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Post by bobscullen on Feb 20, 2012 13:19:55 GMT
"@maryjessmusic: Yay 888 followers! Thank you so much!"
This is spooky, Mary Jess tweeted the above on Twitter yesterday at the same time this Forum was launched. I am led to believe that the number 8 in Chinese is a sign of good luck and prosperity. Having 3 number 8s is therefore very good indeed. Many Chinese over here have 888 on their car registrations. This is surely a good omen for this Forum don't you think? Please correct me if I am wrong but a Singapore Chinese man from work told me that today.
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Post by nicola on Feb 20, 2012 13:40:17 GMT
I don't entertain thoughts of luck or superstitions but they're fun regardless! Funny how different cultures have different lucky numbers. I think for the Japanese it's 13? Or am I thinking of somewhere else (13 in unlucky for us!).
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Post by Jenny A on Feb 20, 2012 23:36:14 GMT
If I remember correctly 7 and 8 are the only lucky numbers in Japan and 4, 9 and 13 are considered very unlucky.
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Post by bobscullen on Feb 20, 2012 23:54:38 GMT
Thanks Jenny and Nicola,
I am not superstitious but I still think it a good omen considering the Chinese factor in Mary Jess Music, the launch of a new forum and the number 888 featuring in her Twitter followers. It would be interesting to see the statistics at the end of the week for visitors? There again that is 3 things and according to Jenny that is also a sign of good luck in Chinese culture?
Bob
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Post by Admin on Feb 21, 2012 0:11:53 GMT
An interesting topic, though I am not superstitious at all (I gave that up years ago, being a Stoke fan!  ) What will happen, will happen, but anything which points towards the success of this forum I am all for. So far we have had 365 unique visitors which is absolutely magnificent. I expect that number to be slowing down so if we get 888 by the end of this week (won't happen ) I will be absolutely ecstatic and will start digging out my old lucky pants. ;D Dazza |
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Post by bobscullen on Feb 21, 2012 1:02:56 GMT
Spread the word guys, you never know and there are 70 million Chinese who do not know about us yet?
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Post by Admin on Feb 21, 2012 6:33:00 GMT
Too true Bob, it would be nice if we could get a few Chinese members who have followed Mary-Jess from the beginning.
Only 1 hit each from Hong Kong and Malaysia from that area of the world so far.
Dazza
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Post by bobscullen on Feb 21, 2012 6:57:14 GMT
That's a start. Good news travels fast.
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Post by nicola on Feb 21, 2012 13:59:56 GMT
I think China's internet is regulated (please, please correct me if I'm wrong!) And that goes for their music. If anyone releases an album anywhere in the world, you can bet our amazons will also list it, but as an import. Despite the huge following that must be waiting for Mary-Jess - her album isn't even listed on the Chinese website. I don't know how aware they are that she's even made an album? But then, they mostly aquire music illegally over there.
*ignorant on this subject*
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Post by bobscullen on Feb 21, 2012 14:06:24 GMT
I know that Dazza has submitted this site to the Chinese equivalent of Google. Let's hope they pick this up on that search engine.
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Post by Admin on Feb 21, 2012 18:06:50 GMT
I am not 100% sure on the details but you are right Nicola.
China's internet is regulated a lot. Access to all Google search websites has been banned in mainland China since 2010 and operations were moved to Hong Kong.
China's main search engine is Baidu, which I eventually managed to submit this forum to. I did a search and there seemed to a be a lot links to Chinese websites relating to Mary-Jess. If we get only one Chinese member who finds this forum after searching Mary-Jess through Baidu then it will have been worth submitting.
429 unique visitors, nearly halfway through the week, and nearly halfway to 888!
Dazza
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Post by Admin on Feb 26, 2012 22:29:48 GMT
You will pleased to know that we have just surpassed 888 visitors a week on from when the forum was launched! I am absolutely delighted with that figure.
Dazza
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Post by bobscullen on Feb 27, 2012 3:55:22 GMT
I just knew that was a good omen. Mary Jess getting 888 followers the same time the Forum was launched.
Congratulations and thank you to all members and guests that have contributed to the success.
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) What will happen, will happen, but anything which points towards the success of this forum I am all for.