Brag Brag Total $$$ Value

Live forum: http://forum.freeipodguide.com/viewtopic.php?t=49502

J4320

08-12-2006 18:00:50

I was thinking earlier and...

Has anyone else been curious as to how much of a $$$ value has been reported in the Brag Brag and the DIY Brag Brag? I wonder how much it is total. I also thought about having 1 member on each page calculating how much the $$$ value was on that page then adding them all up. Of course I doubt we'd have enough participation to do that and there would be only a few people willing to but still... I've always thought about this. How much do you think we'd have?

Probably over $100k at least. Actually, it's probably way more.

tylerc

08-12-2006 18:06:44

I would help.

J4320

08-12-2006 18:15:28

I would too. It'd be kind of cool to know. I know it'd take forever to figure out.

There are 53 pages in the brag brag. If we got like 10 people to help we'd only have to do 5 pages each. We could do like 1 a day.

But then there's the DIY Brag Brag too. shock

YourGiftsFree

08-12-2006 18:19:02

I can tell you the amount I sent out total shrug

guelah75

08-12-2006 18:24:02

dont some people post in BOTH the diy and the regular brag bag.....it would throw our figure off a bit

but if we do this count me in for however many pages

Daggoth

08-12-2006 18:27:32

I feel sorry for the poor guy who has to do the page with fgr_admin's brag bag. lol

chewy

08-12-2006 19:00:41

way more than 100K. im at over $12K myself. )

ILoveToys

08-12-2006 19:07:00

I'm at right around 12K also...

Gigante

08-12-2006 22:00:38

It wouldnt be very accurate tho since I know I am not the only one that doesnt post there.

ILoveToys

08-12-2006 22:28:06

[quote7da0f56449="Gigante"]It wouldnt be very accurate tho since I know I am not the only one that doesnt post there.[/quote7da0f56449]

What a loss....Anyway, his original idea was to add up what [b7da0f56449]HAD[/b7da0f56449] been posted in the brag brag, not add up everything that was ever received by a member of FiPG.

geej86

08-12-2006 22:31:24

i'll help too

JOSHBOX

08-12-2006 22:41:48

Better idea... Lets just have one of our house programmers program a mod in the profile page that allows a total $ ammount of gifts recieved to be entered and then the stats page can display the total ammount of tracked gifts across all users.

JordanE

08-12-2006 22:44:59

I'd help to, I think its going to be around $500,000. The members in this thread alone have probably earned an easy 100k. Though the last 500 or so i've earned in freebies I haven't bragged about.

J4320

08-12-2006 22:45:24

[quote2a03bcb497="JOSHBOX"]Better idea... Lets just have one of our house programmers program a mod in the profile page that allows a total $ ammount of gifts recieved to be entered and then the stats page can display the total ammount of tracked gifts across all users.[/quote2a03bcb497]

I was thinking of that too. I bet a bunch of people will just lie though. (

geej86

08-12-2006 22:57:00

[quote81d8a7fbe4="JOSHBOX"]Better idea... Lets just have one of our house programmers program a mod in the profile page that allows a total $ ammount of gifts recieved to be entered and then the stats page can display the total ammount of tracked gifts across all users.[/quote81d8a7fbe4]

that would be awesome

JOSHBOX

08-12-2006 23:05:10

we can prevent lies by having people claim all their earnings in the gifts recieved portion and just putting a total in the bottom, which could easily be double checked by any member and reported if incorrect. if someone blatantly lies to inflate numbers then we can block them from posting such information. Also in stats we could track who has earned the most from freebies.

Aurelius

08-12-2006 23:06:04

Jeez... I've only gotten 3k or so... 12k... crazy stuff

sweeedfish

08-12-2006 23:14:17

$1+ .. I win

JOSHBOX

08-12-2006 23:15:21

hai sweeeeeeed

sweeedfish

08-12-2006 23:15:57

HAI

Gigante

08-12-2006 23:32:07

See, I guess this works if you wanna know how much has been bragged about. But doesn't give an accurate amount of what has been earned so kinda pointless. Most of the people that earn 20k, 30k, 50k don't brag about it.

Daggoth

08-12-2006 23:42:05

Well, I have made a lot of cash in total, but at least half of it was used for paying referrals. So I might have received $250 and bragged about it, but I really only made $120~

Gigante

08-12-2006 23:49:52

DIY is where the big money was made anyways. Refs are just small time.

tjwor

09-12-2006 01:11:48

over 16K for me D

DRay9911

09-12-2006 06:38:17

the idea is interesting, but it will eventually turn into a pissing contest among the usual suspects.

-dan

KeithA

09-12-2006 06:50:05

[quote2a5ca9d42d="DRay9911"]the idea is interesting, but it will eventually turn into a pissing contest among the usual suspects.

-dan[/quote2a5ca9d42d]

What do you mean by "a pissing contest"?

If we summed all of the existing posts in the Brag Bag, it would result in a single number. We'd just have to resist the temptation to inflate it by adding to it.

shortys408

09-12-2006 08:55:28

i havent posted everything iv received but it adds up to 24,000$

Tsmith10803

09-12-2006 09:17:18

I'll start now if you guys want, I'll just start at 54 and go down.

johnjimjones

09-12-2006 09:48:15

I don't brag bag anymore, unless it's something significant.

tylerc

09-12-2006 09:51:35

I've gotten over $10k myself.

JUNIOR6886

09-12-2006 10:15:34

ive gotten about 35k..... nothing at all compared to some of the real top dogs but i dont hit up free sites like i used to.

Gigante

09-12-2006 10:52:25

When I started I was excited to get a iPod. So you will just have a bunch of posts with ipods and shit. By the time people are earning more, they are earning so much that $2k and $1k isnt even worth bragging about.

J4320

09-12-2006 11:01:30

Okay, this isn't to estimate how much every single FiPG user has gotten. It's to estimate the $$$ value of the brag brags that were reported.

To keep things simple, we could add up the Brag Brag, then we could add up the DIY Brag Brag and put both on the stats page and say that some of the DIY Brag Brag has been reported in the Brag Brag but some hasn't.

The 360 games brag brag thread and threads like FGR's are gonna be really annoying heh. I'm still up for calculating a few pages though because I think it'll be cool to see how much has been reported. We don't have to add the two Brag Brags together. D

tylerc

09-12-2006 11:11:15

I don't really bother bragging anymore unless it's 1)a big item (that required a W-9) or 2) giving credit to a site to help their reputation out.

Gigante

09-12-2006 12:17:15

we understand the purpose is to calculate the brag bag, but what is the purpose of that? All it shows is how much people made when they were still newbies and cared about small things.

J4320

09-12-2006 12:26:10

[quoteab82f586e3="Gigante"]we understand the purpose is to calculate the brag bag, but what is the purpose of that? All it shows is how much people made when they were still newbies and cared about small things.[/quoteab82f586e3]

I was just thinking about how it might be interesting to see. I wasn't saying that we should totally do it because I didn't think we'd have enough people willing to participate. If people do want to do it, I'd do a few pages though.

tmberwolff

09-12-2006 14:55:35

[quotef630da8311="Gigante"]When I started I was excited to get a iPod. So you will just have a bunch of posts with ipods and shit. By the time people are earning more, they are earning so much that $2k and $1k isnt even worth bragging about.[/quotef630da8311]

yeah, I made about $2K in my first month, but I don't think I've bragged about anything... and as for my total amount... that's between me and the IRS )

but I would be curious to see how much total has been reported in the brag bags.

OldManWrigley

09-12-2006 16:03:08

I'd help....

I've made about $3,500 doing nothing but referral sites and I think I've posted one brag-brag about getting $250 from a site.....

Anyway, I'd help )

kdollar

09-12-2006 18:55:59

wouldnt it help to actually have a thread in the brag bag, aksing people to post their totals, then adding that up??

J4320

09-12-2006 19:07:57

[quote8817b490fe="kdollar"]wouldnt it help to actually have a thread in the brag bag, aksing people to post their totals, then adding that up??[/quote8817b490fe]

Yeah sure... that be great... if every single member who has ever posted in the Brag Brag totals up their numbers in that thread. ;)

kdollar

09-12-2006 19:10:23

i guess your just wanting the total in the brag bag, not actually fipg people all together. its going to be skewed.

J4320

09-12-2006 19:13:19

[quotef2701c005b="kdollar"]i guess your just wanting the total in the brag bag, not actually fipg people all together. its going to be skewed.[/quotef2701c005b]

Lol yeah like I said, it'd be pretty much impossible to figure out how much each person has gained. I just thought it'd be cool to see the reported $$$ value of gifts in the Brag Brag and the DIY Brag Brag.

kdollar

09-12-2006 19:18:40

yes i agree, do it , do it!

also, sucks whoever u stick with the 360games thread.

tylerc

09-12-2006 21:26:06

[quote6c59fd6014="kdollar"]also, sucks whoever u stick with the 360games thread.[/quote6c59fd6014]

Not it.