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Ask PG: How much did the lunch with you sell for?
Just curious how much the Lunch with Paul went for at the Harvest Moon Auction.
Thanks!
- olalonde 16y agoOriginal post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1863923 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1863923
- tav 16y agoAnd while we wait for pg to tell us the amount, I propose a game of HN Predictions. The rules: * You must make your prediction before the event is determined. * You can't edit your prediction afterwards. * As a participant, you commit to going through the winner's past comments on HN and giving them at least 3 karma points. The winner would therefore need to have made at least 3 comments... Let whoever is the closest to the actual amount, win! At the very least this should make for an entertaining Sunday morning =) Here's my prediction: $2,400
- tyng 16y ago$1050
- tyng 16y agoWhat's with the downvotes, people? I agree that Karma points shouldn't be used as a reward, but I think most people here participated because guessing/estimating value of a lunch with pg was a challenging and fun thing to do. Now, is that against HN spirit? Does it deserve a punishment? Relax, geez.
- paraschopra 16y agoI guess the reason is this: OP has asked a specific question to Paul with a specific answer. Why do we need predictions here?
- mayutana 16y ago$801
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- Indyan 16y ago$950.
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- mikeklaas 16y agoI'm surprised you're so flagrantly suggesting the use of HN karma points as a reward for a contest. If they have any value at all, it is in their use as a proxy for someone's contribution to the HN community (which is very much undermined by stunts like this).
- tav 16y agoA lot of users make very valuable comments which are often overlooked for various reasons. I was hoping this would give them some deserved attention. Also, having spent a bit of time looking at various users' comment streams, I've found myself having a better understanding of them — makes for a stronger HN community. And, finally, being able to make decent predictions is a valuable skill for any entrepreneur... Hope that helps explain why I believe this is beneficial and not just fun.
- pierrefar 16y agoI agree with the sentiment but not with how you're proposing to implement it. You say "overlooked for various reasons". Let's work on those reasons not try to patch a system. Why should me being able to guess (not "predict" as you say) the value of a dinner translate into retrospective karma? Also, what is karma, really? What is it really measuring?
- eru 16y agoThat contest should have been announced for the bragging rights alone.
- rodericksilva 16y agoI thought he was just being funny on a Sunday morning. I was going to guess something like $10K for a PG breakfast.
- Raphael 16y ago$1
- FreeRadical 16y agoIAmSpartacus
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- bl4k 16y agoIf anybody is interested for a comparison, a lunch with Randi Zuckerberg recently sold for $10k at a charity auction. Mike Arrington was the winning bidder: http://twitter.com/randizuckerberg/status/2954716698906624 http://twitter.com/randizuckerberg/status/2954716698906624
- skbohra123 16y agoSo she is sister of Mark.
- serverdude 16y ago$1600 - 2 spots (so total $3200 for two hours), I was there. It was a silent auction before and it became a live auction due to high demand.
- mindsetlabs 16y agoI was there too, I don't remember there being two lunches auctioned off?
- serverdude 16y agoThe first one went for 1600 and the second one was done sort of in private immediately after since there were two hours available.
- zck 16y agoAlso, do we know what the value of the silent auction was when it was converted to a live auction? Several people had commented that they couldn't be there in person, but wanted to bid anyway.
- serverdude 16y ago@zck - no idea - I spent almost an hour looking for the item and then was told that it had already been converted to a live auction due to high demand.