- Playing endless rounds of FarmVille when you really should be working.
- Bugging complete strangers to play endless rounds of FarmVille when they really should be working.
- Sharing waaaaay too much information about your child's intestinal functions.
- Sharing waaaaay too much information about your own intestinal functions.
- Enlightening countless "friends" on the state of your relationship with your soon-to-be estranged mother-in-law.
- Assuming Facebook "friends" are, in fact, friends.
The rules for this Internet era contest are simple: Mr. Ghomeshi and his show will visit the city that markets itself most effectively. So Facebookers, Twitterers and bloggers are now slugging it out online to get Mr. Ghomeshi's attention (London's Facebook page is here...bonus points if you follow the link and like it, double-bonus points if you start using the #JianinLdnont hashtag.)
True to our Canadian form, the campaigns are good-natured and light-hearted. Win or lose, I'm guessing the sense of community that's grown out of this large-scale process will pay off well beyond one radio show in one town. On second thought, maybe that's been Mr. Ghomeshi's goal all along.
Coolness.
Your turn: Are you involved in this? Got a link you want us to share here? Go for it...
I'll start the ball rolling:
- My Ghomeshi'a Twitter handle, @jianghomeshi (follow him and say hello.)
- A YouTube video featuring some folks I know, some folks I don't, all of whom I'm deeply in awe of.
- A blog post by my friend, Janice, who I think must be Mr. Ghomeshi's Biggest Fan Ever. Her blog, btw, rocks.
- Another blog post by Janice. Just-published and completely hilarious. A must-read if you're a Kermit fan.
- Jianinldnont.ca: A great website started by London social media expert Jody Bailey. Here's the blog post he wrote about us!
2 comments:
Being in America, I'm out of the loop on this...but it sounds like a lot of fun!
I secretly (ahem) believe that I should have been born in Canada.
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