Facebook broke a Guinness World Record this week — and no, this doesn't have to do with the company's much-anticipated IPO.
Fans of the Zynga game FrontierVille sought and set a World Record, posting over 1,001,600 comments on a single item. If nothing else gives away the string of more than 1 million comments, the name of the group — Ffgpioneers/gwr/attempt — states the purpose of the charade was to land in The Guinness Book of World Records.
Tracey Hodgson's Oct. 30, 2011 post received comments from 107 FrontierVille fans over the last three months, more than doubling the previous record set by Italy's Roberto Esposito, according to Guinness World Records.
The record setting post read, "hi all!!! , hope everyone is ok today , this is 'the one', please talk about anything you like here, whatever you want to talk about, change topic whenever you like also, just have fun , . so how are you all today?( please someone speak quick or i'll have no nails left!!!) ;-) x x x."
Hodgson says she took up FrontierVille after her daughter started playing on her Facebook account. She wanted to set the record to show the strength of the FrontierVille community, with which she had become deeply involved.
"I began to play myself, and then got involved in helping with the game's community groups as an administrator," she told Guinness. "My friend Nattie Murphy saw the previous record and suggested I try to break it — it sounded like a great idea for our group to show what we are capable of when we work together"
According to Hodgson, the record was set largely due to four of the 107 commenters.
What do you think, is this a proud display of the FrontierVille community's unity or a big waste of time? Let us know in the comments.
BONUS: 10 Classic Video Games You Can Play Online for Free
From the people who brought you The Oregon Trail comes another classic bout of edutainment. That criminal mastermind Carmen Sandiego is on the loose again, this time on Facebook, and it's up to you and your friends to use geographical knowledge to bring her to justice.
Also, now you've got Rockapella in your head.
The Sims was a blockbuster franchise that kicked off in 2000 and spawned no less than a bajillion sequels, add-on packs and spin-offs.
Add a Facebook game to that list. The Sims Social quickly became the fastest-growing game on the network when it launched last summer.
The Mac Daddy of strategy gaming landed on Facebook over the summer, this time with a social twist.
While you could always play other Civilization games online with friends, the unique social layer of Civ World makes it imperative that you optimize your research, diplomacy and military efforts in tandem with Facebook pals.
The venerable Age of Empires franchise from Microsoft hit the company's LIVE gaming platform this year, and you can join the real-time strategy melee for free.
While some stalwart fans lamented the offering's "cartoonish" graphics, the social features and horde of new gameplay options satisfied many players looking for a free strategy fix.
Id Software, the company that defined the modern first-person shooter with games like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, also had a mega hit with Quake in 1996.
Quake's online community remains passionate to this day, and id breathed new life into the aging title with Quake LIVE, a free, web-based portal where fans can frag each other online to their hearts' content.
Forgotten Realms is a longstanding game world for tabletop Dungeons & Dragons that found its digital legs in 2002's Neverwinter Nights from BioWare.
After a successful sequel and the birth of a strong modding community, the franchise has made the leap to Facebook with an experience more reminiscent of the board games than the PC versions.
Beloved multiplayer FPS Team Fortress 2 was made free-to-play by Valve last summer, and new players flocked to the addictive title.
The game is supported by downloadable content: hats and other accessories that let you customize your character, but don't affect the competitive balance.
Atari has been busy getting its classic back catalog onto the web. A free portal lets you play updated versions of the old console standbys, including the inertia-bending Asteroids.
You can also check out the free iPhone and iPad app, Asteroids: Gunner.
Perhaps a "modern classic," depending on your perspective (the game was released in 2004, after all), Blizzard announced last summer that new adventurers could play for free up to level 20.
Tread with caution, though. It may not be so easy to quit when it comes time to pay-up for a subscription.
The game that made dysentery fun was released as a Facebook app last February, much to the delight of grown-up school children everywhere. It's now social, of course, but the decision whether to ford the river is all your won.
From the people who brought you The Oregon Trail comes another classic bout of edutainment. That criminal mastermind Carmen Sandiego is on the loose again, this time on Facebook, and it's up to you and your friends to use geographical knowledge to bring her to justice.
Also, now you've got Rockapella in your head.
The Sims was a blockbuster franchise that kicked off in 2000 and spawned no less than a bajillion sequels, add-on packs and spin-offs.
Add a Facebook game to that list. The Sims Social quickly became the fastest-growing game on the network when it launched last summer.
The Mac Daddy of strategy gaming landed on Facebook over the summer, this time with a social twist.
While you could always play other Civilization games online with friends, the unique social layer of Civ World makes it imperative that you optimize your research, diplomacy and military efforts in tandem with Facebook pals.
The venerable Age of Empires franchise from Microsoft hit the company's LIVE gaming platform this year, and you can join the real-time strategy melee for free.
While some stalwart fans lamented the offering's "cartoonish" graphics, the social features and horde of new gameplay options satisfied many players looking for a free strategy fix.
Id Software, the company that defined the modern first-person shooter with games like Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, also had a mega hit with Quake in 1996.
Quake's online community remains passionate to this day, and id breathed new life into the aging title with Quake LIVE, a free, web-based portal where fans can frag each other online to their hearts' content.
Forgotten Realms is a longstanding game world for tabletop Dungeons & Dragons that found its digital legs in 2002's Neverwinter Nights from BioWare.
After a successful sequel and the birth of a strong modding community, the franchise has made the leap to Facebook with an experience more reminiscent of the board games than the PC versions.
Beloved multiplayer FPS Team Fortress 2 was made free-to-play by Valve last summer, and new players flocked to the addictive title.
The game is supported by downloadable content: hats and other accessories that let you customize your character, but don't affect the competitive balance.
Atari has been busy getting its classic back catalog onto the web. A free portal lets you play updated versions of the old console standbys, including the inertia-bending Asteroids.
You can also check out the free iPhone and iPad app, Asteroids: Gunner.
Perhaps a "modern classic," depending on your perspective (the game was released in 2004, after all), Blizzard announced last summer that new adventurers could play for free up to level 20.
Tread with caution, though. It may not be so easy to quit when it comes time to pay-up for a subscription.
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