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Facebook competitions, anyone ever win?

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  • 18-09-2012 10:47pm
    #1
    Shelflife
    Registered Users Posts: 3,073 ✭✭✭


    Nothing but people sharing pictures and liking pages in order to win All Ireland tickets, ipads,iphones,dr dre etc etc.

    Has anyone ever won any of these prizes or even know someone who won a prize?


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    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    El Weirdo likes this.


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    #3
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    I won a face.


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    #4
    Gran Hermano
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,330 ✭✭✭Gran Hermano


    I won a Google+ account.


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    #5
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    Nobody wins those. They are scams

    Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine


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    #6
    enfant terrible
    Registered Users Posts: 4,560 ✭✭✭enfant terrible


    eth0 wrote: »
    Nobody wins those. They are scams

    Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

    what about gmail?


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    #7
    El Weirdo
    Registered Users Posts: 11,646 ✭✭✭✭El Weirdo


    enfant terrible wrote: »
    what about gmail?
    And Android.


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    nachocheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭nachocheese


    eth0 wrote: »
    Nobody wins those. They are scams

    Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

    Looks like someone couldn't get through Google's interview process.


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    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    Shelflife wrote: »
    Nothing but people sharing pictures and liking pages in order to win All Ireland tickets, ipads,iphones,dr dre etc etc.

    Has anyone ever won any of these prizes or even know someone who won a prize?

    The often make appearances on my facebook feed, mainly clothing or cosmetics. Friends have won gifts and 'token' thanks for sharing said images alright.


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    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users Posts: 29,294 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    99% are either just trying to get people to like their fake page or advertise a product.

    If you did get a message from one of them though claiming you won, and it was genuine, wonder how you would go about verifying it.


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    Professey Chin
    Registered Users Posts: 51,054 ✭✭✭✭Professey Chin


    eth0 wrote: »
    Nobody wins those. They are scams

    Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine
    enfant terrible wrote: »
    what about gmail?
    El Weirdo wrote: »
    And Android.

    And Reader

    And Gchat

    Maps

    Picasa

    Drive/Docs

    Youtube (although thats getting worse)

    Calendar

    Translate

    Navigation

    Goggles (although thats search)

    Chrome


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    #12
    nachocheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭nachocheese


    If you dislike all the "LIKE & SHARE" stuff, you'll love this:
    https://www.facebook.com/corporatebollocks


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    kerry4sam
    Registered Users Posts: 15,127 ✭✭✭✭kerry4sam


    irish-stew wrote: »
    99% are either just trying to get people to like their fake page or advertise a product.

    If you did get a message from one of them though claiming you won, and it was genuine, wonder how you would go about verifying it.

    Apparently they have received a pm with some code and once they went into said store and produced that code, they received what it was they were informed they won.


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    eth0 wrote: »
    Nobody wins those. They are scams

    Google+ is shoite, as with all google products that aren't a search engine

    u mad at google?


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    #15
    nachocheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭nachocheese


    I've won a few restaurant/take away vouchers through facebook. They just sent the code via facebook mail.

    Know someone who won a holiday on one but have no idea how that was organised.


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    #16
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    nachocheese wrote: »
    Looks like someone couldn't get through Google's interview process.

    Looks like someone is a Google fanboy (never tried the interview process)
    El Weirdo wrote: »
    And Android.

    Horrible OS. Only good thing about it is the linux kernel, I only put up with it because there is nothing better around at the moment.
    enfant terrible wrote: »
    what about gmail?

    "Lets give everyone free email, make it kind of break even by analysing the content of every email and bombarding them with ads because of this, even companies, everyone, free email. Until all those people and companies forget how to run their own email systems, we'll keep developing ours when they stop and take the easy way out and just use ours, this way we'll soon be in a real position of power".

    This kind of flooding the market trick has been around since the year dot.

    I know there are a lot of Google fanboys and even employees on this site but personally I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them. Just another company that needs to bring a return to its shareholders.


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    #17
    nachocheese
    Closed Accounts Posts: 83 ✭✭nachocheese


    You're just too cool, eth0.

    So non-conformist and not one of the sheeple. I bet you're into loads of bands you're sure I've never heard of too, and a load more than used to be cool before they were mainstream and whose demo b-sides were their best material.


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    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 14,344 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    As a photographer, I get a fair bit of work through Facebook, and have given away free portrait sessions and such in the past.

    Is that the kinda thing you mean?


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    #19
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,635 ✭✭✭eth0


    nachocheese wrote: »
    You're just too cool, eth0.

    So non-conformist and not one of the sheeple. I bet you're into loads of bands you're sure I've never heard of too, and a load more than used to be cool before they were mainstream and whose demo b-sides were their best material.

    Using the word 'sheeple' is conformist these days


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    #20
    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    eth0 wrote: »
    Horrible OS. Only good thing about it is the linux kernel, I only put up with it because there is nothing better around at the moment.

    "The only good thing about it is that it's best thing around at the moment."

    :pac::pac::pac:


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    Yawns
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,255 ✭✭✭Yawns


    A friend won tickets to Poznan for the Ireland V Spain game with a facebook carlsbergs comp.


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    #22
    3hn2givr7mx1sc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,838 ✭✭✭✭3hn2givr7mx1sc


    Shelflife wrote: »
    Nothing but people sharing pictures and liking pages in order to win All Ireland tickets, ipads,iphones,dr dre etc etc.

    Has anyone ever won any of these prizes or even know someone who won a prize?

    Dr Dre was a Facebook prize?:eek:


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    #23
    Br4tPr1nc3
    Registered Users Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭Br4tPr1nc3


    won two tickets to a dublin game.


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    #24
    Kerrigooney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,987 ✭✭✭Kerrigooney


    Br4tPr1nc3 wrote: »
    won two tickets to a dublin game.

    Sorry to hear that. You ok buddy?


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    #25
    El Horseboxo
    Registered Users Posts: 5,339 ✭✭✭El Horseboxo


    I won 2 tickets to an OKC Thunder game and also won a copy of NBA 2K13 just yesterday. I'll get it when it's released next month. I won a voucher for a skiing trip to Lake Tahoe but i couldn't claim it as the small print said federal employees couldn't enter.

    A lot of them are scams but i signed up to a group that posts up supposedly legit ones. So i enter the ones i like.


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    Lingua Franca
    Registered Users Posts: 2,800 ✭✭✭Lingua Franca


    I won 40 euro in groupon credit for a retweet. They sent a code to my email.


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    #27
    hatrickpatrick
    Registered Users Posts: 17,797 ✭✭✭✭hatrickpatrick


    I won a ticket to the trinity ball by retweeting them


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    #28
    flyswatter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,625 ✭✭✭flyswatter


    Yeah I won two tickets off Pods facebook page for the Chic (Nile Rodgers) gig in Dublin recently, saved 80 euro, fantastic gig too.


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    #29
    ArseLtd
    Registered Users Posts: 214 ✭✭ArseLtd


    eth0 wrote: »
    Looks like someone is a Google fanboy (never tried the interview process)



    Horrible OS. Only good thing about it is the linux kernel, I only put up with it because there is nothing better around at the moment.



    "Lets give everyone free email, make it kind of break even by analysing the content of every email and bombarding them with ads because of this, even companies, everyone, free email. Until all those people and companies forget how to run their own email systems, we'll keep developing ours when they stop and take the easy way out and just use ours, this way we'll soon be in a real position of power".

    This kind of flooding the market trick has been around since the year dot.

    I know there are a lot of Google fanboys and even employees on this site but personally I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them. Just another company that needs to bring a return to its shareholders.

    Google Earth ...


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    #30
    ArtyM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,878 ✭✭✭ArtyM


    Ok, but apart from..

    Gmail

    Google search

    Android

    Reader

    Gchat

    Maps

    Picasa

    Drive/Docs

    Youtube (although thats getting worse)

    Calendar

    Translate

    Navigation

    Goggles (although thats search)

    Chrome

    Analytics

    ......

    what has Google done for us?


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    #31
    BOF666
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭BOF666


    "For every like this little girl gets, Facebook will donate $1 to cancer research"

    Not a competition, but still can't be true...


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