In case you aren't on FB, this morning I issued a challenge:

The ATP Database is growing by leaps and bounds, and I want you in on the action! Today, and today only, I will pay you an additional 5 acorns per appropriate plant comment that you make!! Go comment on your favorite plant!

well, there's a challenge I can't turn down

Ummm- posting the same comment into multiple plants is cheating.

I'm a tough teacher....

oh, I wasn't expecting anything for those!! I just figured since I was there I'd get them done...same info applies to all of them...we really need a "Genus" specific page!

Trish said:Ummm- posting the same comment into multiple plants is cheating.

I'm a tough teacher....

What about for native status. All my comments start out, "(plant name) is native to:" then the information varies from plant to plant.

I'll say yes on Trish's behalf, but I'll also place a limit of a maximum of 100 acorns (per person) for today's bounty.

Do the comments need to be moderator approved before your acorns show up? I took advantage of the special offer and posted over 20 comments but don't see my additional acorns.

I haven't given them out yet

Since it is a manual process to do the extras, I figured I'd let the day run out and award them all at the same time bright and early in the morning!

Thanks, Trish. That sounds good to me.

Does the 1/2 acorn which is the standard for each comment show up right after any new comments? I guess I am trying to figgure out if comments need to be approved first, just like images and proposels. There are caches for those but no catche that I can see for comments. The comments just show up as they are posted.

Not sure that it is fair to post a limit on the extra acorns here to 100 if there is no limit mentioned on the Facebook post

Sorry about that, Rita. I posted to FB a bit too hastily.

I hope that you still feel good about the comments and contributions that you made!

I do feel great. I am going to have a lot more acorns tomorrow than I do tonight

Besides it is not like you loose anything because the comments are always worth the regular 1/2 acorn that you get.

That's exactly right!

Also, look for more bounty opportunities in the coming days and weeks!

Actually, you should be getting a full acorn for each comment, unless it is extremely short. If the comment is one or two lines, it skips giving the acorn. Maybe I should change that.

I think you should, some people are just naturally more wordy than others....

And sometimes it can be a very important fact which only takes one short line to deliver. Retroactive?

with Ann. Most of mine are one line Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant is an important fact (I think) it might get a word or two longer when I add honeydew to it but not usually

Here is the report on all the comments from the past 24 hours:

Newyorkrita: 48 comments with an average word count of 30 words.
mattsmom: 44 comments with an average word count of 13 words.
zuzu: 43 comments with an average word count of 38 words.
Skiekitty: 34 comments with an average word count of 8 words.
rebloomnut: 21 comments with an average word count of 12 words.
mom2goldens: 15 comments with an average word count of 57 words.
stetchworth: 12 comments with an average word count of 44 words.
plantladylin: 11 comments with an average word count of 78 words.
threegardeners: 11 comments with an average word count of 54 words.
Danita: 10 comments with an average word count of 101 words.
Calif_Sue: 10 comments with an average word count of 42 words.
Mindy03: 10 comments with an average word count of 8 words.
Sharon: 8 comments with an average word count of 39 words.
mcash70: 8 comments with an average word count of 21 words.
flaflwrgrl: 8 comments with an average word count of 106 words.
kqcrna: 7 comments with an average word count of 52 words.
Horntoad: 7 comments with an average word count of 22 words.
SongofJoy: 6 comments with an average word count of 32 words.
daylily: 5 comments with an average word count of 43 words.
Dutchlady1: 4 comments with an average word count of 17 words.
Moby: 3 comments with an average word count of 23 words.
wcgypsy: 3 comments with an average word count of 55 words.
DdeTex: 2 comments with an average word count of 17 words.
Robynznest: 2 comments with an average word count of 48 words.
jmorth: 2 comments with an average word count of 19 words.
kimbar: 2 comments with an average word count of 10 words.
valleylynn: 2 comments with an average word count of 83 words.
pardalinum: 1 comment with 33 words.
porkpal: 1 comment with 3 words.
gingin: 1 comment with 20 words.
Boopaints: 1 comment with 12 words.
fiwit: 1 comment with 71 words.
chelle: 1 comment with 63 words.
Patti1957: 1 comment with 21 words.
virginiarose: 1 comment with 1 word.
glevely: 1 comment with 11 words.
dmac: 1 comment with 54 words.

In total, 1,290 additional acorns were awarded through this 24 hours bounty. Pretty nice!

Guess I have run off of the mouth (fingers?) I have the highest average word count per comment. YIKES!