What is a Thunderclap?
Thunderclap is a tool that lets a message be heard when you and your friends say it together. Think of it as an "online flash mob." Join a Thunderclap, and you and others will share the same message at the same time, spreading an idea through Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr that cannot be ignored.
On the 9th of January, we executed a successful Thunderclap with the following results:
Details: https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/66402-are-you-still-waiting
412 people from the Steem community participated and together we reached over 750.000 people on Twitter and Facebook! The message we shared was a testament to the transaction speed of the Steem blockchain, as wonderfully depicted in this GIF by @kyriacos:
It's time for the 2nd Edition
Bigger, better, bolder !!
The aim for this edition is to reach one million. In order to achieve this we're undertaking quite some activities (this post on Utopian is just a very small part in it), we're reaching out to people and encourage them to join the Thunderclap via Discord, Steemit.chat, Telegram, Twitter and of course, Steemit itself.
More information and the direct sign-up to the Thunderclap can be found here, on the project page:
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/67370-steem-capacity-scalability
Participating in this project is very easy, just a couple of mouse clicks. Can you imagine what happens when a community unites in one voice and sends out a coherent message to the world? You risk being heard. We have seen in the last edition that many people edited the message just a little bit, which we encourage to do. Personal touches are always a good thing, yet we do advise to keep the core message, which is usually a GIF, intact:
Our core message this time, crafted by @overkillcoin:
IMPORTANT: information for the people joining with a Facebook account
This Thunderclap was set-up for Twitter. Be advised, some very good feedback from @reggaemuffin: The GIF from @overkillcoin does not come across perfectly on Facebook through a Thunderclap. If you want to participate with a Facebook account, we advise you to modify the message a little bit and include a picture. Or, replace the pic.twitter.com/DdZw5XEZLt in the message by "https://goo.gl/BygEDh".
Posted on Utopian.io - Rewarding Open Source Contributors
Almost 100k people reached already! Now we only need 900k more and we're there :)
And we're only getting started. Reaching out to Utopian was just one little task now crossed off. Let's hope the Utopian moderators understand the massive potential of this project, because we're determined to get Steem to trend on Twitter on the 13th of February.
But until that day, I got a lot of messages to tweet, still gotta hit Discord and then the Telegram groups. Busy, it's hard work, but it's exciting!!
It's great to hear that you are working so hard to get even more people to sign up for this round! I'm really excited to see how many people will end up joining in once we're getting closer to the deadline.
Let's do this shit.
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@fitzgibbon this is really great and maybe i will join you but your contribution cannot be approved because it does not follow the Utopian Rules.
-This category is meant only for providing results of online social engagement, ads and similar for an Open Source project.
You can contact us on Discord.
[utopian-moderator]
@thegoldenphoenix indeed this is a great promotional effort, and it is online too since thunderclap provides online engagement effort via twitter and facebook.
yes it is a good one but as you know @mcfarhat the moderators have less flexibility in the moderation process after the last rules/system update ;)
Thank you for the contribution and the wonderful effort. This has been approved.
Please avoid utilizing lingo such as upvote, resteem... as per utopian rules: "Contributors should not ask for Steem/Steemit related activities in their posts, such as upvotes, resteems and follows."
Please edit your post and remove this portion, and make sure to avoid it future contributions.
You can contact us on Discord.
[utopian-moderator]
Dear @mcfarhat,
Thank you very much for that feedback, I've edited the post now, it does not ask for upvotes, re-steems or follows now, I think.
Could you take another look? Sorry for taking this much of your time...
I wish everyone have to offer their support for this second thunderclap attempt. I just have done my part with my social accounts and published a post about this edition. Glad that I have been part of this great work by you @fitzgibbon and let's wait another 10 days to witness an amazing day for steemians.