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- diggyduggle, on 06/18/2009, -3/+499wow, someone needs to slap the ***** out of the person who saved this as a .jpg with 99% compression enabled.
- casspa, on 06/17/2009, -0/+304Is being named 'Gail' a prerequisite for working in the school system?...because I cant honestly say I've ever met one anywhere else.
- NBCLocal, on 06/24/2009, -0/+282"I'd start with the A's." Great response to a totally b/s e-mail.
- Natitude, on 06/17/2009, -0/+165I'm stunned she writes back and asks if he knows anyone who would be interested lol
- Sutley, on 06/18/2009, -10/+123This is fake. It was originally posted and dugg up to score a worthwhile amount of ad revenue for burbia.com. Seriously, there are like 10 ads on that one page, and who makes a new e-mail address for a high school reunion, let alone at yahoo.com?
- openthink, on 06/18/2009, -0/+1002 other places/people where Gails are required: human resources depts & insur co claims adjusters. not to mention Verizon customer "service"...
- merreborn, on 06/18/2009, -3/+90There are exactly 3 google ads on there. All other "ads" on the page are allowed to cache, which means that views on those "ads" aren't being tracked -- which means they aren't getting paid on a CPM basis (noone pays CPM w/o tracking views)
Adsense pays CPMs no higher than $25 (cite: http://www.labnol.org/internet/google-adsense-cpm- ... ) ; on the sites I run, I see adsense CPMs of $2 or less.
This article currently has roughly 300 diggs. Let's generously assume that translates to 1000 clicks. That's a total of 3000 ad views. Using the high CPMs cited in the aforementioned blog post, this digg has grossed burbia no more than $75. And most likely, the total is actually below $10.
A quick search suggests 11 burbia articles have been submitted in the last 30 days. A quick count shows they received about 6100 diggs between the lot of 'em. Using the estimates outlined above, that's roughly $40 - $400 dollars. Once you count hosting costs and the time of the submitters, etc. involved, that doesn't leave much money at all.
I've give you one thing, though. All but one of the frontpaged burbia submissions this year were submitted by openthink:
http://digg.com/search?s=burbia+%2Bp&sort=digg ...
However, his submission history contains a lot of non-burbia content. So it's plausible that he's just a powerdigger that happens to submit a lot of burbia.
Confirmed: he's the #45 powerdigger of all time.
http://socialblade.com/digg/top1000users.html
Seems unlikely he's on burbia's payroll. - jakereilly, on 06/18/2009, -0/+77I love how the first half of the email address is blocked out in the first email and the second half is blocked out in the last email.
jeffersonhsreunion@yahoo.com? - dvsbastard, on 06/18/2009, -2/+64JPG not the best candidate for file type of a text based image...
- BeShirtHappy, on 06/18/2009, -1/+62He may have been a delinquent but he is very witty.
- GraceHead, on 06/18/2009, -4/+56what ads?
- bbhill, on 06/18/2009, -0/+50If you know anyone named Gail, I apologize, but every Gail I have ever known (incidentally within the public school network) was a bitch. . .
- geodebug, on 06/18/2009, -0/+47But her followup was even better, totally sidestepped everything he said. Hilarious.
- GemStar38, on 06/17/2009, -0/+46Obviously Gail couldn't find anyone who graduated with the class who actually wanted the position
- bakaoni, on 06/18/2009, -2/+46Agreed. I mean it's not only the 11th Commandment, but it's also the most important text in the 1st Amendment in the US Constitution.
Anyone who does it otherwise is an affront to God, anti-American or both! - 1n4007, on 06/18/2009, -4/+46Or better, who saved it as a jpg _at all_
PNG would've worked just fine and with probably even less file size - bakaoni, on 06/18/2009, -0/+41My ex-mother-in-law is named Gail.
PROTIP: Avoid Gail. - jamesmcv, on 06/18/2009, -2/+38The average age on Digg is probably around 18-19.
Just saying.. - eShinn, on 06/18/2009, -0/+35"Click to enlarge" was the joke.
- SuicideMouse, on 06/18/2009, -0/+30Not the one you went to.
- cawpin, on 06/18/2009, -2/+31Does anyone else want to call ***** on this entire exchange? You don't elect a "Class Reunion President". It's the elected Class President's responsibility.
- inactive, on 06/18/2009, -0/+28I went to a couple class reunions. 5,10,15 years. I haven't been back to one since. In a couple years, it will be 35....don't see going to that one either. Too many idiots that still live in the SAME SMALL TOWN, acting like they did in HS. They got to about age 18 and stopped growing.
- eShinn, on 06/18/2009, -0/+19Probably from the trauma of being named "Gail". It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy.
- x1soundgarden1x, on 06/18/2009, -0/+19Wow professor Digg, nice work. Glad to see you're using your research powers for good.
- SherlockH, on 06/18/2009, -1/+19My mother-in-law is named Gail... :(
- Soleanthia, on 06/18/2009, -0/+16Haha. My good friend's sister is named Gail....and she's a bitch too.
- WhiskeyLemur, on 06/30/2009, -0/+16I've been looking forward to skipping my 10-year high school reunion since *before* graduation. Next year I will finally be able to fulfill this decade-long ambition ;)
- Sal4, on 06/18/2009, -1/+17Perfectly fine quality if he used GIF?
- IgorUnchained, on 06/18/2009, -0/+16I would have taken the position, used the time and resources to invite all of my cell mates from that era, and then joined Mr Dove and Gail for a night of punch, cookies, and a long stroll down memory lane.
- ASfinkterSezWut, on 06/18/2009, -0/+15OMFG! You went to THREE of those things?
p51d007 <--- Pokes hot burner on stove - " Ouch! that hurt...."
p51d007 <--- Again Pokes hot burner on stove - " Ouch! that hurt...."
p51d007 <--- AGAIN Pokes hot burner on stove - " Ouch! that hurt...."
p51d007 <--- approaches the stove... - InitialDMP5, on 06/18/2009, -0/+14Are you the Matrix?
- LoudMusic, on 06/18/2009, -1/+14"Who makes a new e-mail address for a high school reunion, let alone at yahoo.com?"
Someone who doesn't want to give their real email address to a bunch of people they actually hate. Throw away email addresses are actually quite popular. There are sites devoted to short term accounts, in fact. - timothiuz, on 06/18/2009, -1/+14I named my female dog Gail
- inactive, on 06/18/2009, -2/+15I've met your mom. She's a bitch.
- snagglefoof, on 06/18/2009, -1/+14Congrats! That was the joke!
- burningrobot, on 06/18/2009, -0/+13I had a Gail working in my High School's office.
- ZombieSociety, on 06/18/2009, -0/+13I thought it was my glasses.
- Methusalah, on 06/18/2009, -0/+13I can think of only one:
That girl you used to know.
And no... she still isn't interested. - 4rp4n3t, on 06/18/2009, -0/+12I want to call ***** on the whole of burbia.com
- Akaziel, on 06/19/2009, -0/+12I tried like hell to avoid my 10 yr HS Reunion. I really didn't care for most of my graduating class; all of my friends in HS were a year ahead, a year behind, or went to other schools. Thankfully, I had to work the night of the reunion. Thing is, I was a karaoke DJ at a very popular bar that just happened to be within the same town that my HS was located in.
That night, all seemed fine. Another busy saturday night. At that point I'd completely forgotten the reunion existed, let alone that it was that night. I cued a singer up and used the time to make a bathroom run. As I'm coming out of the bathroom, someone from the bar grabs me and says "OH MY GOD!!!! HOW ARE YOU?!"
I turn around.
Taking up four or five tables in the back of the bar are about 50-60 members of my graduating class.
Goddammit. - labuzan, on 06/18/2009, -0/+12Freakin' Woodward and Burnstein of the internet.
- KibblesnBitts, on 06/18/2009, -0/+12who, born after 1992 has a ten-year high school reunion coming up?
- Kardde, on 06/18/2009, -0/+12It's on the Internet so it must be true.
- maddprof, on 06/18/2009, -2/+13There are only three reasons EVER to go a HS reunion.
1. Revenge. Whether it be because you were picked on as a kid or you've got an axe to grind and want to prove everyone wrong about you.
2. Your a townie and the HS reunion is just an excuse to fancy-dress party it up with the rest of the townies.
3. Your nucking futs and to have your head examined.
As cliched as it is, I left my hometown as soon as I could and NEVER want to go back. - ghatid, on 06/18/2009, -0/+11So you don't mind all the bad-mouthing about the name Gail, right?
- Delphium226, on 06/18/2009, -0/+11Your digg fu is strong.
- StigNordas, on 06/17/2009, -1/+12Tough qualifications for that position!
- DeanRed, on 06/18/2009, -0/+11Fake, everything about it... look at the dates and times of the emails... there is no way it could have made it this far in the time frame...
- SACubeMonkey, on 06/18/2009, -0/+10ARGHH! I can't believe I laughed at something that was fake! Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
- Spirte, on 06/18/2009, -0/+10www.gail.com
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