What happened today, August 15th in Mahalo History?

Barnraising #5 completed... and for the first time ever had a three way tie for third place... with @Ssmacd, coming in first, at 27 Tasks.

August 15th saw a Mahalo t shirt contest entry question. Seriously bad jokes about Miley Ray Cyrus. Krysstel's point count reached "black belt" but the computer did not click it in.

A very quiet day. Krysstel put up a lot of questions, but sadly not very many challenging ones for her to answer. Have a great weekend, folks!

Cheers!

Redgold passed the test and got a brown belt! In the most interesting question today besides the AotD contest, @kerryk is considering has sparked discussion about abanding pages he manages that aren't making any money.

Redgold achieved Brown Belt status. @chriswingate achieved Purple-Brown Belt status.

Todays top earners include: 1. @buddawiggi 2. @smartweb 3.

@psionandy Today @mysterygirl89 won http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-community/scavenger-hunt-for-questions-that-have-been-answered-but-that-register-as-having-0-answers Scavenger Hunt for questions that have been answered but that register as having 0 answers. Not to long after the contest started. Due to what @shinju thought which in his words.

€œWow, you've done a great job, and I think anyone would have a hard time topping your work! Mahalo, Shin” Todays Top News Stories Include: Obama's Ramadan message Lutheran church divided over gay clergy Angela Simpson shows little remorse for murder And Swine flu spreads to turkeys in Chile Todays Tops Celebrity News and Gossip Include: Hugh Hefner sued by estranged wife Miley Cyrus dating Aussie actor Liam Hemsworths? Man claims he was Michael Jackson's lover And "Inglourious Basterds" opens to positive reviews Todays Top Latest Sports Stories Included: Ochocinco's extra point lifts Bengals over Pats Baseball coach Jon Palmieri arrested for sex crime Memphis basketball ordered to vacate 2007-08 wins And Crimson Tide linebacker Courtney Upshaw arrested An interesting awareness day was brought to attention by @buddawiggi in his question http://www.mahalo.com/answers/current-events/today-august-22nd-is-national-honeybee-awareness-day Today, August 22nd, is National Honey Bee Awareness Day.

As I see it the most effective method for teaching members about how to use twittersearch was introduced today, cash. Community manager and sheriff @jeffhoard posted a contest asking members to find 3 of the most interesting questions they can as they would relate to their managed pages and answer them with full "best answer" fervor. The entries in this contest will surely be interesting as member will have until August 26th to enter.

However early entry seems lucrative as the winner will be selected by the number of interesting votes each entry receives. A $20+ Mahalo dollar bounty is up for grabs!

Mahalo soft launched their first private-label Q&A community. It's for the people at whatsyourconundrum.com/verify_age/?next=/ Conundrum Wines. When people asks questions on the site, it feeds the questions into Mahalo for Mahalo users to answer.

Many hope to see more companies implement this feature in the future.

Oh, this one has to be conundrumland.com Conundrumland... if that is not historic, I don't know what is...

Hmm. I guess the launch of Conundrum Wines is for august 25 , as it was announced after midnight. So that will be for another day.

This is what I've come up with: Today in the Mahalo story we saw @buddawiggi win the Weekend edition of the mahalo.com/answers/tag/aotd Answer of the Day competition with his nomination of @maadhu for his answer on the question: mahalo.com/answers/birds/please-give-me-... Please give me details about birds of North America. We also saw the start of Barnraising #7 on Wine, while the previous Barnraising on Cell Phones is reaching its final day. We also saw @girlieq3000 earn her brown belt, and over 150 new users signing up to participate on Mahalo.

Today @mysterygirl89 won URL1 Mahalo Hunting - Undecided Question Scavenger Hunt With over 100 answers. Todays most interesting questions included. mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-sugges... How do we prevent "Copy and Paste" before it happens?

URL3 August 20 Answer of the Day Contest! And http://www.mahalo.com/answers/funny-videos/find-me-the-funniest-cutest-version-of-the-helen-keller-dance-i-you-are-one-of-the-people-offended-by-this-chorus-explain-why Find me the funniest/cutest version of the "Helen Keller dance. " If you are one of the people offended by this chorus, explain why.

Todays top earners are: 1. @robbrown 2. @Jasoncalacanis 3.

@lon 4. @easyeboy 5. @jeffhoard 6.

@mike Todays Top News Includes: Cash For Clunkers to end Monday, August 24, 2009 Milwaukee Mayor injured intervening in dispute Rep. Barney Frank confronts Town Hall heckler And ''60 Minutes'' creator Don Hewitt dies at 86 Todays Top Celebrity News and Gossip Includes: David Copperfield sued for sexual assault "Divorced Dads Club" to feature Michael Lohan ''Megan Wants A Millionaire'' cancelled by VH1 And Celine Dion reportedly pregnant with second child Todays Latest Sports Stories Inclueds: Memphis basketball ordered to vacate 2007-08 wins Crimson Tide linebacker Courtney Upshaw arrested Burress pleads guilty, to serve 2 years in prison And Shaq takes on Ben Roethlisberger in football Today’s mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-contests/augus... answer of the day leader is @ Chriswingate, who nominated @ @rishiku ’s answer to http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-contests/the-tip-goes-the-best-mahalo-based-joke-bugs-nuts-whatever#a10c315b0db4a67d726b62ca0769d067180765847d7f71b31a004ccc5420d5c59 CONTEST: The Tip goes to the best Mahalo based Joke... bugs, nuts.. whatever.. (This should be updated to the winner and a few of the words should be changed. And maybe add the second and third place winners).

Barnraising 6 is under way. @smartweb is in first place with an amazing 53 tasks completed already! @matt1 and @wook are tied in second with 11 tasks.

@mithrandir is in 3rd with 6 tasks, @andromeda in 4th with 5 tasks, @n4thanl in 5th with 3 tasks, and @ ghanan200300 with 2 tasks. Over 100 tasks have been completed so there is just under 200 to go. It's anybody's game!

Robbrown asked Mahalo users if they trust Mahalo. mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-commun... Do You Trust Mahalo? @jeffhoard started a URL2 Mahalo Hunting Contest where users are challenged to find interesting questions.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.