Homework 3
Current Leaderboard for Spring 2012 Projects
The Do Good Challenge is a
challenge on campus to get you to raise attention for a cause - any cause.
This assignment is one I've given before, but this year I want you to do
it as part of the Do Good Challenge. You may work in groups.
Sign
up for the Do Good Challenge and get
10,000 people to interact with your cause over the
next week (become a fan on facebook, follow your twitter account, etc.).
Track how many people are interacting and how. You may not
use
a group or video that already exists. You must create something new on the
day this assignment is released.
Note: If you want to do a petition, try change.org.
Write up a 500 word
paper. The paper should contain the following.
- Descibe what you created and why you decided to do that. How did your
choice of facebook group / post / video relate to the goal of reaching
10,000 people?
- Explain your strategy for getting people to participate. How did you
spread the word? Who did you target and why? Use network principles to
explain these choices.
- Twice a day, at the same time (e.g. 10am and 10pm), record the number
of people who have joined your group / followed / viewed. Make a chart
that shows the growth of your idea over the 7 day period.
- Analyze your success. What worked and what didn't? What could you have
done differently? What were the best steps you took to get users?
In addition to the paper, you must notify Prof. Golbeck of your activity
and provide a link by Wednesday. You will not receive credit if you do not
do this.
You must have your activity up by Wednesday and track it through the
following Wednesday. Work on the write-up in the meantime and plug in your
final results after the week has passed.
Grading
- Notifying Prof. Golbeck of your idea - 2 points, 0 points for the
whole assignment if not done by Wednesday
- Each section of the paper described above - 2 points
- Enough participants in your cause/page to show you put forth real
effort to recruit participants - 5 points
Links to Fall 2010 Projects
| Project | Members |
| 1 | Social Networking Experiment - Please Join | 11,901 |
| 2 | I see your name on my wall.. and I smile again. :) | 3,153 |
| 3 | Hide ya kids, Hide ya wife | 2,580 |
| 4 | Facebook Experiment | 2,345 |
| 5 | 10 000 STUDENTS DESPERATELY NEED AN A | 2,105 |
| 6 | I want to see Snooki host SNL. Now. | 1,051 |
| 7 | Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Jerseyshoreday, Friday | 1,007 |
| 8 | The McGangBang and Other Bangin' Secret Sandwiches | 777 |
| 9 | He's Climbin In Your Windows, He's Snatchin Your People Up | 616 |
| 10 | I Love Popping Bubblewrap!! | 591 |
| 11 | The Group | 590 |
| 12 | Tommy Pickles: The One and Only Baby BAMF | 538 |
| 13 | My childhood was ruined because I never got an electric jeep/barbie car | 523 |
| 14 | The Helping Hand | 468 |
| 15 | I Grew Up in the 90's. . . | 407 |
| 16 | I bet this avocado can get more fans than Terrell Owens! | 361 |
| 17 | Adorable Baby Animals | 334 |
| 18 | I like I like: Monday night football | 315 |
| 19 | The Balloon | 312 |
| 20 | What Happens If The Old Spice Guy Fought Dos Equis Most Interesting Man | 307 |
| 21 | Join this if you check Facebook regularly | 291 |
| 22 | 10,000 Lovers of Football | 277 |
| 23 | Why can I remember song lyrics, but nothing from class? | 271 |
| 24 | I Love Chipotle! (and helping people out :) ) | 227 |
| 25 | Your Stalker | 224 |
| 26 | EPIC Group | 193 |
| 27 | 10,000 STRONG against WebAssign | 181 |
| 28 | Tell your friends to get with my friends, and we can be friends... | 152 |
| 29 | blackberries > apples | 135 |
| 30 | Line Haters | 122 |
| 31 | Bring Kanye West to UMD | 117 |
| 32 | NFL: Scores & Updates. | 109 |
| 33 | If I get 10,000 Fans I will get a Facebook | 109 |
| 34 | Ten thousand men and woman addicted to shoes | 109 |
| 35 | You Wanna hear a Joke?Join | 101 |
| 36 | New NFL rules | 95 |
| 37 | Ugly Face | 91 |
| 38 | Help Me Beat My Husband! | 91 |
| 39 | I would die without my cell phone | 84 |
| 40 | The Church of the Hypnotoad | 75 |
| 41 | What Would You Do If You Could Not Fail? | 68 |
| 42 | You're on my friend list, but I haven't talked to you in years | 66 |
| 43 | BRING BACK THE OLD FRATMUSIC | 48 |
| 44 | won't leave your room the week COD Black Ops comes out | 39 |
| 45 | Please don't like this page. | 35 |
| 46 | NO Shave November | 34 |
| 47 | Join to Keep Fear Alive | 32 |
| 48 | I obsess over a new project for three days, and then never touch it again | 29 |
| 49 | Halo: Reach is MUCH better than the Call of Duty series | 28 |
| 50 | YEA I'M A REDSKINS FAN, SO WHAT? | 28 |
| 51 | Get Your Karma Up | 21 |
| 52 | Snookie is the worst thing to come out of Jersey since | 16 |
| 53 | Free Weezy | 11 |
| 54 | 10,000 Fans for Programming with Python! | 5 |
| 55 | I'm addicted to Emoticons :D | 4 |
Links to projects Spring 2010
Counts as of project closing at midnight Thursday morning
| Project | Members |
| 1 | THE BLOB | 10,129 |
| 2 | 10,000
HATERS OF DUKE BASKETBALL | 8,292 |
| 3 | I
say "LOL" but i most definitely am not laughing out loud | 7,540 |
| 4 | Team
Mason | 7,026 |
| 5 | Lower The Drinking Age
To 18 On College Campuses Across The Country | 4,392 |
| 6 | Yes, USA Hockey Just Beat Canada on Their Own
Turf | 3,087 |
| 7 | I <3 Asians | 1,215 |
| 8 | I NEED
10,000 PEOPLE TO WATCH MY FRIEND GET KICKED IN THE NUTS...
HARD! | 1,079 |
| 9 | Cartoon's From The 90's | 913 |
| 10 | 10,000 Strong
Against Snow Day Make-up Work | 771 |
| 11 | LET'S
GO TERPS! BEAT DUKE! | 660 |
| 12 | I Like Turtles Kid | 589 |
| 13 | School work makes me cringe! | 544 |
| 14 | Get ready for World Cup 2010 | 538 |
| 15 | Hi there, Face here! | 522 |
| 16 | I will
help feed the hungry through The Hunger Site for each new member.
| 498 |
| 17 | Pizza
Lunchables | 469 |
| 18 | Scurvy - I Will Follow
You Into The Dark | 410 |
| 19 | Thanks to the Jersey Shore, the word "situation" makes me
laugh | 343 |
| 20 | What
the heck just happened...?! aka the WTF moment. | 276 |
| 21 | Fishing is Fun!!! | 275 |
| 22 | Wet T-Shirt Contests | 263 |
| 23 | Its Bryant With A "T" | 241 |
| 24 | Can this cucumber get more fans than the Nickleback
pickle? | 215 |
| 25 | JOin if you want Jayz, Kanye and lil wayne to come to perform at UMD
| 212 |
| 26 | A
Milka-Whhhaaat!!! | 203 |
| 27 | To the loved ones we have lost, and will never be forgotten.
| 191 |
| 28 | AMERICA | 190 |
| 29 | Bring Paula Abdul back to American Idol | 184 |
| 30 | The Raptor Apocalypse is Coming! | 152 |
| 31 | I like to steal lunch trays and go sledding on
them | 123 |
| 32 | Can this green monster
get more fans than 10,000 fans? | 118 |
| 33 | I BET THIS PIECE OF POOP CAN"T GET AS MANY FANS AS LADY
GAGA!!!!!!!!!! | 101 |
| 34 | If
10,000 people don't join this page I will fail my class! | 74 |
| 35 | ME - ME = YOU (10,000 FOLLOWERS) JOIN & POST NOW !!!
| 69 |
| 36 | 10,000 Fans of Professor Jen Golbeck! | 44 |
| 37 | 10,000
strong for Conan O'Brien's Beard | 43 |
| 38 | Who
cares if Betty White goes on SNL? | 25 |
| 39 | Silent
Spectre | 21 |
| 40 | I
bought a crowbar to prepare myself for the zombie apocalypse.
(that's good
practical advice for everyone -JG) | 20 |
| 41 | SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS! IM READY! IM READY! IM READY!
| 20 |
| 42 | Helping
Haiti | 15 |
| 43 | Petition for an app that locks youself off of Facebook!
| 11 |
| 44 | Honda
WILL out do Toyota in 2010!!! | 4 |
| 45 | Green checkmark = WIN!!!!!!!!!!! | 4 |