At 6am Greenwich Mean Time (that’s in the the UK) an attempt at the world record for the most comments on an online news item in 24 hours began (ie this blog post). According to Guinness World Records® we need around 100k unique comments. That’s just over 1 comment a second! With your help we think we can whoop that.
This is also charity fund raiser for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) the UK. The level of funds raised is not associated with the number of comments and it doesn’t cost to leave a comment but if you want you can make donation by clicking on the big green “DONATE NOW!” button in the sidebar – the bigger the donation the better.
When you leave a comment you have the option to tweet it – please do so if you can as this will help to spread the word using the #comment24 hashtag.
To comply with the rules the comments must be at least 10 characters, a minimum of two words and not comprise solely of punctuation marks. Basically comments have to make sense. Happy commenting & let’s see if we can raise some cash for the RNLI.
Postscript – conclusion here
5,595 replies on “World record attempt for most comments on an online news item in 24 hours has started. #comment24 #RNLI”
This is the first comment – may it be the first of at least 100,000.
biggest inspiration of 2011 was the #b4rn project. JFDI is the way to do IT.
You can’t make it to 1000 comments also.
Good luck with this Tref. Great that the RNLI are going to benefit.
http://www.b4rn.org.uk is the inspirational site of the community building their own fibre network in the North of England.
Wishing everyone a happy 2012 and good luck Trefor I hope you raise a lot of money for the RNLI
Lets hope you make the record, I hope you do.
Good luck with this initiative Tref!
I have lots of sources of inspiration and its hard to choose. I’ve always found Julie Hawker (https://twitter.com/#!/cosmicjulie) an inspiration and her organisation Cosmic http://www.cosmic.org.uk/ have done some great things. So this time they are my choice.
Good luck and best wishes for 2012!
Good luck to everyone commenting today, lets hope we hold the record by the end of 24 hours and make pots of dosh for the RNLI too.
chris
Pob Lwc Trefor. We are very much looking forward to another successful 2012 here at UES Energy. Hope all is well at Timico……Andrew
good luck tref, we’re all rooting for ya.
I don’t suppose we can do much about natural disasters, but could we do something about man made ones? What could we ban? bankers? Would the world crumble if they didn’t exist?
As a confirmed non-musician, I was inspired by the work of @GarethMalone. Hoping for motivation of more communities in 2012.
Steve Jobs was truly inspirational for me, unfortunately he will not be able to contribute any more.
good luck from all at b4rn, we love grassroots initiatives to make our world a better place, and although we work on dry land we support the brave people on the high seas.
What a great way to kick off 2012! Let’s test the tech to the tech to the limit today folks – be generous and donate!
Wish you all the best, the RNLI does an amazing job.
Have a great day. Keep pushing the technology out there. Great cause the RNLI.
Good Luck @Tref!
Good luck Tref. My inspiration as always is my wife – that’s what she tells me anyway!
Woof. Grrrreat idea.
I am an inspiration. I am also the first dog to comment. woof.
Is it ok for dogs to comment on human’s blogs? Do I care? all in a good cause so I will anyway.
Goodluck, great cause
Ha ha Callum, very good.
Best get my comment in about your #comment24 event before 9pm when it really starts to get busy 🙂 . Good luck Tref.
Good luck!
Morning all, let’s get arty started. Supporting a very worthy cause too!
Good luck
Good luck with the record and here’s hoping for huge support for the RNLI
Was hoping to bag myself comment number 24 on comment 24, oh well too late! Good luck Tref, a good start and a great cause!
Good luck with it all and I hope RNLI gets lots of money. Great charity. All the best for 2012. x
Good Luck with the world record attempt Tref and for supporting a very worthy cause.
Well done Tref… Best of luck with the challenge.
Let’s light up that fibre with words – let’s see it try see it buzz with comments! May the muses be with you today >> may your fingers fly across that keyboard with inspiration >> with words of wit and wisdom! And, while you’re at it >> direct all your sage thoughts to this page >> before six tomorrow morning!
I really hope you make it to at least 100,000 comments, I’m sure everyone at RNLI are very appreciative of all the help and effort been done on this!
Again I’d like to echo the good luck sentiment shared by the others below.
Got to shoot out soon but will try and come back with a more insightful post on the issues you mentioned in the blog post at some point.
Fantastic idea and a great charity to support
Good luck Tref and best wishes for 2012!
Good luck! I was told about this from think broadband so hopefully you’ll get a few guys and gals from there 🙂
I’m always inspired by those who volunteer there time to support worthy causes. #RNLI #comment24
Good luck on the world record attempt today. The RNLI is a great charity that would not exist without support like this!
One more comment on your journey…good luck 🙂
Let’s hope 2012 is the year the world picks its feet up and moves forward towards a sustainable future – sustainable economies and sustainable democracies.
Great cause, good luck.
Great cause, good luck with the record
Good luck with this, Tref.
The world is becoming more social by the day.
Good luck Tref.
Crazy idea – love it. All the best. #btot #comment24
Well done to all involved, the RNLI is a charity that really deserves support.
Yay – good cause and so pleased to see something like this in the UK. Good luck!
What a great, positive idea! just what I needed to raise a smile on a cold and blustery morning. Best of luck with it…I’ll be calling back later to see how you are getting on.
90 minutes in and under 50 comments, hope it picks up as people wake up.
Best of luck with this.
Hope everyone has a fab 2012
Excellent idea Tref and all credit to you and those donating to the RNLI. Fingers now suitably warmed up.
This record attempt has come on a bad day for 123-reg.co.uk – they’re my customer care inspiration for today – if you can’t do better than that, best just to give up.
I want no part in this!
WOOHOO – way to go – GOOD LUCK – what a great idea Lx
Best of luck. Hope the comments roll in!
Inspirational person has to be @cyberdoyle – wouldn’t have posted here without her!
Good Luck with record attempt!
Good luck!
Good luck Tref!
woof.
Good luck with the attempt! It’s a huge shame that the RNLI has to rely on charitable donations, but the work they do is wonderful!
Crumbs, Have we started? Do I comment on this post, or another one? Maybe I should have gotten up earlier in preparation for this auspicious day. Fingers to the ready … All the best to you Tref to get the record for RNLI x
I’ve promoted this as much as I can 🙂 fingers crossed!!
Cool marketing/tech/CSR and charity mash-up. And a great cause, too. Fingers crossed for the 100,000+ comments.
It just told me I was posting too quickly … honestly I was just posting as normal and pushing the submit button …
It just told me again “You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.”
Long tail is long
It just told me “You are posting comments too quickly. Slow down.” Also my last comments don’t appear to be appearing
Good luck @Tref #comment24
Goof luck with the record attempt
Oh, no… they are… just at the top and not at the bottom like I was expecting. I am sure i will wake up soon. Morning all – Happy Thursday x
Pleased to be part of this, I feel like I have done something worthwhile today. Best of luck
woof. and thrice woof.
Maybe I should set my alarm and gotten up earlier … come on people … heave ho. PS it just told me I was posting too quickly again…
hope you reach your target. his page is gonna tai a helluva long time to scroll if you do !
On a cold winter’s night, with the storm at it’s height,
A lifeboat answers a call.
They pitched and they tossed, ’till we thought they were lost,
As we watched from the harbour wall.
‘Tho the night was pitch black, there was no turning back,
For someone was waiting out there,
And each volunteer had to live with his fear
As we joined in a silent prayer.
Certainly a good cause, let’s hope it can pick up some speed. Good luck!
I think that this is going to make a lot more sense if I write you the poem in reverse …
Yay for the RNLI and best of luck with this Tref.
Fabulous – love the poetry > @ Home from the Sea !
85th, my dream! Good luck, hope it picks up speed.
I think you need to put in a fair bit of effort to be inspired. It’s a matter of serendipity. ‘The harder I work the luckier I get’ kinda thing. That’s personal inspiration. But as for an organisation that inspires I absolutely agree on RNLI. Good luck with the challenge.
Great stuff, @Tref. Good luck achieving the world record and, as gale-force winds batter the UK, let’s hope you beat your target of raising £100,000 for RNLI.
Good luck, @Tref
I’m sorry to say I think we’re yet to see the worst. 2012 will be worse than 2011, the Euro, poverty, democratic upheaval and war. Let’s hope those in power see sense and hold back on the war front and focus on the economy and improving the lives of those they can help.
The RNLI is the charity that saves lives at sea. Funded by charitable donations, the lifeboat crews and lifeguards of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution have saved over 139000 lives at sea since 1824.
Why not visit the website to find out more: http://www.rnli.org.uk
You can do a lot in 24 hours with a good connection 😉
Its all quiet in the DC, we’re not working the servers hard enough, come one people get commenting! 😉
I commend this endeavour.
Regards &c
Howay the lads!
Good luck with record attempt and raising much needed funds for RNLI – they need all the help they can get to carry on with their vital service
Keep commenting and support the RNLI!
Good luck Tref. Happy to participate with a cause as worthy as the RNLI.
Heave ho… I think were just taking up anchor here. I think we need a few more people on the oars.
Going Back to Bed in accordance with my New Year’s Resolution inspired by the New Scientist:
If you need an excuse for spending more time in bed during the holidays, this could be it: too little sleep can make you fat. Bo found that the adults who became obese during her six-year study slept an average of about 6.3 hours a night, compared with about 7.2 hours for those who maintained a healthier body weight. The link between sleep and weight held even when her team took into account other important causes of obesity, such as low levels of physical activity. Rachael Taylor at the University of Otago, New Zealand, has found that children aged between 3 and 5 who sleep less than the average 11 hours a night are also more likely to be overweight or obese by the time they are 7 (BMJ, vol 342, p 2712).
Sleep deprivation reduces the secretion of leptin, a hormone that suppresses appetite, and increases levels of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates appetite. “Or it could be as simple as less sleep means more time to eat,” says Taylor. Either way, an extra hour in bed sure beats going to the gym.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228441.200-eight-lazy-ways-to-lose-weight.html?page=3
Love inspired initiatives. Hope thousands get behind this one and give #RNLI the support they deserve. #comment24
And shattered, and re-gathering their might;
The billows lengthening, mutually crossed
Here to elude and there surmount, they watch
Rivals in effort; and, alike intent
Each grasps an oar, and struggling on they go–
Together they put forth, Father and Child!
Meow.
Sources of inspiration? Hard to pin on one person: friends, family and colleagues; I’m a lucky man.
Good Luck
Great idea. Good luck. The RNLI is an excellent cause and also quite topical considering the weather! Hard to believe that this emergency service is manned completely by volunteers!
Inspiration? The unsung heroes who make a difference … people like the volunteers for the RNLI!
People who just get on with it, who think of others first! Who put others safety and well-being before their own …
Support the RNLI – great cause, great organisation
Did you know that if you click on the { xxx comments… read them below or add one } << "add one" link it whips you down the the comments box without the need to scroll. Just though I would mention that top tip I had for you all. Now get cracking and lets get going.
Great cause – good luck
2 hours on the go and just over 100 posts???
hope you have a great day 🙂
Time for a cup of tea
Oh come on!, people… wake up!!
Excellence in action. Well done everyone, keep it up.
Darren and JD – the rules state:
To comply with the rules the comments must be at least 10 characters, a minimum of two words.
So “Good Luck” and “Meow” I don’t think will count! I’ll whip you all into shape before the day is out. Now focus ….
Come on guys theres only 28 donations so far, much more needed and its so easy to do
great initiative Trefor. Great cause #RNLI Hope you reach the target
Quick comment to support tref . Good luck on the 100000.
Good start so far, but do spread the word, tell everyone, and lets be part of the new WORLD RECORD! #comment24
Fantastic idea, hope it pays off! Good luck.
So this will be 1/100,000th of a piece of history?
On a windy morning like this it seems entirely appropriate to spam for the RNLI!
Did you know that 90% of the world’s trade transits by sea? The RNLI helps make seafaring safer. Good luck, Trefor! #comment24
Go for it!
Volunteering at it’s best! Support the RNLI!
Good luck
Not first!
Great cause – good luck with the world record attempt!
Keep up the good work, RNLI. We support you.
Best of luck for the record attempt and thanks for supporting the @rnli #comment24
Which individual will make the biggest difference in 2012. I will have to have a think on that one. In the UK or in the world?
This is a great cause and a bit of fun for all those taking part. Good luck.
Nick & Godhammer – Again I will have to point out your comments will not count as they are not over the allotted word and character count.
I recall my Grandad’s charity being the RNLI, and as a wee boy putting pennies in the life size children like collection machines. Good luck, he’d have loved this.
Al E – Also “Go for it!” is under the 10 character requirement. I’ll just have to try to make up the numbers.
Fantastic cause, good luck!
Great idea – good luck!
Actually you might be ok there on that last one if spaces count for characters…
Happy New Year and hope you reach the target
you want ‘000’s of comments without mentioning Justin Beiber, Scientology or punctuation? Good luck!
and we thought Guinness had run out of records to beat. Good luck. The RNLI is a splendid organisation.
I don’t need inspiration, my wife sees to it that I do what’s needed! 🙂
Lets get this 100K in the bag folks 😉
Happy New Year to you all and good luck in breaking the record
People who go the extra mile … in rough seas!
People who are brave and courageous
Just remember, keep banging the rocks together guys.
Good luck.
people who venture into the unknown … without flinching
Good luck!
Great way to start the New Year. Good luck on achieving the record and raising the money. This week’s storms highlight how important the RNLI is to the UK.
A worthy cause and great idea for awareness
Agree with Aardmaan, people who go the extra mile…
Good luck! #comment24
Good luck with the record attempt, with family that have always enjoyed sailing, really appreciate the work RNLI volunteers do
Great idea! Will repost on Facebook to try to drum up more support. Hope you get the record!
People who truly care
People of integrity
A fine idea. Good luck.
Good luck Tref! great cause
Good Luck !
All the best for charity fund raiser #comment24
Fine people doing extraordinary work in all weathers.
Come on let’s get this record moving folks!
Well done. Let’s make this happen. We all with you.
Good Luck
Great way to start 2012. The men and women of the RNLI risk their lives for others, keep up the good work #RNLI, you are much appreciated. Nice one Tref #comment24
Hi! hope you have plenty of comments
Good luck
I’m already spamming folks on IRC and my wife all her colleagues at work! 😀
Well if @abigailh is involved how could I *not* leave a message?
Well, that and the fact that I am a shameless self-promoter.
Good luck!
175th! Hmm… not quite the same ring as “first”, is it?
Good luck with the record attempt and the new datacentre Tref!
Good Luck!
Great idea to raise money for a worthy cause.
Good luck Tref!
Going to enjoy reading about the tech behind this attempt.
I’m inspired by the possibilities the self-organised future is opening up. RNLI close to my family’s heart.
I’m not leaving a message here…no I’m not……
Well done Tref, a great cause !! Good Luck… #comment24
Best wishes, good to start 2012 with a new record. Good luck.
Hope and solidarity for 2012. For an example on how to fight poverty check http://www.tresisletasjm.ar.com
Best wishes for breaking the record from Donaghadee on the County Down coast.
Brill Idea!!!!
Go on Tref..
An excellent idea. RNLI is a super choice and I hope you reach your target. My inspiration: my friend Tracey who survived Cancer at 25 and lives life to the full 15 years on.
Fantastic idea … Good luck.
Best wishes from Popeye, Bugs Bunny, Betty Boop, Roland Rat (superstar), Corky The Cat, Road Runner, Mighty Mouse, Drut (mind the trapdoor), Wallace & grommet, Hong Kong Phooey, Inspector Gadget, Mickey Mouse, Fred & Wilma Flintstone, Foghorn Leghorn, Quick Draw McGraw, Charlie Brown & Linus, Dumbo, Snow White……..oh and me.
Off to a good start. Good luck Trefor!
Good luck!
To comply with the rules the comments must be at least 10 characters, a minimum of two words and not comprise solely of punctuation marks. You can make more than one comment but not so many it looks as if you are a machine. Basically comments have to make sense. Happy commenting & let’s see if we can raise £100k for the RNLI.
Brilliant idea and a worthy cause, good luck in achieving both targets.
great idea, excellent cause. Good luck!
This is for a good cause! Good luck.
What an amazing start to a fantastic day. Let’s spread the word and @thoroughlygood, I think I love you. 😉
You can do it!
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Oscar Wilde
Good luck with the world record.
Good luck with your record breaking attempt and raising the money for RNLI
Fantastic initiative, hope you can hit the 100K mark.
Way to go! great aim and initiative to start 2012. Good luck.
….Is this an example of gamification?
All the Best
Are we allowed to use the record attempt to shamelessly plug our musical interests such as my blog NewWavePunk? on Tumblr or not?
Good luck RNLI is a great cause to support
Good luck guys. I’m spreading the news as much as I can – everyone do the same. Let’s do this!
Brilliant cause, Tref. Let’s keep the comments coming…
Good luck reaching your target!
Good luck – hope you break the record 🙂
Hope you make it!
As anyone who enjoys watersports (either on or below the water) knows, the RNLI is the fourth emergency service. Without their bravery and skill far more lives would be lost at sea, yet they are nearly all volunteers – I’m in this to help support them!
All the best Tref sure you will do it; Dave
You need more comments
Great idea Trefor! Good luck with reaching 100,000 comments.
Good luck and hope you make it. RNLI is a very worthy cause
good attempt
Good luck with the world record
Nice idea, great cause – good luck!
Please keep up you selfless work ;o) THANK YOU ALL ;o) XXX
A worthy cause Tref! I always find Seth Godin’s blog inspirational and think the world of business would be a better please if people heeded his words! http://sethgodin.typepad.com/
Great idea and good luck! 🙂
Worthy cause. Good luck!
Good luck
An excellent charity to support.
Comment left, Donation made, Cause advertised.
Best of luck
Go Tref! Right behind you, brilliant idea and cause
No, not going to bother
This is a unique and wonderful idea, which i hope will raise more than the 100,000 expected for the RNLI. If one life is saved then .. wow! … what an acheivement.
Good luck!
We are all behind you. Its a great record to go for. Good luck 😉
Good luck!
Congrats – I’ll get all of our staff to retweet for you!
Hope it works RNLI has seen a downturn since Help For Heroes came on the scene (no criticism should be inferred!!). Good to see this!
Good luck Tref, really hope you hit your target!
Hope this works well 🙂
Good Luck
I’ll post a comment only because this site is reachable over IPv6. 🙂
Good luck, we love grassroots initiatives to raise awareness! The RNLI is a worthy cause to support.
Keep up the good work.
Good Luck!
If we get 100k comments then great. If we raise £100 for the RNLI then even better 🙂
I think it is a pointless exercise, just give the damn money and be content.
Nah, just kidding!
Best of luck getting in the record books!
Good luck tref!
Hope you make it Tref. Good luck old bean.
Wishing you all the best today! I’ll see if I can some tweeters with big followings to support the cause.
Hope you make it.
good luck from everyone in Wray, we’re far from the sea but we support the RNLI
Good idea and hope you raise the cash
Great idea – best of luck from all at Touchdown…
Good Luck
Go Tref! It’s a fair guess that the RNLI will have been busy this week with all this wind..
Great cause. Great idea! Good luck.
Very good. I like a cunning plan.
great cause Tref, good luck!
This one’s for the Bembridge lifeboat team!
Good luck with the attempt – great idea!
Go for it!
Donation put in my RNLI collection box on the photocopier
Good luck =)
Good Luck Tref. Ill make a donation to RNLI for you as well.
Al.
Great idea Tref – hope you hit the target!
Trefor- Good look with the attempt on the World Record from BT iNet
RNLI is a great charity!
Good luck! Hope the donations keep rolling in.
This one is for you Gran. RIP
Very best of luck with the record attempt.
Good luck! 🙂
Loving this – good luck!
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.” Theodore Roosevelt
My mum used to collect in our neighbourhood for the RNLI – great cause! #comment24
Good luck with the attempt! All for a good cause.
another comment – many there be many more!!
Good luck to the RNLI!!
Great idea and good luck with the record attempt!
Good Luck Tref, this is for an amazing cause!
Short and sweet – I support RNLI!
Great idea Tref – well done one and all! I’d like to give a shout out to my mum who survived breast cancer for the second time last year, and a thumbs up for Cancer Research UK! http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/?gclid=CKid77TGuK0CFYuIfAod8UKRng
I’ll now go and donate to RNLI – another fab charity. Thanks, Rebecca.
Good luck – I think we can do this, GWR here we come, and some great support for RNLI
Good luck – a very worthy cause and a great idea!
Great charity. Keep up the good work!
Short and sweet – I support the RNLI! Good luck!
As an ex-windsurfer, this is a very worthy cause. Good luck, I hope you smash the record
Good Luck!
Fantastic charity how would wd manage without this organisation – good luck !
From Tim at the FT >>> @AbigailH @tref happy new year – looks a fun one but not sure world records are a very FT story I’m afraid… Good luck though!
Good luck Tref – we have spread the word @hotwirepr – fingers crossed!
good luck!
Great idea! I find Dr Sue Black (http://www.sueblack.co.uk/) inspirational for her drive, commitment and support of Bletchley Park.
Thank you to the RNLI for all their exceptional work in the South Hams/Caradon! Beach lifegaurds, lifeboat volunteers, education, training and more 🙂
You seek comments? Then HAVE them.
Luis Suarez is the man. Innocent of all subjective charges brought by the FA in their attempt to make a statement to FIFA. YNWA
Good luck from everyone in the Eminox IT dept.
Got a mention in the telegraph 🙂 > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8992155/All-aboard-for-an-online-commenting-world-record.html
Good work, Tref.
While here, I’ve a friend on the Swanage lifeboat crew and they’ve a Facebook page that documents all their rescues, in progress or shortly after they’ve done them. Daring or mundane, it’s good insight into what the RNLI does for seafarers: http://www.facebook.com/swanagelifeboat
Great cause, great idea. Good luck.
top stuff folks!
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Good show!
Good Luck Tref with the record attempt.
Im hoping 2012 will be a good year since London is hosting the Olympics. This should inspire us as a get together as a nation and support ourt teams and make this a success. Im also hoping that our new data centre will inspire our existing and forthcoming customers to increase their usage of using Timico services.
Good work Tref.
Note to the RNLI : Please can I come aboard and live-blog from a lifeboat *please, please please*
Good luck!!
Good luck!
I’m all in favour of supporting the RNLI
good luck Tref !
RNLI – men & women showing bravery in the face of extreme maritime conditions time and time again. Great organisation, happy to support 🙂
What a neat idea – gets my vote, my comment and my donation. Here’s hoping that the world record can be broken 🙂
All for a great cause. I wonder who will get the 100k post 🙂
Wow! Just seen how much money you’ve raised so far, that’s impressive!
Best of luck Trefor, hopefully you beat the record.
Good luck guys !! Wow the comments are rolling in nicely !
Great idea Tref & worthy charity which does gt work, even in weather like last few days & nights
I’ve just noticed that my previous comment didn’t comply- is this better?
Keep going Tref
Lots of inspirational people to learn from in 2012, seems hardship brings out the best in people. Good luck with the record!
Nice idea guys, good luck 🙂
Good luck!
Wheeeeeeeee!
Good luck Tref!! 🙂
Great Idea, best of Luck and here’s another post to add to the list
Greetings from Oz, good luck Tref 🙂
Good Luck Tref! I hope the target is smashed 🙂 Fantastic cause as well! I’ll think of my inspiration for 2012 throughout the day and add further comment later!
Jess
Good luck, hope you win!
Glad to be part of this!!
The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret to outward success.
Henry Ward Beecher
Do you need any more inspiration than that of the RNLI themselves? Check their press center if you are in any doubt whatsoever and it wont take you long to make up your mind: http://www.rnli.org.uk/who_we_are/press_centre/news_releases/news_release_detail?articleid=465228
Good Luck Tref!
Great idea and a worthy cause. Glad to see social media being exploited.
All the best with the record attempt
Hope the servers are holding up 🙂
Good luck
Great idea for a great cause
Greetings from Oz, good luck Tref
Good luck! Great cause too 🙂
Great cause, hopefully you’ll smash the 100,000 mark.
Hope it gets the record. I think all lifeboat crews around the UK deserve our support – this is a brilliant idea.
Trev, good luck with all of this, personally this internet thing will never take off.
The quill and ink is king in my book 😉 Excellent charity by the way, will offer a few farthings.
regards
Good Luck
Roger that
Best of luck!
Dear Tref,
Happy new year. I really hope you meet your ambitious target, it is wonderful to see a record breaking attempt succeed.
My inspiration for the new year is George Osborne. He and the treasury department have a rather unenviable job of trying to balance the government books. Every day the country as a whole borrows £400 million, which can’t go on forever. I hope he succeeds too. I appreciate that this is not very inspirational, but it is important.
Good luck and great charity to support 😀
Where would we be without them 🙂
I want one of those boats
£100 added from all of us here at BBG – good luck! #comment24
Good luck in setting the record and supporting the RNLI
good luck tref!
My farther was again my biggest inspiration.
I hope to just the same for my son in 2012 and beyond.
BE.
Always do the best for the RNLI so if this helps then I’m all in
Good luck everyone!
Brilliant idea to boost understanding & generate money for the charity. Delighted BT iNet have played a part in the underlying technology. Tell your friends everyone !
POST!!!!!!
All the best with the record attempt! RLNI is fantastic cause.
Cheers,
Trev
I’m noticing a lot of identical comments; do they not all need to be different to qualify?
Good luck with this, I really hope you get to the target
Natalie Carr
Kcom
Doh!!! Just read the line about two words or more….
I hope you succeed.
Great stuff, all the best.
Whoo hoo! Always wanted to be part of a world record attempt!
Good luck and it’s a great cause too.
Good luck!
a really good cause, good luck 🙂
Good luck, great idea.
Good luck Tref! All for a good cause 🙂
Every success!
Great cause and a great idea. Good luck!
Good luck with the world record attempt. Very happy to be a part of it. Such a great charity as well.
Good luck with the record attempt and raising money for RNLI – so far so good!
My mantra for life and therefore 2012 is “it’s all about the journey”… here’s to making the most of each day we have and smiling while we do it.
Marvellous idea.
Just checking in…….Comments increasing nicely.
♪♫Dedication’s what ya need♫♪
All together now!
Good Luck x
Great idea @tref and a living in Devon the RNLI are a very worthy cause. Best of luck with the world record attempt! I hope the rest of the #LikeMinds community join in and support you.
Come on! We can do it!
Good Luck Tref 🙂
Anything to help a Great cause – Good Luck hope you achieve your goal.
Always support the RNLI – ALWAYS!
Good Luck with this! 🙂
A worthy cause and a great bit of fun too.
Go Trev!! Wooo!!
Superb idea in this world record attempt that benefits a great national interest (RNLI)!
All the best,
Lee
Good Luck Tref! 🙂
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Go Tref
Hmm, only less than 400 so far? Disappointing – heres one to help!
Best of luck with the record attempt Tref. It’s great that social media can be harnessed in such a way to raise money for a very worthwhile charity.
What a turbulent year 2011 was, and I feel 2012 may be just as eventful, but my inspiration for this year is my community, and by that I mean my friends and family, my village, my work colleagues as well as my social networks. The power of community to come together, achieve great things and inspire others is immeasurable in my book, and certainly for me 2012 is about making the most of this.
Inspired by Stephen Hawking, a man with more restrictions than most but is a leading authority in his field, if only more people made the most of their situations and fought to see what they can achieve.
Good luck – Great cause!
Good Luck 🙂
Come on we can do this!! Good Luck 🙂
Go Tref!!!
Come on Tref!!! Good luck 🙂
Good luck guys, hopefully the wind will blow done comments your way….
Hope you get the record.
Best of luck with the record attempt!
What a great cause, the RNLI men put their lives at risk on a daily basis for no financial gain! Brave men indeed.
Will Microsoft continue its decline?
Great work
Perhaps we need to start a debate or general conversation so that posts flow more easily and don’t lose momentum?
Brave RNLI Crews will face more risk in future if plans go ahead to close vital HM Coastguard Rescue Ctrs which assist in every launch! http://www.petitiononline.com/SHMCGS/petition.html #MCA_cuts #stopHMCGclosures
Nice to be part of history, yet doing something special.
Lets do this everyone.
Dan @ Defendingthenetwork.com
(lets hope the environment holds up)
Best of luck to you Trefor!
All the best
Emma Tennison
Kcom
Best of luck. Hope you raise a ton of cash
Best of luck with the WR attempt!
Let’s do this everyone! Great idea for a great cause.
Lets just hope the virtual infrastructure holds up!
Dan @ Defending The Network
Good Luck!
Nice work!
* knock – knock * “Whose their?” “The Grammar Police” “Oh Bother!”
Here’s my twopennuth! What a great, worthy cause – Just Tweet It! #comment24 #RNLI
Good Luck! 🙂
Good luck – great choice of charity.
Great idea guys, hope you manage to smash the 100k mark.
Great idea, for a great cause. Lets push to reach the 100k
Good luck Tref
Good luck with the attempt, fingers crossed!
Good luck, God bless, loving your work
What a fantastic organisation, risking life & limb to help others at risk in the sea.
Hope there’s enough resource in the Data Centre to handle all the comments 😉 Well done, Tref – great cause!
Let’s break a World Record . We need 100k unique comments. That’s just over 1 comment a second! Virtual scalable environment ready #comment24 http://www.trefor.net/world-record/
Come on! Good luck Tref 🙂
Plan to close 50% of HM Coastguard Rescue stations & replace with 1 UK Call Center will add to delays in launching RNLI Crews, this in turn will make their job harder.
All the best and hope you break the record
Good luck with the attempt and hope we break the record!!!
Good luck!!!
Good luck from all the team at The Lincolnite!
Good luck, sounds like a great idea.
Good luck with the record attempt Tref!
Best of luck with the attempt.
Dave
Good luck, God bless, loving your work x
good luck with your attempt and hope you break the record!
Good luck Tref, and well done for supporting those lifeboats.
Great idea guys, good luck!
Fantastic idea. All the best in support of the very brave RNLI
Great idea guys. Hope you break the record. We will let our Twitter community know about it.
Best of Luck Tref! Great Cause!
Best of luch. You will be certainly the winner 🙂
Wish you all the very best of luck with your record attempt
From Darren Daly, BT iNet Technical Services
The scrapping of MCA Tugs and letting commercial ones assist any vessel in difficulties will lead to another disaster like Penlee, as Union Star failed to agree assistance from Commercial Tug and ended up on the rocks!
Good luck
Good luck Tref!
A most excellent enterprise and timely, given the storms we are heading into; real and metaphorical. If we are point-scoring, this is one for the positives. Nice one Tref.
Adding a small comment to keep up the volume…
Great cause, the RNLI (wife ran the RNLI Reindeer Run 10K just before Christmas, this kids and I completed the Santa Saunter) – let’s hope you reach the 10oK mark. And here’s hoping for a interesting 2012, populated with moronic Daily Mail scaremongering stories like the volcano one earlier in the week, to keep us amused and derisory…
Good Luck with this attempt Tref 🙂
best of luck with the record.
Good luck for a great cause, N
Good luck!
How are we doing?
Fantastic, really hope we make the record happen.
Hope you break the record Tref 🙂
Good luck with the record. A great cause and great that a glass of wine or two can lead to such positive actions. 🙂
Keep them comments coming 🙂
Good luck
Well Done! All the best… 😉
Good Luck with this, brilliant idea. 🙂
I hope you get to raise a lot of money!
Great cause – everyone post this on your facebook and twitter to get those posts coming!
Good luck with you record attempt! Hope you raise lots for ther RNLI 🙂
I’ll tweet and FB this too to see if I can drum up extra support for you!
Good luck, Tref, just going to add my donation now…
Tref, the RNLI is a fantastic organization and I’m glad to be a part of helping raise funds for them (and of course making a world record!).
biggest inspiration is R2-D2 , he can breath in space! Brilliant idea to raise money for a worthy cause
Best of luck to all who set this up and for a great cause.
Fab cause …all the best, looking forward in hearing results!
Wonderful way to spread the word … heres hoping that this is a successful World record attempt!
Good luck!
Really great idea and great cause, best of luck
All the best!
Whatever Trefor……. Good Luck 🙂
Good luck – and after the weather we’ve been having – great cause.
“Life on a lifeboat isn’t much of a life. It is like an end game in chess, a game with few pieces. The elements couldn’t be more simple, nor the stakes higher.”
― Yann Martel, Life of Pi
Good luck – Clive
Good luck. Great idea to raise charity.. God bless you..
What a brilliant idea! good luck
The sell off of UK SAR Helicopter assets to a private company will give conflict of ethics with one Rescue Service trying to make profit & the other trying to save lives on donations! RNLI Crews will be used as cheap canon fodder in Maritime Safety.
Good luck with the world record
Good luck Tref.
Good luck, I hope you do it!!
Good Luck! Keep up the good work…..
Interasting idea and good cause. Hope you achieve the world record.
A worthy charity our family has support since my Grandfather joined the RNLI
I sail and really appreciate the RNLI, just hope I dont need them….
Good luck!
Great cause even if the record cannot be broken.
All the best in your attempt from myself and other people at BTiNet.
I personally look forward with hope and inspiration due to the people at Alder Hey Childrens Hospital who saved my little boys life.
Good luck……. !! 🙂
Great stuff, Good Luck, and don’t eat the yellow snow.
Nice 1, Hope u make it.
Kenny Dalglish is my inspiration. What a man! YNWA
Good look with the attempt on the World Record
Good luck – hope you make it.
Good luck and every success is wished for this attempt.
Good luck!
Good effort and good luck
Don
Well, I hope all the comments are unique ones. I’ve seen a distinct rise in comment spam in the last couple of months on my blog – and that’s with controls switched on.
Here’s to reaching your goal!
RNLI must remain independent and neutral in the controversy of plans to close 50% of HM Coastguard Rescue Ctrs, but ultimately as the MCA have made gross errors in the plan, the people that are at most risk in paying the price are RNLI crews! http://www.petitiononline.com/SHMCGS/petition.html #MCA_cuts #stopHMCGclosures
My Friend works for RNLI in Bournemouth
Good luck on world record attempt.
one more
Good Luck Tref ! 🙂
Good luck with the record attempt and the fund raising!
Good Luck!
Excellent idea and worthy cause. Let’s hope we hit the magic number!
Best of luck in breaking this record and raising a lot of money in the process! Well done!! x
Hi Tref, my guys have all been adding comments to the wrong thread – the old one..!
Best of luck..
Good luck
I grew up on the south Devon coast and still remember the maroons going up to signal the lifeboat crew. Brave, dedicated people doing a fantastic job. All the best with the record attempt Tref!
Luis Suarez IS & HAS been found guilty FACT!!! So get all off your high horses you liverpool fans!
inspirational person for me is Joyce Meyer! Good luck Tref!!
Good luck with the record attempt.
These guys are inspirational: http://www.shelterbox.org
ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that delivers emergency shelter, warmth and dignity to people affected by disaster worldwide.
Good luck, RNLI is an extremely worthy cause!
good luck tref!
Good look with thebreaking the World Record
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Best of luck today.
Hope the record attempt is successful. The RNLI will be busy in this windy weather, so excellent charity to support!
Good luck Trefor. Oswestry’s not very near the coast, but the way it’s raining here I can see us maybe needing the RNLI!! All the best from BT iNet.
Good Luck Trefor, think this is great idea for a good cause. Living in Scotland on the east coast i have seen the people of the RNLI do their stuff often, in the worst of conditions with little disregard for their own safety and wellbeing.
Hope you break the record!
All the best – RNLI is a great cause to support.
Hi
RNLI is an excelent cause I alway support.
Good Luck
Karen
Good luck with the record, all the best from http://www.gavickpro.com
Great cause, good luck!
Good luck Trefor – I’ll donate to the Lifeboaters for you too, and promote your initiative amongst my G+ circles……..
Has anyone seen the weather today?
Good luck, and hi to Gemma and Harsha!
mrr
Good luck 🙂
What a great idea & for such a worthwhile cause!!! Well Done Tref & et al :0)
good luck
Another Good Luck from BT iNet. The technology will do us all proud I’m sure.
Good Luck, from iNet
The RNLI and Air Ambulance crews have always inspired me. Providing such an important service, yet relying on charitable donations.
My inspirational person is Su@suejritchie from You Time Coaching… Always very positive & willing to help anyone.
Good Luck Trefor .. all the best for the record.
I support the RNLI and will make an additional donation today.
I did a comment.
I hope you smash the world record! It is a good idea to raise money this way!
As a scuba diver RNLI is a cause close to my heart. Good luck
Good luck.
comment 531 ?
Best of luck Keef.
Good luck! My current inspirations are my friends Helena and Richard, currently in the middle of rowing the Atlantic. As you do…
Extreme Weather Events on the increase, more shipping will get in trouble. RNLI boats will face more challenging conditions & may not have back up of MCA Tugs or Rescue Helicopters as these set to be scrapped!
Good luck with the attempt
Great to see you pass the 500 comment marker. What time will you get to 1,000?
comment 365 x 533
Good Luck
Long time RNLI supporter, I owe them much. Good luck with this, will circulate widely for you.
“but not so many it looks as if you are a machine” – that’s @cyberdoyle screwed then ! LOL
comment 365 x 541?
Good cause from a good spirit! wich you all the best and keep the spirit alive!
Great initiative to draw attention to this cause. Good luck on the record attempt!
As a SCUBA diver, and a beach user, the RNLI is an important charity to me – good luck!
RNLI future crew safety? THIS explains the dire situation we face…it’s about UK MARITIME SAFETY FEARS & LIVES AT RISK, not about jobs: http://bit.ly/spV2K0 #MCA_cuts #NOtoCoastguardCLOSURES
Can I just repeat that “Good Luck” is not a long enough comment to qualify… come on people there are rules to this world record…
good luck in your venture
Penval is supporting this 100% this is a great cause and a brilliant idea – well done Tref and here’s to the record
Good luck with the record attempt – its for a great cause.
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Great idea. keep it going!
When the Trent Floods the RNLI will be there for Newark – good luck
Good Luck, fantastic cause x
Good luck!!!
People can’t keep putting ‘Good luck’ as they’re not unique comments, and neither are they a minimum of ten characters so surely won’t qualify?
Good luck!!!
Good luck getting 100k comments !!
We keep a boat in Poole Harbour, so I’m very happy to pledge support for the RNLI via Tref’s blog. And it’s my birthday 🙂
Good Luck Tref!
Very worthy cause.
Tref, is there a topic? perhaps setting one will inspire people to discuss and hence post more comments 😉
Top work as ever Tref… Look forward to seeing the results… Good luck!
Great cause – good luck 🙂
Great Fundraising idea for a great cause.
Good Luck.
Good luck and hope you make it!
Great cause and I finally get to be involved in a World Record attempt….at my age!!!
Good Luck with the World Record Attempt : o )
Good stuff
Any one for a bacon sarnie?!!
Woo, rock on, good luck
Good luck will the record attempt, great cause.
Brian …
We can do it!
In fact, this has just prompted me to sign up to the RNLI …… and I ended up buying some lovely gifts from the online shop.
Godluck Tref and a good, often neglected cause.
Good luck!
Keep going, you can do it or something
Good Luck Tref.
What an inspirational way to raise awareness and generate funds for the RNLI – well done!
Commenting on this.
Namaste from India – great to be part of the record!!!
I have been supporting the RNLI for over 30years and never feared for crew safety as much as today with the plan to close 50% of UK Coastguard stations that coordinate all sea rescues. Loss of the vital Local knowledge will send crews search in wrong areas or even launching the wrong boats!
Good luck!
Happy Birthday Louise Lancaster!!!
A super cause. Good luck to you sir!
Thank God, and we’re homeward bound”