Porsche’s Facebook fans seem to be multiplying at an exponential rate. It was just this past February that Porsche celebrated hitting 5 million fans by announcing they would build a very special 911 Carrera 4S based on fan voted options. As of today, a short six months later, Porsche is closing in on 6 million fans (5.8+ million) and they plan on officially announcing the second part of their 5 million fan celebration on Monday, but we got the scoop here first on FLATSIXES.com.
Starting on Saturday, August 3rd (although it looks like it’s live right now to us) fans of Porsche’s official Facebook page will have the opportunity to win an all expenses paid trip to Silverstone for themselves and a friend. This new contest uses Facebook technology to determine how many “friends” you have that are also fans of Porsche’s official Facebook page. The winner will be the person connected with the most Porsche Facebook fans.
2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S built to celebrate 5M fans on Facebook
Now, I know what you’re thinking. A lot of you already can think of a few people (including us) with 1000s and 1000s of friends who also happen to be fans of Porsche. However, there’s a slight catch. Those “friends” have to publicly like Porsche. This means that those friends of yours that have their privacy settings locked down tight won’t get counted. However, there’s a very simple way for you to change that.
How Your Friends Can Change Their Settings to Count as a Porsche Fan
1. Tell them to go to their profile, click “more” and choose “likes”.
2. Have them click on “Edit Privacy” in the Likes-section.
3.Select “Public” in the section “Other”
That’s it. It doesn’t expose any personal info and it’s only opening up privacy on certain likes (those in the “other” category. With 3 Easy steps they can publicly show that their fans of Porsche on Facebook and help you win a trip to Silverstone for a Porsche experience of a lifetime. If you think they might be confused on how to do it, simply forward them this post and instructions or share this post on their timeline.
Take Part Now
Don’t forget, in order to win you need to play. Click here to enter for your chance to win. The campaign ends 15 days from today. Good luck!
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Come on guys.....Honestly the parameters of this contest SUCK! You've turned this into a popularity contest. The only individuals who have any chance what so ever to win this fabulous trip, is going to be a member of a huge club, organization or vendor that sells Porsche related items. The regular enthusiasts have no chance. The average person might have 50-200 friends on their Facebook page. How many of those would be a Porsche fan? ----this is a biased approach and intended not for just the average Porsche owner or fan, but to reward the most popular Porsche aficionado. You should have made it an even playing field. Sorry I have a very sour taste in my mouth right now.
"All you need to do is to show us how many public* Porsche fans you have in your friend-list. The user with the highest number of Porsche Facebook fans in his or her friend-list will win the unique trip to Silverstone."
Anthony, you may be better off posting this comment on Porsche's Facebook page as it's their contest and we don't know if they'll see it here.
Thanks ...BTW....I love this blog...FLATSIXES is a fantastic Porsche resource. Thanks
Thanks, Anthony. Much appreciated. Please share with your friends and other Porsche owners and encourage them to sign up for our free newsletter. If you see a story you like, we would really appreciate it if you shared a link to it on a forum, "like" it on Facebook, tweet it, etc. All these things help spread the word about FLATSIXES.com and they're super easy to do!! :-)