It came to my surprise that I ended up being WCCO's Fan of the Day. I did not know until a friend told me and I had to dig up and I found the vid here that was on TV this morning. Sorry if it is not captioning but this is what it was on this morning's newscast. WCCO is TV Station based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and CBS affiliate.
Not word-for-word, but summary of the video's audio:
"We love Rachel's picture of her with her stuffed animal dogs, including
Bullseye from Target... We agree with her post on our page: 'Please keep
Old Man Winter away!' ... Thanks for being our fan, Rachel."
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Facebook. Show all posts
Friday, December 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Rach's Political Report Facebook Fan Page is out!
If you are on Facebook, good news is that I have decide to launch a fan page for Rach's Political Report. I will be putting latest links over there and people can discuss or write up their own opinion.
Link to Facebook Page
I am catching up to latest technology and please bear with me as I am learning new things.
Link to Facebook Page
I am catching up to latest technology and please bear with me as I am learning new things.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and weather guy Sven Sundgaard lobby to end Facebook's 5,000-friend limit
Pionner Press
By Amy Carlson Gustafson
agustafson@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 06/11/2009 08:58:31 AM CDT
How many do YOU have?
How many Facebook friends do you have?
I'm not on Facebook.
Fewer than 50
51-250
251-500
More than 501
One is a popular meteorologist; the other is in charge of Minnesota's largest city. Their common mission? Getting rid of the 5,000-friend limit for personal Facebook pages. KARE-TV's Sven Sundgaard and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak topped out at the maximum friend capacity — Rybak a few months ago and Sundgaard on Monday. Now they're stuck with an ever-growing waiting list of potential "friends."
"Well, I guess it's better than if you opened it up and nobody added you as their friend," Sundgaard said about the more than 100 friend requests he can't do anything about.
Rybak said he's talked to people at the social networking site and has asked them to lift the 5,000-friend limit.
"It's good to be in the same boat with Sven. I hope that together we can convince Facebook that they shouldn't keep us from having more friends," laughed Rybak, who has 2,2000 unanswered friend requests.
Last year, there were rumblings that Facebook might ditch the limit, but that never happened. (An interview request on Wednesday with Facebook management went unanswered.) Many folks who want more than 5,000 friends create "fan" or "group" pages where there is no cap on how many followers a person can have. Rybak already has three separate pages on the site, but he, along with Sundgaard, say they prefer their personal pages because they allow more interaction between people.
"Both Sven and I use our Facebook pages to have two-way conversations with people," said Rybak, who noted that when he first joined the site they didn't have a mayor category. "I do it myself. This isn't some staff-driven, phony deal — this is a place where I can legitimately have an ongoing conversation with people. ... Having this Facebook page has been a great way for me to learn about things that are going on in the community, catch up with people I haven't known and have fun."
Speaking of fun, Sundgaard plans to shower his 5,000th friend with a grand prize that includes dinner with him, a tour of KARE studios, a T-shirt, and a chance to meet Sven's beloved goat, Abigail.
As far as fighting Facebook's 5,000-friend limit, Rybak plans to continue his quest to get the company to change its ways.
"It's one thing to deny the mayor of Minneapolis, but I don't know too many people who can say no to Sven," Rybak laughed. "I hope Facebook can't."
So, now the question is: Who's going to create the "Let R.T. and Sven have more friends" group on Facebook?
Update! As of this morning, people are starting to join this newly created (not by us) group on the site. To find it, just type the phrase "Let R.T. and Sven" into the Facebook search bar.
Amy Carlson Gustafson can be reached at 651-228-5561
By Amy Carlson Gustafson
agustafson@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 06/11/2009 08:58:31 AM CDT
How many do YOU have?
How many Facebook friends do you have?
I'm not on Facebook.
Fewer than 50
51-250
251-500
More than 501
One is a popular meteorologist; the other is in charge of Minnesota's largest city. Their common mission? Getting rid of the 5,000-friend limit for personal Facebook pages. KARE-TV's Sven Sundgaard and Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak topped out at the maximum friend capacity — Rybak a few months ago and Sundgaard on Monday. Now they're stuck with an ever-growing waiting list of potential "friends."
"Well, I guess it's better than if you opened it up and nobody added you as their friend," Sundgaard said about the more than 100 friend requests he can't do anything about.
Rybak said he's talked to people at the social networking site and has asked them to lift the 5,000-friend limit.
"It's good to be in the same boat with Sven. I hope that together we can convince Facebook that they shouldn't keep us from having more friends," laughed Rybak, who has 2,2000 unanswered friend requests.
Last year, there were rumblings that Facebook might ditch the limit, but that never happened. (An interview request on Wednesday with Facebook management went unanswered.) Many folks who want more than 5,000 friends create "fan" or "group" pages where there is no cap on how many followers a person can have. Rybak already has three separate pages on the site, but he, along with Sundgaard, say they prefer their personal pages because they allow more interaction between people.
"Both Sven and I use our Facebook pages to have two-way conversations with people," said Rybak, who noted that when he first joined the site they didn't have a mayor category. "I do it myself. This isn't some staff-driven, phony deal — this is a place where I can legitimately have an ongoing conversation with people. ... Having this Facebook page has been a great way for me to learn about things that are going on in the community, catch up with people I haven't known and have fun."
Speaking of fun, Sundgaard plans to shower his 5,000th friend with a grand prize that includes dinner with him, a tour of KARE studios, a T-shirt, and a chance to meet Sven's beloved goat, Abigail.
As far as fighting Facebook's 5,000-friend limit, Rybak plans to continue his quest to get the company to change its ways.
"It's one thing to deny the mayor of Minneapolis, but I don't know too many people who can say no to Sven," Rybak laughed. "I hope Facebook can't."
So, now the question is: Who's going to create the "Let R.T. and Sven have more friends" group on Facebook?
Update! As of this morning, people are starting to join this newly created (not by us) group on the site. To find it, just type the phrase "Let R.T. and Sven" into the Facebook search bar.
Amy Carlson Gustafson can be reached at 651-228-5561
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