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On April 21st Facebook released its widely publicized "Like" button feature for websites allowing developers to place like buttons on their content. I had heard about this a few days before they released it and I thought it would make for a good advertising tool so as soon as they made it available I went to work putting a couple of Like buttons around my sites. For a few days afterward I watched the little numbers beside the Like buttons, which indicates how many people have clicked on it, and to my disappointment the numbers remained quite low. Cyber Nations was registering 44 likes, Cyber Citizens was registering 13 likes, and CN:TE was registering just 2 likes. I was so embarrassed by CN:TE's Like button counter performance that I was considering removing it all together. Even worst, the like buttons on the individual alliance stats pages were registering 0 likes, for EVERY alliance in the game. Then today I noticed that one of my friends on Facebook had a status that said, "xxx likes Independent Republic of Orange Nations" but the Like button in CN for the alliance Independent Republic of Orange Nations was still showing 0 likes. Something was off with Facebooks Like counter. Now this afternoon I log in and see that Cyber Nations has 732 likes, Cyber Citizens has 41, CN:TE has 47, and the alliance counters are showing correct stats as well. That's more Like it!! (pun intended) I know that some of you may have found the new Like and Share buttons annoying at first, hopefully most of you are getting use to them by now. The purpose of the buttons is to be as unobtrusive as possible while still serving as a method to attract some new players to the games. I'm also interested in seeing which alliance gets the most Like button clicks. So far New Polar Order is winning hands down with 21 Likes with New Pacific Order in a distant second with 10 Likes.

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Ok, so this morning it appears that the Like button counters are acting up again. Cyber Nations was reporting 750+ when I first signed on and now it's back down to 166. Similar counter decreases are found elsewhere. I've reported the issue to Facebook.

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No offense but I can't be letting anybody know how involved I am with this game. The three people I've recruited to the game are the only people who know that I play it.

Seconding this. I mock people for playing Farmville and swarming my news feed with updates, flooding them with CN would be hypocrisy :P

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Imo, people should do this. Admin and the Mod Staff put so much effort into CN. The least we can do is click 'like' in return.

Well they put effort in :rolleyes:

But seriously, I don't want this to become another stupid FB game. This is much better.

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As will I. :awesome:

I think there's been a minor success. Yesterday was 176 instead of the norm of 150ish, and usually at this time of day, only 70 nations have been created. 114 so far.

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No offense but I can't be letting anybody know how involved I am with this game. The three people I've recruited to the game are the only people who know that I play it.

Basically this, but I decided to like it anyway. Something just came over me and decided to click the button. I personally blame Admin's mind controlling game.

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