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What does the "Surprise me. (Fun mode.)" setting do?

  1. theprattlingsofseverin
    Member

    Can anyone tell me what the "Surprise me. (Fun mode.)" setting on the "Personal Settings" do? I cant find any documentation on it.

  2. macmanx
    Happiness Engineer

    I could tell you, but it wouldn't be a surprise, nor would it be fun. ;)

  3. timethief
    Member

    And we can all not read about it here ... lol :D
    http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2010/04/17/surprise-me/

  4. theianfox
    Member

    I turned it on a while ago.

    Nothing yet.

  5. theprattlingsofseverin
    Member

    Nothing for me either. And i can't help but feel a tiny bit suspicious about a site encouraging you to tick a box but not telling you what the control actually does (if anything).

  6. bats0711
    Member

    A quote from the link TT supplied...
    " If you’re open to new things and serendipitity in your blogging life try leaving it on as you go about your normal blogging activities of posting, commenting, checking your stats, and such, and see what pops up."

    Okay I did it a while ago, was curious. It's safe, it's not going to hurt you. It's silly fun.

  7. theprattlingsofseverin
    Member

    Oh all right then. I'll leave it on. For a while. As long as it doesn't come and eat my blog. Or me. Or my puppy. Although he's bad, so that might be ok.

  8. bats0711
    Member

    Wait you're not my next door neighbor who has their puppy out right now and it's barking it's head off since 5:30 am?

  9. theprattlingsofseverin
    Member

    OMG, it that you who lives next door and keeps throwing shoes and underwear over the fence? :)

  10. theianfox
    Member

    Still nothing

  11. theprattlingsofseverin
    Member

    I wonder if pop-up blockers spoil its effect(s)? If so i'm probably rather glad.

    (Although i can't help feeling we're all part of some giant social experiment)!

  12. theianfox
    Member

    It just did something.

    MEH.

  13. bats0711
    Member

    @severin Okay that might be me.
    And yes we are a giant social experiment but I'm not sure who the leader is yet.

    @ian it's subtle.

  14. theprattlingsofseverin
    Member

    @bats0711 Well you're not having the underwear back!

    And if it's subtle, well it'll go straight over my head because i'm a guy.

  15. timethief
    Member

    @Bats
    Is there still a silly video? Two men dancing - one in the air and the other on a car hood? Or is this "fun feature" no longer operating?

  16. bats0711
    Member

    @TT I've seen it before, haven't seen it since. Lots of fun things happen that I'm not expecting.

    @Severin keep the underwear and you're screwed then! ;)

  17. raincoaster
    Member

    Well, this thread is surprising at least.

  18. theprattlingsofseverin
    Member

    So is our garden!

  19. bats0711
    Member

    Ya it's always fun to open a thread and discover underwear, a fence and being screwed in it.

  20. theprattlingsofseverin
    Member

    I remember those parties!

    I said "p a r t i e s" not "p a n t i e s"!

  21. toxictom
    Member

    This is helpful

  22. hollythestrange
    Member

    So what does it do? I'm not checking any boxes unless I know what it causes!!

  23. timethief
    Member

    Hi Holly,
    You get surprise videos or at least you did when it first came out. I don't know what you get now. I saw one stupid video and that was it. I disabled the function.

  24. hollythestrange
    Member

    When do you get them?

  25. bats0711
    Member

    It's a surprise!

  26. toxictom
    Member

    Ok, all i get is a check box saying "this post is super-awesome" when i make posts.

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