Today’s post is over at Huffington Post:
Facebook IPO Reveals Potential Threats to World Domination
Wouldn’t it be fun to click on this link a bunch of times throughout your day? And wouldn’t it be fun to leave lots and lots of comments over at Huffington and click every like, share, and subscribe button in sight?
And if that doesn’t seem like fun, remember the time I came to your kid’s dance recital? And your kid was only on stage for 90 seconds after I waited through 3 hours of performances by the other age groups? And remember how I raved about the performance, sacrificing my artistic credibility for the sake of our friendship and your kid’s feelings? Well, you kind of owe me.
Posted in: Huffington Post
The Good Greatsby 
Laura
February 10, 2012
Congrats on the Huffington Post gig! I may or may not have left a comment there (I tried, but bizarre things happened).
The Good Greatsby
February 10, 2012
I saw it. They’re stricter about moderating comments over there and it may take a little time to approve them.
Laura
February 11, 2012
At the time it looked like it didn’t make it into the moderation queue at all: when I clicked the submit button, I got some message like “your comment was blank. Try again, but type in some text next time”, and the number of “pending comments” didn’t increment.
joehoover
February 10, 2012
Nice one!
Kathryn McCullough
February 10, 2012
Congrats from me, as well. I’m afraid I’m with Laura. Clearly I don’t have the skills to even leave a comment on the Huffington Post.
averageinsuburbia
February 10, 2012
I’m so proud of you! What does Todd think of your growing fame?
Love #5– I only hope I’m still around to see my children laughed at by their own children. Sweet revenge.
The Good Greatsby
February 10, 2012
Isn’t that what we all want? My mom never could quite figure out the VCR, but the list of stuff I can’t understand is much longer than the stuff she couldn’t understand at my age.
Spectra
February 10, 2012
All kinds of proud of you this morning, GG. Great, funny article 😀
In order to leave a comment, I had to first sign into my Facebook account. But that wasn’t good enough; no, Huff Post made me sign up with them. So, I did. I made my comment, then it refused it untill I created a username, etc. I obediently complied. The doors opened to me at last, I made a lengthy, witty comment. Then, it disappeared, not even showing up under “comments pending”.
So, if there is a shortage of comments, this may help your bruised ego heal in the coming months. Well, that and a fine tawny port.
The Good Greatsby
February 10, 2012
I appreciate your fortitude. The tawny port is in the mail, although I must warn the port has already been opened. How long does port keep?
Spectra
February 10, 2012
-around here? About an hour.
little blog of happy
February 13, 2012
LOL
Laura
February 11, 2012
“Pending comments” didn’t increment for me either, but mine eventually made it through.
Nancy Francis
February 10, 2012
Have been trying to give you a little HP love but you have to sign up to comment via a “desktop” – I’m pretty sure my laptop would suffice, but it’s in the other room.
I think your world domination dismisses two very powerful and related human characteristics: Laziness and Procrastination
Kudos on Huff Post! I somehow feel validated as a loyal reader now 😉
The Good Greatsby
February 10, 2012
I feel validated through your validation.
thelifeofjamie
February 10, 2012
you are the second blog I read in two days to get on HP! CONGRATULATIONS! You should retitle it…The Good Greatsby Reveals Potential Threat to World Domination.
susielindau
February 10, 2012
Congratulations!
susielindau
February 10, 2012
How do you become a writer there? Through witty comments?
The Good Greatsby
February 11, 2012
My wife baked them a pie.
She's a Maineiac
February 10, 2012
Huge congratulations to you! Loved the post, hilarious. I’m curious how you got that gig…it was the beer can hat wasn’t it?
I am going to attempt to leave a comment, but after reading the above I am scared. Hopefully it’ll be okay if I just write: oregano.
The Good Greatsby
February 10, 2012
It’s a little trouble the first time, but I plan on posting there regularly so I hope readers will be able to figure it out.
She's a Maineiac
February 11, 2012
OK, so I’ve clicked ‘like’, I’ve shared on my internetting facebooking site and I’ve left you a comment that is currently not even being moderated.
When you say posting regularly, will this be a once a week thing?
The Good Greatsby
February 12, 2012
I’m not sure of the schedule yet, but once a week or once every two weeks is a possibility.
Speeder
February 10, 2012
Sorry that I am only a limited friend. Navigating a comment on the H-Post hit the wall. Gave up. Registering for someting “one more time” hit my resistance button. But congrats directly to you. I am the only person on the planet not on Facebook. Even my wife surrendereÂd. Thanks for letting me know why I resisted. I am better off for it. Inventions in the past were measured by the positive impact on mankind. i.e. Polio vaccine. Now the measuremenÂt is the IPO size.
Spectra
February 11, 2012
You can comment simply by creating a username with them – you do not need to give an email. I logged into facebook so I could hit “Like” and shre the post to my wall. Hope that encourages you to give it another try, Speeder, and anyone else who wants to comment in the what looks like a long and productive future for Greatsby 😀
P.S. I’ll take my 10% sales commission in the form of cash, please.
The Good Greatsby
February 11, 2012
You’re the best, Spectra. If only you could train your dove to click on my links all day long.
Spectra
February 11, 2012
I’m on it!
PCC Advantage
February 10, 2012
Now that you’re a big-time writer, I think that you should do something to stand out so that your new readers will be ridiculously impressed with you and will remember your face: Keep the pipe. Wear a turtleneck at all times. Grow a handlebar moustache.
Seriously, though, congratulations…you certainly deserve the recognition. And the moustache.
The Good Greatsby
February 10, 2012
I normally reserve the turtleneck for when I play chess in order to intimidate my opponent; I’m not sure I want to intimidate readers but I’m willing to give it a shot.
4theloveofearth
February 10, 2012
Reblogged this on 4theloveofearth.
georgettesullins
February 11, 2012
Congratulations! I posted on fb, tweeted and then tried to hp…where I met the Great Wall of China. Passport needed for words from Shanghai? I do owe you for all the laughs, smiles, wit and your dedication…great job! I’m pushing buttons!
sportsjim81
February 11, 2012
So many people congratulating you on your Huffington Post gig here today. I think I’ll go a different route and simply say, “I’m still not impressed.”
The Good Greatsby
February 11, 2012
I expected no less from you. Thanks for your continual efforts to keep me motivated.
monicastangledweb
February 11, 2012
Congratulations! I’m on my way to check it out!
The Good Greatsby
February 11, 2012
Thanks, Monica. I appreciate your help.
Dana
February 11, 2012
Congratulations! I have no idea if my attempt to comment over there worked or not. It says it’s pending but I’m suspicious…
The Good Greatsby
February 11, 2012
It did show up. I wish comments appeared a little faster but I think it will be a little better in the future.
Lunar Euphoria
February 11, 2012
Look at you, all Huffington Posted!
Well-played. 🙂
Glynis Sylvia
February 11, 2012
I don’t owe you a thing. I never asked you to come to a dance recital because my sons would rather be gelded than be in one of those in the first place. I did, however, notice your conspicuous absence in all of their semi-professional juggling gigs. I also suspect you never even bothered to tune in to America’s Most Talented Kids back in ’05, when my kid made his national and unnoticed debut into cable TV – even though we were on the same series as Taylor Lautner, and even locked in a basement with him for hours. Were you there to entertain us with your wit? No. If you had shown up, my son would have given you a juggling lesson, just like he did for the future Jacob Black.
The Good Greatsby
February 11, 2012
I never attended their juggling gigs because it brings back too many painful memories of the career path I wish I’d chosen.
bluebee
February 12, 2012
I don’t have any kids, but had a read and tried to comment, anyhow – not sure if the comment was saved because I’m one of the demographic below who doesn’t have a FB account, and the login options for HP are just as convoluted as that decision chart.
Glad to see that the conspiracy of 40-60 year olds to bring Facebook down is working a treat
Angie Z.
February 12, 2012
I can’t even process how awesome that is that you’re blogging for Huffington Post. My brain tells me this is in fact awesome but then I can’t grasp anything bigger than WordPress (there is bigger than WordPress?). Congrats. I’ll save my real comment for Huffington Post Land.
Angie Z.
February 12, 2012
Okay, I just went over there, commented, shared, the works. Worth every bit of my time. Hilarious. I came back here to tell you that Zooey was right above your head in a little preview box for her show (or possibly for her SNL appearance). Her breasts were practically resting on the top of your post’s title. Thought you’d appreciate that.
The Good Greatsby
February 12, 2012
I do appreciate that. I kind of feel like I can claim we’ve worked together the next time I try and get past her security.
Ape No. 1
February 12, 2012
Your writing has gone from Good to Greatsby. Awesome seeing you on the Huff. You show this big city writing folk how it is really done.
Tony McGurk
February 13, 2012
I haven’t gone to the Huffington post yet but looking at the image you have here reminds me of when I deleted my FB account & the amount of confirming & other rigmoroll I had to go through. Not to mention all the reminder emails that it still wasn’t too late to reactivate my account. They really don’t like people leaving do they???
the master
February 15, 2012
I’ve tried posting this on the Huffington piece but someone wisely rejected it. I’ve given it another go, but just to be sure I thought I’d post it here as well. Because a comment this insipid just needs to be heard.
Surely Twitter remains Facebook’s main threat? The character limit is perfectly geared towards vapid idiots like myself who make up 90% of the internet so we can spew abbreviated verbal garbage for no-one to listen to. Perhaps if Facebook wants to recruit my fickle ilk they should think about introducing an even more restrictive character limit for comments. Say three characters. Or better yet, none. That way smileys can emerge as the true language of the internet.
:l
worrywarts-guide-to-weight-sex-and-marriage
February 15, 2012
Excellent post. I’m a little concerned that the fact that I read it on Huffington Post is going to be showing up on my FB (this seems to be a new FB feature which may be the first step to my dumping FB all together). If what I’m reading is not already posted on FB as I type this, then I will definitely purposely share this post with all of my FB friends (I’m 51 so I only have 93 friends). Coincidentally, I made a date with one of my FB (is FB a 51-something abbreviation to use?) friends for tomorrow night because as I said to my husband who complained as we were crossing the Golden Gate Bridge today that our dinner date with friends may interfere with Survivor, “I’m tired of just interacting on the Internet; I want to spend time with our friends.” I guess I AM old.
laurenrantnrave
February 16, 2012
You are my blogging hero!