10,000 views and 1000 comments

January 26, 2011 (approximate) · by Espen André Øverdahl

This morning we came across a recent video review of Opera. It was definetely a nice surprise coming out of nowhere from someone in Oklahoma, USA! We didn't even know we had users there! This is pretty amazing.

This got us thinking. What if we surprised him back with a ton of video views courtesy of the Opera community? Let's say that we want to make sure he gets at least 10,000 views and 1000 comments. We hope he will be so surprised that he posts a new video thanking everybody. So, as a community experiment, we ask all of you to help to achieve this goal. Here are things you can do to help get the ball rolling:

Just watch the video. That's it. If you want to do more, write a comment!
Blog about it! Embed the video in your blog, so your readers are notified!
Tell your friends! Tweet or share the link to this post on your social networks.
Participate! Write a comment in his video or post a video response (if that's your style).

We would like to make this a real surprise for him, so don't tell him how you came across his video. He will easily find out by himself after a bit of research. This also makes it more fun - don't you think? However, make sure your comment is on subject and nice!

There are probably many more ways to engage, so feel free to get creative in the comments. What do you say? Wanna do a good deed for someone this week? Let's show the world the power of My Opera!

Video on YouTube

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Tamil20. January 2011, 12:17
Espen André Øverdahl20. January 2011, 12:27
Up to 61 views from 10 views.
Tamil20. January 2011, 12:30
Ahmed Ghanem20. January 2011, 12:39
.ed20. January 2011, 12:47
Zdenko Timulak20. January 2011, 12:51
twitted, bloged, viewed, posted...
Kei Grieg Toyomasu20. January 2011, 12:53
Done
Anna Brandt20. January 2011, 12:58
Love it
Rachel20. January 2011, 13:47
Opera is fast? IT IS AND MORE!!!
rsister8820. January 2011, 13:49
Great idea!
Zoran Bošnjak20. January 2011, 13:54
done
silviu05220. January 2011, 14:00
done and done
kimyu9220. January 2011, 14:00
Just watched the video and wrote some reviews about opera in my blog before and even promote to my friends via any medium!
Paavo Rissanen20. January 2011, 14:01
Hehe.. so this is how all those viral videos are made?
Espen André Øverdahl20. January 2011, 14:05
It stopped counting after 302 views now and he has more than 4 pages of comments!
Tamil20. January 2011, 14:09
Originally posted by EspenAO:

It stopped counting after 302 views
Espen André Øverdahl20. January 2011, 14:11
YouTube does that. It cahces the view count and updates hours later. Hopefully we will reach our target!
Mike Manger20. January 2011, 14:12
Fantastic idea, another thing we can do is subscribe to his channel!
Espen André Øverdahl20. January 2011, 14:17
Things just got serious. moirob posted a video review of the video review. Meta much?
Morten Breivik20. January 2011, 14:18
Nice comments on Opera :-)
Tobias20. January 2011, 14:18
nice. lets go!
Nimit Solanki20. January 2011, 14:25
Awesome.........!!!!!!!
.ed20. January 2011, 14:25
Originally posted by EspenAO:

Things just got serious. moirob posted a video review of the video review. Meta much?

I can not even!!

We need a Meta smiley face!
Masis Knosis20. January 2011, 14:28
Originally posted by DotEd:

We need a Meta smiley face!

{:-:}
Nenad20. January 2011, 14:31
Done! I'd like to see the look on his face when he notices all the feedback
Espen André Øverdahl20. January 2011, 14:32
Originally posted by masisknosis:

{:-:}
I think you nailed it.
Richard N20. January 2011, 14:40
It would be kinda cool if this went completely viral...
helen20. January 2011, 14:41
enjoyed watching thanks!!
Charles Schloss20. January 2011, 14:43
watch.ed
Espen André Øverdahl20. January 2011, 14:44
Originally posted by Richard N:

It would be kinda cool if this went completely viral...
I think it's happening...
Aleksander Aas20. January 2011, 15:03
Viewed and commented!
jts720. January 2011, 15:10
+1

Nice idea BTW!
Thierry Maillard20. January 2011, 15:14
nice
freddy leonardo pavón patiño20. January 2011, 16:13
good good
Daniel Hendrycks20. January 2011, 17:42
Originally posted by Espen André Øverdahl:

YouTube does that. It cahces the view count and updates hours later. Hopefully we will reach our target!

Possibly the views, not the comments; many are able to watch YouTube, not comment because they won't get an account.
d4rkn1ght20. January 2011, 17:46
Great!
Nico20. January 2011, 18:42
Viewed, commented, wrote an article for the German Opera community and told all my friends. Let's all do this!
Joel Smith20. January 2011, 18:53
Cool:headbang:
mlnay20. January 2011, 19:11
Good job
Tann Chi-Ming20. January 2011, 19:31
Opera has been my No.1 Browser for years also my No.1 Browser for my mobile, Opera Mini! cmtann from Malaysia
Karen20. January 2011, 20:13
I Facebooked that mofo. Gonna go tweet it now.
MarvinIsm1320. January 2011, 23:00
And this type of response from Opera towards their users makes Opera even cooler.
karagöz20. January 2011, 23:01
What is special about this video
Tamil21. January 2011, 00:07
557 views & 149 comments.
Karen21. January 2011, 02:36
Too many lurkers...not enough commenters.
Hadi21. January 2011, 02:49
Originally posted by EspenAO:

Let's show the world the power of My Opera!

ok captain Espen.. i'll
Hadi21. January 2011, 02:55
wait a minute...i forgot my youtube password
Fredrik Andersson21. January 2011, 09:27
Great video!
amanda jayne cleaver21. January 2011, 15:57
...just simply...Bravo!!...much respect from canada
karagöz21. January 2011, 15:58