Evening! Sometime in the next 6 hours (probably), the one millionth UID on Daily Kos will be created. Will it be the next Hunter? The next Meteor Blades? The next Laura Clawson? The next navajo?
No, that isn’t going to happen, all of those individuals are totally and utterly unique. (It’s true for ALL OF US!)
It would be nice if it were simply a contributing member. Someone who wrote thoughtful, informative comments, interesting diaries, someone who supports our community, our candidates and our causes.
More below the fleur de kos!
Of course the odds are not great. Over the past months an unhappily high percentage of accounts were created for spam purposes or other similarly unproductive reasons. With nearly a million UIDs the ‘heavy lifting’ on Daily Kos is, as always, done by a few thousand. Like every other group on earth ours is not perfect, never will be, never could be. We will work as we always have, to influence the arc of history bending toward justice. To support our friends, our candidates, our world.
Tonight we are just watching as Daily Kos approaches what is nonetheless a milestone, as someone will push the button to create an account here, as we have all done, right at a million times now. And that has a power and an impact all its own. It is unlikely that even kos could have foreseen this development. Clearly he wanted a microphone, a podium, for speaking on our campaigns, our issues. But it is hard to imagine that he suspected it would ever become what it has. What it is still becoming.
So tonight we watch as those last few UIDs are created (yes, I know kos has said UIDs are ‘going away), and the milestone reached.
Would you care to join us? And perhaps write a few words about what Daily Kos has come to mean to you? About what you wish for it in the coming months and years? About what you are proudest to have contributed so far?!
Best wishes to us all!
I will try to post updates ... now we're awaiting 999983 ... 17 to go! (Uhoh! 999964 is named Millionth! Premature sockpupulation!)
(Please do not create any sock puppet accounts to try to 'hit' a comparatively snecky UID. That's .. not advisable. ;) )
Should we make a prize for the person who first announces #1,000,000 in comments?
Should we make a prize for the person who first TWEETS #1,000,000?
Should we make a prize for the person who comes up with the best idea for a prize for any prize contests we conceive of?