasts. - Bob M. Montgomery

Are you trying to create "the most commented thread" on friendfeed? Here's my comment however: what will I do with my 1750$? Probably I'll use them as a "microfound" for a webapp I'm thinking to... :P - Napolux from twhirl

814th post! - Tyson Key

I like free money. Was it already given away? - elroy

I'd like to say that I'd do something noble should I win but there's no nobility in ordering cases of wine and giving my liver a good workout. Plenty of enjoyment, though. - Mark H

I'm in! :) - Vlad Rafeyev

I would use it to not have an excuse for not recording my album. That is to say after 15 years of putting it off, I would stop procrastinating. - Vicky

wow for real? thats insane - ralphsaunders

I'm in and I'd probably put the money towards building my deck (not super exciting but still...) - Trevor

Starting to think I should post a reason why I want it... - ralphsaunders

I'm in! And I would use the money to buy my mom a present. She just turned 52 :) - Alex Kapranoff

I'm working on a funding for a research application for a semantic web project that I hope will become the next big thing (one of the next big things, anyway). If I succeed, you'll be the first person I ask to cover it! - Sam Kuper

Money, money, money, money ... MONEY! - Great Scott!

You guys do know that Scoble is essentially bribeing you to comment here? Large carrot and a small stick. - Roberto Bonini

Didn't stop you did it? - ralphsaunders

LOL. In my defense, I was performing a public service. *ducks* - Roberto Bonini

Hey I'm in. Is this the most commented entry in the whole of FriendFeed? I'm guessing that it will be. Anyone know what the previous record was? - Peter Kelley

I'd use the money to help get my wife's specialty dessert company off the ground: www.thesweettreatcompany.com - Michael Listberger

Can't wait to win your money... I'd use it to pay for some much needed camera gear and the rest of it to plan a trip to a city I've never been before so I could photograph it. I would love to be able to do something with photography, but it's tough working full time and going to grad school at night, all on my own dime. I don't have it as rough some people, but I've had to earn everything I have so I make no apologies for it. - Michael

Good luck sorting thru the 800+ comments :) If I won the money, I would repeat your experiment and give it all away (though I'm sure I would get no where near as many entrants as you) (P.S. It's not that I couldn't use the money, but I think it would feel good to help someone who needs it more than me). Good luck everyone! - Helen Hoefele

He won't notice if I comment twice, right? ;) Nah, I don't do that. But, holy crap! This is a lot of comments! - Mike Nayyar

now i'm not the only person on friendfeed who hasnt commented on this post!!! - sam from twhirl

I sure could use $1000. Would go straight to funding Taskerrific. $1750 would be even better, because I could get a new computer and a year's hosting, based on my current estimates. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

I would use the money to fund my plastic drumming addiction. Hellooo pro drum set hacked to play Rock Band! - Chieze Okoye

So I wonder how many comments a FF post can handle? - gfurry

I would use the money to pay my taxes so the needy executives will still be able to get their bonuses this year. - gfurry

Hey Robert. Hard to say the best way to spend it without doing too much work to make it be most useful, but if it could be used to do something radical with what is going on with the Fed, I'm sure you know that Ron has a bill in Congress to Audit the Fed. Very soon things are gonna be way worse for us on this planet if things are not done to stop the insane people from making some really bad choices. So the money should go to someone willing to do something really radical to save our country from ending. - mikehedge

I would donate all the money to UNICEF and Kiva. - Jess Lee

Weird. I was just thinking about how I needed about $1750 in ones to sew together and waterproof in an effort to make myself an umbrella top to fix the one I ripped yesterday. So...yes, that's what I'll do with it. I'll even give you a free picture of it in exchange for your dollars! (Leftovers will be donated to credit card debt. :( ) - Brett

I would use the money to help pay for the permits I'll need to get a pet monkey for my internet video show. - Davis Freeberg

I'd start a community for my career, regulatory compliance in biomedical research. Right now there is not an effective way for my counterparts at universities, biotechs, government labs, private labs to communicate quickly and effectively. The result of this is organizations world wide continually reinvent the wheel. I'd like to create an up to date community with high traffic, and the ability to share files, policies, forms, etc. The project will go foward w/o the money, just more slowly. - Matthew DeVries

what is going on here? - potatohai

mortgage and beer, yo! - Adrian

I'll put the money into microlending; a good social/economic ROI. - Phil Wolff

I want to say something conservative like pay down my debt or put it in the kids college fund, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that I would use the money to buy myself a bass guitar. Just something I've been wanting but don't have the discretionary income to afford it. - Eugene Huo

850+ Comments? That has to be some sort of record for friendfeed in just over 24 hours. - WiseYoda (aka Patrick)

Win money? Count Me IN! - Dave

I want to win money! - Matt Bebich

hi Robert Scoble :D yeah count me in! - OmniDragon

$4500 closer for next TED. Plenty of time to work on the invitation! jgx - Jennifer Green

Bring it on! Love your feed from SxSW! Now, send me the money! - Gene

OH good money for college... or to buy a new computer... - Laaabaseball

I want to win so that I can buy me a Macintosh,so count me in. - frank harvey

Hey, Rob help a sista out! Give me da money! - Jackie

saw you on Chris's live stream @ SxSW...free money count me in! - Jason

Money rocks - Shawn Farner

If I won $4500, I would install central heat and air in my house. You would make my life so much happier! - Auriette Lindsey

$1,750 would go to the nonprofit volunteer org I'm trying to get off the ground :P - Shawn Farner

Diapers for Newborns. $1750 split evenly to the most socially active on http://bebepool.com (my free web service enabling expectant parents to run their own baby pool contest). Most active meaning the 10 pools with the most participant guess entries Jan-Feb. I will paypal $175 to each winner and blog the results inclusive of the funds origin & any statements from the families impacted. I've seen the bebepool community show their own generosity (http://burnurl.com/YvHNL0 ), so would love to full circle it. - Micah Wittman

If I won the money, I'd give all of it back to you. Of course, I'd charge 100% interest. :P - Matthew Agra

Scoble the human Roulette wheel. - Rob

wow. must be the post with the most comments i've seen on friendfeed so far. - simonpure

With 1750 I'd do the ever boring "keep paying off the wife and I's credit cards" - Steve Boerner

Any and all the money I win will go for building this charity app we are planning. Every cent spent will be accounted for and would be posted on a web site (TBD). Additionally, we will be spending our own money and time on this. @scobleizer, please ping me if you would like more details. - Ashish Rangole

lame - Vezquex: God of FF

Behold, my comment. Hi Robert, I saw you at SxSW. - Michael Lee Wise

I'd put up the first Bldg 43 Billboard - http://tinyurl.com/1750-00 - Rob

Tipjoy $1 each to the first 1,000 or 1,750 (depending on prize) commentors in this thread who have a Twitter account. - Hao Chen

With $1750, I'd put up another "Win my money" post on FriendFeed, and see if people bite more or less than for your money. And then figure out why they liked your money more (social-networking experiment 2.0). - Ivan Zuzak

Robert kardes kusura bakma Ingilizcem iyi degil. 1750 gaymeyi bana verirsen sirket acarken kullanacagim. toparlarsak : $1750 + 10 000tl = design company :) - Uur

Interesting. :) /sits down and waits - PiDave

Emergency is an independent, neutral and non-political Italian organization, provides free, high quality medical and surgical treatment to the civilian victims of war, landmines and poverty. http://www.emergency.it/index... - Cristian Conti

If i won the money, I will write a easy to use friendfeed app for iphone :) - cem

very cool idea - Kate

$1750= Paying off my medical bills... no, not enough. Gas, food, rent... mmm, scratch that. Funding my craving for more, new camera equipment.... perfect. You, rightly feeling good for what you want to do,... priceless. - Kate

Here I am ! Only a comment ? - neurinux

I'm going to become father for the second time ! I'll use this money to search a new house whith more than 2 rooms ! - neurinux

mi piegherò al Dio denaro, ma almeno lo farò nella mia lingua madre :) - Tambu from twhirl

I will use the money to put towards a deposit on a flat. Currently I am living between my parents and my partner and daughters. I have two children from a previous relationship so will use the money for a deposit on a place which is central to both location - Joe Dawson

I'll use the money for a much needed, long overdue, 2 month break and go to India to relax from this hectic world… - Adi Sheleg

hard to win easy to spend. - ismail ünal

Scoble, fund me a startup! - Toni @ NavinoT

i'll use the money to get out of this place and start running my own business - Claudia

I'll fund prototype of my p2p language learning startup - Artyom

In case I win, I'll upgrade my networking status to "notworking" status. At least for a month. During that time, I'll have more time to make blog posts and enlighten self taught musicians and producers who are fighting to make music in their bedrooms. And I will buy some cookies for myself, in case I forget to eat - ilter

I'll get a haircut, and get a real job. - Adrian

I would donate the money to Warchild.com, whose cause is to give children in war zones around the world a peaceful future. - Alexander van Elsas

lascio un inutile commento pure io - Adamo Lanna

Sei un chiattone, bob. Simpatico, però. - jokerulez

Considering some people worrying about taxes, I'd just like to state that up here in Canada, lottery and contest winnings are not taxed. At all. - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

Sorry, I don't want money, we've got too much ! - Benoit Bourdin

Benoit: I'd be happy to help you get rid of some of your surplus, if that's really the case. ;) - Chris, Taskerrific Guy

In response to happyseaurchin's question above, I propose tiprojx http://tiprojx.wordpress.com/ ... If anyone reading this who has a twitter account tweets an idea for a (social change) project with one or more of the hashtags #tipme #tipshare #tiptodo #tipif ... a whole lot of new projects have the potential to 1. gain crowdsourced funding and 2. be collaboratively refined in the process. I'll split the money between my favourite tagged ideas posted before midday (GMT) next Tues 24 March. - Hannah Lewis

If I won $1750, I'd use the money to hire a local (Austin) freelance UI/dev to help me finish my social sports service (commi.sh) and pay for hosting for a year while we grow it. - Carter Rabasa

OMG. Robert Scoble jumps into "paid per comment". This is the end. My only friend, the end. - Davide Pozzi

ok, this is definitely a test for building43.com. does friendfeed run on rackspace? Rob, you trying a massive test of comments or live commentary, or something like that. i can bet you're analyzing this data on rackspace. you're making the new friendfeed search of organized live conversations/streams. - Reji

did i win? lol - Ivan Stegic

Another social experiment?!? Sure, I'm in for a little bailout money!!!! - Ferwin from Nambu

If I win I will hire someone to keep track of these little contests ppl like Scoble play from time to time.(since this kinda contests will be the newest #trend from now on) - Manoj

Comment 909 and counting. New pool ~ When will Robert break his own record. - Russellreno

910! - Tyson Key

Will Tomorrow be my Lucky Day? I will buy $1750 dollars of PowerBall tickets and then give 90% of the winnings to help feed children in Africa. - David Clements

This money could really help me in my current situation. Unfortunately I recently had a tumour removed from my bladder, which has really turned my life upside down. Overall, this has resulted in me having to miss and therefore finance two extra years at University. I’m currently 21 and studying BA Hons Economics at Newcastle University, England. I’m pleased to say that my health seems... more... - Daniel Rowley

Very funny! :D Did I win something??? :D - Matte

ain future economic prosperity! I would also donate $250 to Malaria No More: http://www.malarianomore.org/.... Thank you for the opportunity. - Daniel Rowley

wow..If I win I will buy a bike.. and travel around India... God bless me!! - sirishkumar

My dog needs a new leg. Thanks! CP - gimiento

If I win I will buy a ticket to SxSW next year and watch Scoble get totally wasted and take pics of legs with his camera... - Ross

Pick me, pick me. - Amit Morson

As for the $1,750 - I will donate it to the first children related cherish organization that approaches me. - Amit Morson

Hello World - Pierre Beugnot

With $1,750 I would be able to afford the flight back to Austria and support my dad who has to undergo his 3rd surgery and eventually also the 4th. - Verena Fuchs

I would sell it! =) honor would be enough for me... - Goktug Gedik

I would use the money to purchase a head stone for my mothers grave. - Ardail Smith

i would use the money for a long hot summer :) - Samuel Kreuzer

I'd buy $1,750 worth of green energy stocks, most probably geothermal - Fabio

Robert - I would use the money to buy good microphones to make an internet video series about Nerd Revolt. http://www.numeriklab.com/2009... I would then use them to document the 2009 Decibel Festival in September: http://dbfestival.com After that, who knows - but I promise to come up with something good! You can't document musicians without good sound :) Thank you, Erica - Erica Toelle

I would use the money to pay my out-of-state tuition! - Kevin Mohr

i would like it in a brief case... small unmarked bills please - ray parisi

I'd use $1750 towards a down payment for a first home. My wife and I recently had a son, and our apartment is shrinking at an alarming rate. - Chris Heald

i'll be a materialistic bastard. i'd pay my bills while still trying to search for a job in this life sucking, non-forgiving city. yup. that's what i would do. ramen noodles are no fun when you're not in college... - ultimate_loser

if i win this money i'll use to buy some equipments for the university, but not only for me. i'll buy two computers, one printer, and so we can do our university newspaper. this money will be a contribute for the free press, in a nation like italy, where every voice is subdued to the power. give us a chance! - Riccardo

Leave a comment here, and I can win. Ok, done. What's next? There's something about a second way to win, that looks like I need to state what I'd use the money for. Simple: to continue to make uplifting films, like I did this year for the 168 Project. Need to make a few payments still. The rest will go towards next year's film. - Mike Shields

Way too easy ;) - Gregg Wenger

I'd put it towards a computer and software I need for my new small business I'm setting up after 4 years off work with a broken back - Rob Bell

Mee Two :) , i'll use it for world Piece - Chirag Chamoli

Mike: watch http://www.ustream.tv/studio at about 4 p.m. today (Austin Time, which is about 2 p.m. Pacific Time) and we'll pick the winners live on that show. - Robert Scoble

I'd like to join this competition to make a chance for the money for my new developing start-up. Could use it for sure, development is costy these days! - Coen Jacobs

I'd use the money to pay for an artist to help me out on a Palm Pre/Windows Mobile app that I'm working on. - Alastair Maggs

If I won the money I would book one of those super cheap round trip tickets to Australia from LA (currently $598 RT) and then use my Flip camera to videotape people I met and ask them what they give thanks for (see http://givethanks.tv) I would also donate 5% of my winnings to my friend Hollis (http://friendsofhollis.com) who was in a bad accident last month. Her medical bills are mounting. Oh, and while I'm in Australia I'd ask people what they thought of Scoble. - TanjaB

Robert, great gesture! I would give all of the $ on your behalf to this worthy cause: http://friendfeed.com/e... - B2B Specialist

Took the challenge. Opened account from my couch with iPhone. Curious to get the rest of the story. - Georgiana Dearing

Generating metrics I presume Mr Scoble? - Stefan Szo

OK heres my comment! - Randy

OK, first the 'leave a comment here' bit - here it is. As to what I'd do with the money, my wife has been made redundant and two days later someone crashed into my car while it was parked - so I guess I'd put it towards replacing the car and rebuilding our lives. Actually that sounds a little melodramatic, it's only a car, but it would be useful. Unless of course UK residents aren't eligible for this in which case I guess I'll just sit at home and sulk! - Guy Clapperton

I'll switch SocialToo from Amazon EC2 to Rackspace if I win - Jesse Stay

Win money? No, thanks. but I DO wanna earn your money :). Send details to onno@media44.nl or visit http://www.media44.nl - MEDIAFORCE

$1750? My answer is simple. I would use it to help fund our movie. To purchase wanted equipment, better food for cast/crew, throw an awesome wrap party. Then, if we had any left over, we would use it towards our next movie. Also, you would get a free copy (format of your choice) and an Executive Producer credit. It'll be on IMDB and everything! This could be an awesome help for a trio of tired, driven, motivated filmmakers who want to change the game for movie-making. - Anthony Thompson

I would spend $1,750 on a iPhone App using fbConnect for my financial services startup which I otherwise wouldn't allocate a budget for. - Abhimanyu Chirimar

Gosh, there are a lot of comments. Is this a FF stress test? - Morton Swimmer

I'm in! - Simon Holliday

I would use the money for development of gCaptain 2.0 with the goal of dethroning the oldest magazine in continuous print, Lloyds List, from the maritime news sphere of influence. - gCaptain

I will hire a scholar to make my research few hours a day so I can follow your tweets!!! :D - Jesús

I'm in, what would I do with the money? well, I'm a teenager from Cairo, Egypt, and I plan to start podcasting during my vacation "first video podcast in Egypt" and work on my blog, I don't have enough money to buy an HD camcorder so I would use the money to buy that and get a domain name for my blog and go pro, and if there is enough money I would buy an iPhone. - Ahmed

I'd take the family out for a meal at the Gaucho grill http://tinyurl.com/3pc8ur - mike williams

I would give the money to this young man in his fight against hodgkins lymphoma. He is the nephew of my daughter's preschool teacher and I would do anything to help him out, but we don't have much. As a former soccer player, current coach and human being... my heart goes out to him and his family. Anything would help. http://tinyurl.com/cch2uy - Jason

Not yet in the position to give like you give, I do what I can. Giving spirits garner unselfish hearts! - http://budurl.com/ynkm - Carlo At Your Service

This is the most epic thread ever, i put off replying all weekend but i think its about time i joined in. I think if i won i'd propose to my girlfriend because id be able to afford a ring! Or, we'd go on a nice much needed holiday. - Simon Wicks

I'd give the money to Daniel Rowley (comment above). Seems like he has a genuine need. - Dustin Curtis

Interesting (and a few not so) comments. Most people are here for the easy money, leaving a random comment and then closing a tab. No blame here, since it's the rule of the game. Do you know that in order to permanently change the world you just need just a little bit compared to the big picture to get you over that hard to reach top? Well, that's what I would use it for, to get that jolt, break the barriers and climb over that first, impossible top. - Lorand R. Minyo

hey! easy game Mr Scoble :) I'm here :D - Guillaume

What a cool idea. I would definitely use the money towards taking another class. Assembly? Lernin is espensive. - sarajchipps@gmail.com

I'm in too - Judging by the entrants, I'll have better odds on winning the lottery - Shaf

I'll donate the money to AIG executives. - Filipe Marques

I would use the money to bid on Gaius Baltar's Robes at the Battlestar Galactica Auction in May. Those costumes get pretty pricy! ~Matt http://BSGcast.com - Matt

I'd use to money to stimulate the US economy by buying all your stuff - Magnus

I'd pay the 4000 I owe in tuition. I've paid off all but this last bit, so it'd be my first move. Still looking for a job... - Linda Margaret

I liked that :) - MobilAdam

I would use the money to buy a laptop. I bought one in December and was getting a friend from the US to bring it to me (I was in Dubai). The laptop was stolen from her luggage at JFK and I got no compensation. I was out 1500$, laptopless, and highly depressed because the euphoria of getting a new laptop was not realized. - Bhavishya Kanjhan

If I win the money - its going straight to helping my startup - creately.com get to Public Beta. We're so close and every cent counts! - Charanjit

Good way of generating a lot of comments :-) I'd use the money for reducing some debts... - Diego Zamboni

Whoaaaa, there. $4,500? Really? Boy am I glad I follow you on Twitter. Since when does money grow on tweets? If I ever had the good fortune of being plucked out of a hat, I'd spend all of it on the tuition bills that have racked up in my family name (mother, brother y yo). - amira

I'll make a social network for BitTorrent. - KN

Hm. Maybe I spend it on a Nikon D90 or a camcorder. - Stefan Michel

Money is the root of all evil, they use to say. But it can blossom into good things. - Nick Palffy

I would use the money to update my photography equipment and software. This would update my pet photography as needed - Randy Nacol

I am in -

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