I wish I had a clue about Mediocre a year ago. I totally would've gotten into it, retweeted, Kickstarted, Seligmaned, etc. Guess I have to wait another ten years for Matt to sell meh and start another site.
Never used twitter, bummer I missed out on this a year ago. I guess I'll just go sit in the corner and cry because it's my own damn fault. Any staffers want to throw some scraps???
I was feeling bitter about missing this, and the Kickstarter, and the Seligman experiment . . . but I remembered I'm in an even more exclusive group. I got an answer from Irk. There's only 4 of us (so far). We were promised a trinket or bauble of extremely low value. What could be cheaper than a shiny new badge?
You know what meh? Me not RTing this a year ago is all your (and @studerc's fault). You guys did a poor job of letting me know you even existed. The breakfast octopus was enough to summon me to the dark side.
@patti Same here! I had no idea that Mediocre existed until I heard about the Kickstarter campaign. Then I was allll over it. I became a woot member back in July 2005, so I definitely would have supported them all along if I'd known about them. :-/ Oh well, I hope that the ones who did retweet it on the right date get something awesome and unmediocre out of it.
@duodec Well, I've had a twitter account for years, but I didn't do much with it. I didn't even know about the NDA or his release from it because I failed to keep up with the important stuff. I'm very, very lame.
I am so, so, so tired and exhausted, falling asleep on my feet. Yet, I'm forcing myself to stay awake until midnight to see what the Twitterers (Twits?) get first dibs on. :::sigh::: This damn well better be worth it otherwise it's all your fault @studerc.
@bluedyn I still don't know what the DM is. We just got a message asking us to confirm an address. "sending something silly" was mentioned. It was NOT Experiment 4928, according to that tweet I linked. As far as I can tell, 4928 was carried out in the simplest way possible. We retweeted it, and knew to look for something today 9/17/14 because of that. Nothing secret or dubious or serious. It's meh, least amount of effort, most amount of speculation ;)
@Thumperchick The tweet neither confirms nor denies the experiment since I wasn't in on the experiment. Maybe tomorrow/later today someone official will clarify what it actually was. And yes, the speculation is rampant. Often without resolution. Meh
UGH! I was reading this at 11:30pm thinking "nah it will just be meh and I will have wasted sleep. I will look in the morning." Lesson learned. @studerc is a jerk
So to clear things up, people who retweeted Idea4928 a year ago get dibs in the form of getting sent a Fuku, even if they didn't manage to grab one from the site today.
And don't worry, if they managed to grab one we're refunding it and only sending one Fuku.
In the words of everyone's favorite Meh videos Totally Not Rigged Games of Chance: congratulations winners
@JonT Refunding? We stay up late, type really fast, try to send you money, really really try, and you refuse it? Sad sad sad, want both Fukus to restore good humor :( (but thanks for answers)
So that explains the DM asking for my address. I forgot I did that but looked back and there it was. What is interesting is my Twitter handle and this are different. Nice experiment mediocre and thanks
I call dibs before you :P
Second dibs
Tertiary dibs!
DM dibs
@Ignorant Depeche Mode dibs?
If you were special, you would have already gotten a DM... like I did.
@Thumperchick oh. I did get a DM but not about that.
@CowboyDann I'm thinking it was related, since a lot of us who RT'd got that DM.
@Thumperchick I'm guessing no. I RTd but got no DM. DM you Meh...DM YOU!
@Thumperchick I feel jealous and sad.
@ceagee Aww
So if this is #Idea 4928, inquiring minds want to know: What were the other 4927 ideas???
@bluedog 1. Speaker docks. 2. Speaker Docks. 3. Speaker Docks. 4. Speaker Docks. 5. Speaker Docks. 6. Speaker Docks. 7. Speaker Docks. 8. Speaker Docks. ... 4927. Speaker Docks.
So the late tweets didn't count. Boo! But at least it's only first dibs, not exclusive dibs.
Not first! I lose!
Oh geez, why didn't I see that?!?!?!?! Damn it! I would've retweeted the crap out of that!
I retweeted today... 9/16/2014. Maybe Dave is asleep at the wheel???
@BillLehecka Nah. I already got a thanks, no thanks DM for my late retweet.
@bluedyn @BillLehecka I tweeted late on the 9th of this month and I didn't even get a 'thanks, but no thanks' DM. I'm extra sad now.
@PurplePawprints +1
I retweeted that poop about a week ago, but I guess it was too late. I don't do the twitters so good.
I wish I had a clue about Mediocre a year ago. I totally would've gotten into it, retweeted, Kickstarted, Seligmaned, etc. Guess I have to wait another ten years for Matt to sell meh and start another site.
But thanks for the DM guys. Better than a BM.
Never used twitter, bummer I missed out on this a year ago. I guess I'll just go sit in the corner and cry because it's my own damn fault. Any staffers want to throw some scraps???
@studerc Don't worry it might just be the rest of the reading glasses. Want me to send you some?
@xarous I have an aunt that works for the VA. I donated about 30 pairs to them and they were very appreciated.
@studerc That's where I donate my walkers and post-op equipment that WC pays for.
I was feeling bitter about missing this, and the Kickstarter, and the Seligman experiment . . . but I remembered I'm in an even more exclusive group. I got an answer from Irk. There's only 4 of us (so far).
We were promised a trinket or bauble of extremely low value. What could be cheaper than a shiny new badge?
@bluedyn You should be given an irk badge.
@bluedyn Rub it in why don't you
@patti But they get the Irk badge for tomorrow only, right?
@Thumperchick But I'll never have the K. And you could eventually get an Irk.
@bluedyn I already have the market cornered on bitter. Still waiting on my A Bitter Woman badge.
@jenny I'll give you bitter and take surly. It's fun to say and has a piratey aftertaste.
@bluedyn "A piratey aftertaste." That is fantastic! Captain Morgans should use that in their product description!
@jenny I don't think pirates would taste very good.
I've been on board since the beginning... But I don't do the twitter thing so I guess no first dibs for me this time...
@jimmyd103 plus I have zero idea what a DM is??? dammit @studerc....
@jimmyd103 Direct Message. It's twitter thang.
@jsh139 thanks.
You know what meh? Me not RTing this a year ago is all your (and @studerc's fault). You guys did a poor job of letting me know you even existed. The breakfast octopus was enough to summon me to the dark side.
@patti Same here! I had no idea that Mediocre existed until I heard about the Kickstarter campaign. Then I was allll over it. I became a woot member back in July 2005, so I definitely would have supported them all along if I'd known about them. :-/ Oh well, I hope that the ones who did retweet it on the right date get something awesome and unmediocre out of it.
@PurplePawprints It helped if you had followed @Snapster on Twitter once he was freed from his NDA with Amazon.
@duodec Well, I've had a twitter account for years, but I didn't do much with it. I didn't even know about the NDA or his release from it because I failed to keep up with the important stuff. I'm very, very lame.
No one's signed anything. Spoiler alerts welcome here.
@editorkid Hell yes! Why the secrets people?
@bluedyn @editorkid I'm guessing they got a link or something that'll go live later.
@PurplePawprints no link, don't think there is actually any first dibs on the item.
@Ignorant Interesting. Well, I really am curious to find out what it's all about now.
@PurplePawprints something silly I'm sure.
I am so, so, so tired and exhausted, falling asleep on my feet. Yet, I'm forcing myself to stay awake until midnight to see what the Twitterers (Twits?) get first dibs on. :::sigh::: This damn well better be worth it otherwise it's all your fault @studerc.
@bluedog Hope you thought the wait was worth it! (Would really suck if you feel asleep and weren't able to get one)
@dashcloud Managed to stay awake and snag one. I'd say "yippee!" but that conveys way too much excitement for Meh.
I don't think this is gonna happen.
@phatmass Blasphemy! Naysayer!!! It'll happen! Otherwise @studerc is gonna be in a world of hurt.
I call first dibs on yesterday's item!
Thanks for the RT guys
@snapster Thank you.
@snapster Thanks for the fuku
I think the "first dibs" was that we knew something crappy would be happening today, so we all checked.
Looks like the DM is a different experiment.
@Thumperchick So is this you confirming what the DM/Idea4928 was? You had advance warning of the deal?
@bluedyn I still don't know what the DM is. We just got a message asking us to confirm an address. "sending something silly" was mentioned. It was NOT Experiment 4928, according to that tweet I linked. As far as I can tell, 4928 was carried out in the simplest way possible. We retweeted it, and knew to look for something today 9/17/14 because of that. Nothing secret or dubious or serious. It's meh, least amount of effort, most amount of speculation ;)
@Thumperchick The tweet neither confirms nor denies the experiment since I wasn't in on the experiment. Maybe tomorrow/later today someone official will clarify what it actually was.
And yes, the speculation is rampant. Often without resolution. Meh
@bluedyn It was part of a chain under this: /status/511995322265247745">https://twitter.com//status/511995322265247745 which is why I thought it was referencing it. (looks like the embed tweet function doesn't work in replies... @shawn)
@Thumperchick I think the DM's were related to the retweeting a year ago.
@Ignorant Xarous called some of us a fool! I'm going to tattle on him SO hard!
@jenny Sorry about that, I meant to follow it up with mwhahahahahahahahaha
I guess first dibs only meant forewarned. I didn't RT and didn't get a DM but got a fukubukuro anyway. Luck is every bit as good as dibs.
@SSteve Amen to that brother.
UGH! I was reading this at 11:30pm thinking "nah it will just be meh and I will have wasted sleep. I will look in the morning." Lesson learned. @studerc is a jerk
So to clear things up, people who retweeted Idea4928 a year ago get dibs in the form of getting sent a Fuku, even if they didn't manage to grab one from the site today.
And don't worry, if they managed to grab one we're refunding it and only sending one Fuku.
In the words of everyone's favorite Meh videos Totally Not Rigged Games of Chance: congratulations winners
@JonT and their refunded bags go toooo....ME?! poor @studerc is going to have a full email box today. I Don't care! CURSES @studerc CURSES ON YOU!!!
@JonT You guys rock. No, really.
That's awesome.
@JonT Thanks for clarifying.
@chellemonkey It's pretty much ridiculous at the moment. My apologies however.
@JonT Yay answers to questions!
@JonT Refunding? We stay up late, type really fast, try to send you money, really really try, and you refuse it? Sad sad sad, want both Fukus to restore good humor :( (but thanks for answers)
So that explains the DM asking for my address. I forgot I did that but looked back and there it was. What is interesting is my Twitter handle and this are different. Nice experiment mediocre and thanks