Saturday, November 28, 2009

Shine's most popular posts of 2008

What do Sarah Palin, married men, and threesomes have in common? They all headline our most popular posts on Shine.

On Shine, we measure a post's popularity by its total number of comments. We wanted to find out which of our thousands of posts were the most popular, so we did some digging and came up with this top 10 list. The diversity surprised us - We knew our users loved to talk about sex, but who knew diet soda and bathing suits were also hot topics?!

Since this is really about user comments, I pulled a few favorites from our most popular post - "Question of the day: Would you stand by your man if he were busted with a prostitute?"

"yeah, I'd stand by him alright, WITH AN AXE!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Damn! Sounds like he might have had some fun and relaxation without me. Who could blame him for that since I certainly have my share of fun and relaxation without him. I'm not going to give him the boot nor will I go running off to a corner to cry. This new revelation could very well be our salvation."

"It is real simple to say no but if I was in love as much with my husband as I'm right now I'd at least give him the chance to explain himself. After our conversation, I would think about his explanation and I would go with my gut feeling (I would either be able to forgive him and trust him to not ever do it again, or I would send him packing. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me, right? ;) )."

Check out the complete top 10 list here. I'm hoping one these will compel you to add a comment of your own.

# 1 "Question of the day: Would you stand by your man if he were busted with a prostitute?"
(1,582 comments)

# 2 "Now it’s your turn: Shine readers’ thoughts on Sarah Palin"
(957 comments)

# 3 "How wrong is it to have sex with a married man?"
(932 comments)

# 4 "Yes, that's me in a bathing suit. Yes, I'm sober. No, I can't believe I'm doing this."
(797 comments)

# 5 "I need advice: He wants a threesome!"
(771 comments)

# 6 "Tattoos, Love ‘em or Hate ‘em?"
(732 comments)

# 7 "Having an affair with a married man. What should I do now?"
(710 comments)

# 8 "Question of the day: Are you willing to give up diet soda?"
(704 comments)

# 9 "I need advice: I miss my ex!!! Help me!!!"
(695 comments)

# 10 "User post: It’s almost two months since I had sex with my husband!"
(688  comments)

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  • 2 Damn Defiant's Avatar
    Posted by 2 Damn Defiant Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:14pm PDT

    well, by the looks of those numbers I am NOT in THIS league!! lol

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    Posted by 2 Damn Defiant Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:16pm PDT

    she's looking at that dude like she could knock his F'ing block off!!!

    LOOK!!!! (man!!!! if looks could kill he'd be six feet in the dirt)!!!

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  • addybme's Avatar
    Posted by addybme Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:10pm PDT

    LOL... I love this sight!!! I love reading peoples comments, especially on the articles that are totally dumb!!!

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  • Snuggles's Avatar
    Posted by Snuggles Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:02am PDT

    LOL Yes isnt it funny . we all learn by reading questions.. lol and its great giving opinions..take care hun. have a great hump day.

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  • Jett's Avatar
    Posted by Jett Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:01am PDT

    It's amazing so many people continued posting comments, even as the numbers were climbing. If I see a post with more than 50 or so comments, I won't even bother commenting, because I figure no one will see my comment. I guess most other people don't feel the way I do.

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  • 2 Damn Defiant's Avatar
    Posted by 2 Damn Defiant Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:56am PDT

    thanx Brenda!!!!!!!

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  • Bad Chick VeVe's Avatar
    Posted by Bad Chick VeVe Thu Oct 30, 2008 1:51pm PDT

    Girl I would even tell nobody anything like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  • bONgSKIE's Avatar
    Posted by bONgSKIE Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:32pm PDT

    no comments, im just thinking of it.

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  • dani's Avatar
    Posted by dani Sat Nov 1, 2008 8:27am PDT

    yea : )

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  • victorious(baby ridah!)'s Avatar
    Posted by victorious(baby ridah!) Sat Nov 1, 2008 1:19pm PDT

    He would be on his own! lol! trying to keep up appearances is stupid to me. she played herself for even staying as long as she did.

    just my opinion~

    thanks for the post Brenda

    peace and blessings~

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