+tozainamboku Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Quote Link to comment
+cwgrizz Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Either on purpose or by accident, I've seen people log their find on the wrong date. It doesn't really seem to matter to anybody in most cases other than yourself, so go for it. Quote Link to comment
+zack_black Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Why? What difference does it make really? Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? What would a puritan think? Quote Link to comment
+Huntleigh Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Or log any finds on the correct day and ignore the Souvenir tab. "I see nothing...I see nothing..." Quote Link to comment
+LewisClan77 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I think you will only get the souvenir if you log them today. Wait until tomorrow and log them with todays date. I am not sure if that is the case, but that is how I took the note from GS about it. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Sure, as long as you don't log them in a new state. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? What would a puritan think? Log them on the correct find date and ignore your suvs. Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Badges? I don't need no stinking badges. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I wanted souvenirs until I met a man who had too many. That is an awesome quote. Quote Link to comment
+Q10 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Maybe you could use Adblock Plus to hide the offensive souvenir image. Quote Link to comment
+Roman! Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 i don't want a wife anymore either, but once I got one I can never ever again say I never had one. You will only be lying to yourself. Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Maybe you could use Adblock Plus to hide the offensive souvenir image. This. But I have a hard time believing toz is serious. Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Can't you adopt it over to someone? Poor, unloved, little souvie. A souvenir is for life, not just for Leap Year. MrsB Quote Link to comment
+Manville Possum Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I think you will only get the souvenir if you log them today. Wait until tomorrow and log them with todays date. I am not sure if that is the case, but that is how I took the note from GS about it. Don't fool yourself. You can create an account today and backlog a 10/10/10 find and get that souvenir. This is just a game where you can only cheat yourself. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? I'll trade you some unwanted favorite points for it! Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? No, that would not be OK with the non-existent Puritans you're always talking about. But since they are non-existent, go ahead and log on the 28th. Quote Link to comment
+Walts Hunting Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 You've got almost 8,000 caches. Why not just put these on your ignore list so they come up again and not worry about this piddling amount Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Good LORD MANNNNN! I smelled angst in the title of this thread and came here to get my daily smug superior feeling and what do I get? Hopefully, as the posts progress, someone who hasn't read the thread will provide some real entertainment. Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Toz, I could PM you the password to one of my accounts, say NoHomeCoords, and you could log it with that. NoHomeCoords don't give diddly about it one way or another. But for heaven's sake, don't give NoHome any Home coords, okay? Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) I don't want soft serve ice cream today. Can I have a hand scooped cone tomorrow? Edited March 1, 2012 by Totem Clan Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Oh, good grief. Quote Link to comment
+J the Goat Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What I want to know is how Knowschad got access to Toz's account Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Tongue in cheek? Quote Link to comment
+GeoLobo Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 You can do what ever you want. You could log the GC.com headquarters cache and get three for one if you like. A souvenir for the HQ, one for the state of WA, and one for Leap Day! Its all how you wanna play the game. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I don't want soft serve ice cream today. Can I have a hand scooped cone tomorrow? Quote Link to comment
4wheelin_fool Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Geocache Maintenance Owner is responsible for geocache page upkeep. As the owner of your geocache listing, your responsibility includes quality control of all posts to the cache page. Delete any logs that appear to be bogus, counterfeit, off-topic or otherwise inappropriate. http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=307#maint A counterfeit is an imitation that is made with the intent to deceptively represent its content or origins. The word counterfeit most frequently describes forged money or documents http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Counterfeit If your date of the online log didn't match the timestamp of the game camera that I set up nearby, I would DELETE, DELETE, DELETE. Quote Link to comment
+GeoTrekker26 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would it be ok if I log the caches I found today with a different date? Go ahead a log the finds and sell the souvenir on eBay. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What I want to know is how Knowschad got access to Toz's account I told Toz he should really choose a better password than "Geocaching" Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What I want to know is how Knowschad got access to Toz's account I told Toz he should really choose a better password than "Geocaching" That's why he changed it to "icecream." Quote Link to comment
+tozainamboku Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) I was being half-serious. Aside from my personal view that souvenirs are hokey and that I don't need some silly tab with silly pictures on my profile to motivate me to geocache, I find the souvenirs for caching on some "special" date distasteful. With the much ballyhooed change to Google's privacy policy there have been a lot of references to how Google has come to view its users as its product instead. While I wouldn't put Groundspeak in Google's class yet, it is clear that the they market their position as biggest geocaching site by far to attract advertising revenue. They seem intent on retaining this position and the souvenirs are no more than a way to bump the numbers of users temporarily to gain some advantage, much like the local news running provocative stories during ratings sweeps week. I have no doubt that some will say Groundspeak is only trying to create a camaraderie or sense of community among geocachers. But I don't buy this. There is already quite a sense of camaraderie without having to look at someone's souvenirs. What these special days do is work in the opposite direction where someone can glance at your profile and see you didn't find any caches on leap day. What's wrong with you? Aren't you part of the geocacher community? No, the only rationale explanation for having these souvenirs is for Groundspeak's marketing. I, for one, do not like being seen a product, by Google, Groundspeak, or any other internet site I use. However, I realize that this is the nature of the beast. We would not have many of our favorite websites if it weren't for the ability to monetize the value of their users. So it is with reluctance that I will log my finds on 2/29/12 and add one more user to the number of accounts that geocached that day. I hope in return that my premium membership will not go up and that Groundspeak will fix the HORRID maps. Edited March 1, 2012 by tozainamboku Quote Link to comment
+lamoracke Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Oh, good grief. sums it up for me Quote Link to comment
+Totem Clan Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) All joking aside I agree that I don't need some little tab to make me go caching, but at the same time I couldn't care less if they give them out. It won't change my view of when or where I cache at all. Edited March 2, 2012 by Totem Clan Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Maybe you could use Adblock Plus to hide the offensive souvenir image. This. But I have a hard time believing toz is serious. Would you mind writing me a Greasemonkey script to transfer TOZ's souviners over to my profile page? thx. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What I want to know is how Knowschad got access to Toz's account shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Would you mind writing me a Greasemonkey script to transfer TOZ's souviners over to my profile page? thx. Why stop there? Let's have a script that displays all souvenirs on our profile page! Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What I want to know is how Knowschad got access to Toz's account I told Toz he should really choose a better password than "Geocaching" That's why he changed it to "icecream." Actually, it was "puritan" that did the trick. Quote Link to comment
+The A-Team Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I think you will only get the souvenir if you log them today. Wait until tomorrow and log them with todays date. I am not sure if that is the case, but that is how I took the note from GS about it. Don't fool yourself. You can create an account today and backlog a 10/10/10 find and get that souvenir. This is just a game where you can only cheat yourself. Neither of these are true. There's only a limited period of time in which you can log a cache and receive the associated date-specific souvenir. For previous such days, the period has been 2 weeks. I was traveling on the International Geocaching Day last year, but made a find that day. I wasn't able to log it online until I got home over 2 weeks later, and didn't get the souvenir automatically. I had to email Groundspeak to get it manually applied. Now, if toz really doesn't want the souvenir, all he has to do is log his caches with the wrong date, then edit the logs and change the date back to Feb 29. The souvenir won't get applied in this scenario. Either that, or just wait a couple of weeks before logging them. Quote Link to comment
+SwineFlew Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 What I want to know is how Knowschad got access to Toz's account I told Toz he should really choose a better password than "Geocaching" That's why he changed it to "icecream." Actually, it was "puritan" that did the trick. Not that word again! Everytime I see that word, I think of TOZ! Quote Link to comment
+Markwell Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) I was being half-serious. Aside from my personal view that souvenirs are hokey and that I don't need some silly tab with silly pictures on my profile to motivate me to geocache, I find the souvenirs for caching on some "special" date distasteful. I was being half-serious. Aside from my personal view that total find counts are irrelevant and that I don't need some silly number with silly milestones on my profile to motivate me to geocache, I find the way people tend to treat high finds for caching with a more elitist stature distasteful. You know what? It got me out of the house to find a cache on a day when I otherwise probably wouldn't have. That's a bad thing? Just don't look at them. Edited March 1, 2012 by Markwell Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) I was being half-serious. Aside from my personal view that souvenirs are hokey and that I don't need some silly tab with silly pictures on my profile to motivate me to geocache, I find the souvenirs for caching on some "special" date distasteful. With the much ballyhooed change to Google's privacy policy there have been a lot of references to how Google has come to view its users as its product instead. While I wouldn't put Groundspeak in Google's class yet, it is clear that the they market their position as biggest geocaching site by far to attract advertising revenue. They seem intent on retaining this position and the souvenirs are no more than a way to bump the numbers of users temporarily to gain some advantage, much like the local news running provocative stories during ratings sweeps week. I have no doubt that some will say Groundspeak is only trying to create a camaraderie or sense of community among geocachers. But I don't buy this. There is already quite a sense of camaraderie without having to look at someone's souvenirs. What these special days do is work in the opposite direction where someone can glance at your profile and see you didn't find any caches on leap day. What's wrong with you? Aren't you part of the geocacher community? No, the only rationale explanation for having these souvenirs is for Groundspeak's marketing. I, for one, do not like being seen a product, by Google, Groundspeak, or any other internet site I use. However, I realize that this is the nature of the beast. We would not have many of our favorite websites if it weren't for the ability to monetize the value of their users. So it is with reluctance that I will log my finds on 2/29/12 and add one more user to the number of accounts that geocached that day. I hope in return that my premium membership will not go up and that Groundspeak will fix the HORRID maps. First-world problems... Edited March 1, 2012 by Castle Mischief Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I don't want soft serve ice cream today. Can I have a hand scooped cone tomorrow? Sorry I am late to the party as I was busy yesterday, attending events and finding cache because it was FUN, not for some silly image that was added to my account. But I have to say that I am shocked, shocked I tell you that this thread ran for more than 20 posts before there was an ice cream reference. Quote Link to comment
+The_Incredibles_ Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 (edited) I was being half-serious. Aside from my personal view that souvenirs are hokey and that I don't need some silly tab with silly pictures on my profile to motivate me to geocache, I find the souvenirs for caching on some "special" date distasteful. With the much ballyhooed change to Google's privacy policy there have been a lot of references to how Google has come to view its users as its product instead. While I wouldn't put Groundspeak in Google's class yet, it is clear that the they market their position as biggest geocaching site by far to attract advertising revenue. They seem intent on retaining this position and the souvenirs are no more than a way to bump the numbers of users temporarily to gain some advantage, much like the local news running provocative stories during ratings sweeps week. I have no doubt that some will say Groundspeak is only trying to create a camaraderie or sense of community among geocachers. But I don't buy this. There is already quite a sense of camaraderie without having to look at someone's souvenirs. What these special days do is work in the opposite direction where someone can glance at your profile and see you didn't find any caches on leap day. What's wrong with you? Aren't you part of the geocacher community? No, the only rationale explanation for having these souvenirs is for Groundspeak's marketing. I, for one, do not like being seen a product, by Google, Groundspeak, or any other internet site I use. However, I realize that this is the nature of the beast. We would not have many of our favorite websites if it weren't for the ability to monetize the value of their users. So it is with reluctance that I will log my finds on 2/29/12 and add one more user to the number of accounts that geocached that day. I hope in return that my premium membership will not go up and that Groundspeak will fix the HORRID maps. Good grief. There is so much negativity and overanalyzing in this post. What is wrong with wanting to set a record? Not everything has to do with marketing or corporate greed. Geocaching is supposed to be FUN. AND I think the new maps are GREAT!! If you're not having fun, you have no one to blame but yourself. Edited March 1, 2012 by The_Incredibles_ Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 It got me out of the house to find a cache on a day when I otherwise probably wouldn't have. That's a bad thing? Really depends on what you'd have otherwise done if you stayed at home, doesn't it? Quote Link to comment
I! Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I don't need some silly tab with silly pictures on my profile OMG, you don't have the 10/10/10 souvenir! Right, you're going on the ignore list. Quote Link to comment
+Mr.Benchmark Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I was being half-serious. Aside from my personal view that souvenirs are hokey and that I don't need some silly tab with silly pictures on my profile to motivate me to geocache, I find the souvenirs for caching on some "special" date distasteful. I guess if a person doesn't want to be part of the promotion at the ice cream store, they could just skip eating ice cream that day and avoid the issue entirely? That would've made your point better, I think. Of course, that would involve skipping ice cream - and where's the fun in that? Or I guess you could've hidden a cache, which would've been like making your own ice cream, right? Just kidding. I will admit that I ran out for the souvenir. I don't usually care about stuff like that, but it was a beautiful day yesterday, and this just seemed harmless and fun to me. I can appreciate your concerns though. Quote Link to comment
+hukilaulau Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I can appreciate your concerns though. I'm not sure that "concerns" is the right word. More like "grandstanding to attract attention." And the irony is, that's essentially what he is accusing GS of doing. I love these forums! Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 What I want to know is how Knowschad got access to Toz's account I told Toz he should really choose a better password than "Geocaching" That's why he changed it to "icecream." Actually, it was "puritan" that did the trick. I'm going to bet it is puritan, with a few random numbers after it. Look at you first 31 posters. You didn't think he was serious. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I was being half-serious. Aside from my personal view that souvenirs are hokey and that I don't need some silly tab with silly pictures on my profile to motivate me to geocache, I find the souvenirs for caching on some "special" date distasteful. With the much ballyhooed change to Google's privacy policy there have been a lot of references to how Google has come to view its users as its product instead. While I wouldn't put Groundspeak in Google's class yet, it is clear that the they market their position as biggest geocaching site by far to attract advertising revenue. They seem intent on retaining this position and the souvenirs are no more than a way to bump the numbers of users temporarily to gain some advantage, much like the local news running provocative stories during ratings sweeps week. I have no doubt that some will say Groundspeak is only trying to create a camaraderie or sense of community among geocachers. But I don't buy this. There is already quite a sense of camaraderie without having to look at someone's souvenirs. What these special days do is work in the opposite direction where someone can glance at your profile and see you didn't find any caches on leap day. What's wrong with you? Aren't you part of the geocacher community? No, the only rationale explanation for having these souvenirs is for Groundspeak's marketing. I, for one, do not like being seen a product, by Google, Groundspeak, or any other internet site I use. However, I realize that this is the nature of the beast. We would not have many of our favorite websites if it weren't for the ability to monetize the value of their users. So it is with reluctance that I will log my finds on 2/29/12 and add one more user to the number of accounts that geocached that day. I hope in return that my premium membership will not go up and that Groundspeak will fix the HORRID maps. Fair enough. Quote Link to comment
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