{"id":818,"date":"2013-05-23T16:03:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T20:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/?p=818"},"modified":"2024-05-15T22:20:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T02:20:10","slug":"a-facebook-controversy-erupts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/a-facebook-controversy-erupts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Facebook Controversy Erupts!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WLNS.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-819\" src=\"http:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/WLNS.png\" alt=\"WLNS\" width=\"256\" height=\"194\" \/><\/a>A few weeks ago, we started these little contests on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/WorldlineCanada\/\">Facebook<\/a>. We would post a picture, like the one over there on the right, of a place where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/services\/high-speed-internet\/\">Worldline&#8217;s Unlimited High Speed Internet<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/services\/digital-home-phone\/\">Digital Home Phone<\/a>\u00a0has become\u00a0available. Then we would challenge our Facebook friends to guess the location, and the first one to submit the correct answer wins some Worldline swag.*<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">We had another contest on Wednesday and the entries came in fast and furious. The way picked the winner was the pretty straight forward. Since Facebook sends out an email any time anyone comments on a post, the first email we received with the correct answer, (i<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">n this case Owen Sound, Ontario), was from a lady named Shari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today we announced that she had won and we\u00a0received\u00a0this reply:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8220;Hi there!\u00a0 After looking at the contest post.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think i was the first to answer correctly.\u00a0 I just want to be fair.\u00a0 I do love Worldline though!!!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">A controversy erupts! Shari was right. Looking at the post, it appears this guy Manuel was actually first. But we received her mail first. (It was certainly Facebook&#8217;s problem, not ours. Our email always works perfectly!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/services\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-738 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wl_save_bundle1.png\" alt=\"Worldline Bundle\" width=\"189\" height=\"378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wl_save_bundle1.png 189w, https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/wl_save_bundle1-150x300.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a>So, what to do? Clearly, from now on we&#8217;ll go from the post on Facebook, but for\u00a0<\/span>particular contest\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;\">\u00a0both will get some swag. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; line-height: 1.714285714;\">Manuel for being first, and Shari for being so freekin Canadian. Congrats to you both.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>And congrats to Owen Sound as well. Now everyone in that beautiful city can take advantage of Worldline&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldline.ca\/services\/\">Unlimited High Speed \u00a0Internet and Home Phone bundle<\/a>, and save up to $600\/year.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and if you want to play along with our Facebook game, &#8220;Like&#8221; us on Facebook and you can see how much you know about Canadian geography, because we&#8217;re adding new\u00a0communities\u00a0to the Worldline family all the time.<\/p>\n<p>* The swag is on the way, but there will be a delay because we\u00a0recently\u00a0changed our &#8220;look&#8221; and we&#8217;re waiting on the new stuff to arrive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, we started these little contests on Facebook. We would post a picture, like the one over there on the right, of a place where Worldline&#8217;s Unlimited High Speed Internet and Digital Home Phone\u00a0has become\u00a0available. 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