Counting - Revision history

Snoop: /* Counting-Meta */

2023-12-31T20:54:10Z

‎Counting-Meta

Carl-vbn: Edit requested by eric

2023-12-30T19:15:51Z

Edit requested by eric

Carl-vbn: Changes requested by the non-french-canadian french canadian canadian

2023-12-30T18:35:07Z

Changes requested by the non-french-canadian french canadian canadian

Carl-vbn: Typo

2023-12-30T11:07:22Z

Typo

Carl-vbn: Added counting meta lore, curtesy of Eric (Drax)

2023-12-30T09:42:06Z

Added counting meta lore, curtesy of Eric (Drax)

Carl-vbn: Removal of unnecessary "to"

2023-02-16T20:29:04Z

Removal of unnecessary "to"

Carl-vbn: Consistent formatting of the discord server name

2023-02-16T20:27:46Z

Consistent formatting of the discord server name

Carl-vbn: Formatting

2023-02-16T20:25:02Z

Formatting

Carl-vbn at 18:44, 16 February 2023

2023-02-16T18:44:46Z

Carl-vbn: Added mentions of voluntary bans and the boosted 999 record

2023-02-16T17:53:05Z

Added mentions of voluntary bans and the boosted 999 record

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 == Counting-Meta ==
-On April 4, 2022, the decision was made to establish a counting chat, titled #counting-meta, within the #off-topic-text channel. This was to facilitate discussions about counting channel activities without disrupting the ongoing count. The thread saw activity for six days before becoming inactive. It was reactivated on September 9, 2023, with a new count that evolved separately from the original #counting channel. This new count, following a set of its own unwritten rules, reached 1,000 one hundred and nine days later on December 27, 2023 without the count breaking once. The count is still continuing and active as of December 29, 2023.
 === Counting Meta Unwritten Rules ===

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 == Counting-Meta ==
-On April 4, 2022, the decision was made to establish a counting chat, titled #counting-meta, within the #off-topic-chat thread. This was to facilitate discussions about counting channel activities without disrupting the ongoing count. The thread saw activity for six days before becoming inactive. It was reactivated on September 9, 2023, with a new count that evolved separately from the original #counting channel. This new count, following a set of its own unwritten rules, reached 1,000 on December 27, 2023 without the count breaking once. The count is still continuing and active as of December 29, 2023.
+On April 4, 2022, the decision was made to establish a counting chat, titled #counting-meta, within the #off-topic-text channel. This was to facilitate discussions about counting channel activities without disrupting the ongoing count. The thread saw activity for six days before becoming inactive. It was reactivated on September 9, 2023, with a new count that evolved separately from the original #counting channel. This new count, following a set of its own unwritten rules, reached 1,000 one hundred and nine days later on December 27, 2023 without the count breaking once. The count is still continuing and active as of December 29, 2023.
 === Counting Meta Unwritten Rules ===

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-'''Counting''' refers to a channel on the ''Columbia University'' Discord server whose sole purpose is to count to 1000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. If the count is broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting has to start over from 1. The number 1,000 was reached on December 29th, 2023 and the channel was locked at a value of 1,003.
+'''Counting''' refers to a channel on the ''Columbia University'' Discord server whose sole purpose was to count to 1000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. When the count was broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting had to start over from 1. The number 1,000 was reached on December 29th, 2023 and the channel was locked at a value of 1,003.
 == Origin ==
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 === Counting Meta Unwritten Rules ===
 * Numbers must be clearly and explicitly typed, avoiding ambiguous values, images, or GIFs.
 * Messages can follow the numbers.
 [[Category:Online community]]

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 On April 4, 2022, the decision was made to establish a counting chat, titled #counting-meta, within the #off-topic-chat thread. This was to facilitate discussions about counting channel activities without disrupting the ongoing count. The thread saw activity for six days before becoming inactive. It was reactivated on September 9, 2023, with a new count that evolved separately from the original #counting channel. This new count, following a set of its own unwritten rules, reached 1,000 on December 27, 2023 without the count breaking once. The count is still continuing and active as of December 29, 2023.
-=== Counting Meta Unwrittem Rules ===
+=== Counting Meta Unwritten Rules ===
 * Numbers must be clearly and explicitly typed, avoiding ambiguous values, images, or GIFs.
 * Messages can follow the numbers.

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-'''Counting''' refers to a channel on the ''Columbia University'' Discord server whose sole purpose is to count to 1000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. If the count is broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting has to start over from 1. As of February 16th, 2023, the record is 921 reached on December 6th, 2022.
+'''Counting''' refers to a channel on the ''Columbia University'' Discord server whose sole purpose is to count to 1000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. If the count is broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting has to start over from 1. The number 1,000 was reached on December 29th, 2023 and the channel was locked at a value of 1,003.
 == Origin ==
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 * If 1000 is reached by only a small number of participants rapidly sending messages in alternating order (a practice known as "boosting"), the count is considered illegitimate even if it does not violate the rules. On October 12th, 2022 the number 999 was reached through boosting, but was then intentionally broken to prevent it from getting to 1000.
 * Numbers considered amusing in meme culture, namely 69 and 420, are commonly referred to as "nice" and "blaze it" respectively
 [[Category:Online community]]

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 == Origin ==
-On December 10th, 2021, ''Columbia University'' Discord member Legion requested the addition of a game to "[to] fill the void". User spooky then expressed interest in counting to 1000, wondering if Columbia students could do so without "ruining the count". Although Legion clarified that he meant a bot game and even called spooky's idea "masochism deluxe", the first ever count was started by lindsxcr in the ''#general-chat'' channel. This count remained uninterrupted for over 24 hours and reached the number 74 before it was broken by someone using the channel for its intended purpose and asked for help recovering his lost AirPods. After it ended, the idea of a channel dedicated to counting was brought up by an admin but was not put into practice right away. A few months later, on March 18th, 2022, Legion once again asked about the Discord games he had requested. This led to the start of a new count in the ''#off-topic-chat'' channel that lasted for 10 days and reached the number 327 before it was broken by a double-count (the person that sent 327 also sent an image representing the number 328 right after). After this second failed count, a proper ''#counting'' channel with clear rules was introduced.
+On December 10th, 2021, ''Columbia University'' Discord member Legion requested the addition of a game to "fill the void". User spooky then expressed interest in counting to 1000, wondering if Columbia students could do so without "ruining the count". Although Legion clarified that he meant a bot game and even called spooky's idea "masochism deluxe", the first ever count was started by lindsxcr in the ''#general-chat'' channel. This count remained uninterrupted for over 24 hours and reached the number 74 before it was broken by someone using the channel for its intended purpose and asked for help recovering his lost AirPods. After it ended, the idea of a channel dedicated to counting was brought up by an admin but was not put into practice right away. A few months later, on March 18th, 2022, Legion once again asked about the Discord games he had requested. This led to the start of a new count in the ''#off-topic-chat'' channel that lasted for 10 days and reached the number 327 before it was broken by a double-count (the person that sent 327 also sent an image representing the number 328 right after). After this second failed count, a proper ''#counting'' channel with clear rules was introduced.
 == Rules ==

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−	'''Counting''' refers to a channel on the Columbia University Discord server whose sole purpose is to count to 1000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. If the count is broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting has to start over from 1. As of February 16th, 2023, the record is 921 reached on December 6th, 2022.	+	'''Counting''' refers to a channel on the ''Columbia University'' Discord server whose sole purpose is to count to 1000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. If the count is broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting has to start over from 1. As of February 16th, 2023, the record is 921 reached on December 6th, 2022.

	== Origin ==		== Origin ==

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-'''Counting''' refers to a channel on the "Columbia University" Discord server whose sole purpose is to count to 1,000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. If the count is broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting has to start over from 1. As of February 16th, 2023, the record is 921 reached on December 6th, 2022.
+'''Counting''' refers to a channel on the Columbia University Discord server whose sole purpose is to count to 1000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. If the count is broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting has to start over from 1. As of February 16th, 2023, the record is 921 reached on December 6th, 2022.
 == Origin ==
-On December 10th, 2021, Columbia University Discord member "Legion" requested the addition of a game to "To fill the void". User "spooky" then expressed interest in counting to 1000, wondering if Columbia students could do so without "ruining the count". Although Legion clarified that he meant a bot game and even called spooky's idea "masochism deluxe", the first ever count was started by "lindsxcr" in the 'general-chat channel'. This count remained uninterrupted for over 24 hours and reached the number 74 before it was broken by someone using the channel for its intended purpose and asked for help recovering his lost AirPods. After it ended, the idea of a channel dedicated to counting was brought up by an admin but was not put into practice right away. A few months later, on March 18th, 2022, Legion once again asked about the Discord games he had requested. This led to the start of a new count in the 'off-topic-chat' channel that lasted for 10 days and reached the number 327 before it was broken by a double-count (the person that sent 327 also sent an image representing the number 328 right after). After this second failed count, a proper 'counting' channel with clear rules was introduced.
+On December 10th, 2021, ''Columbia University'' Discord member Legion requested the addition of a game to "[to] fill the void". User spooky then expressed interest in counting to 1000, wondering if Columbia students could do so without "ruining the count". Although Legion clarified that he meant a bot game and even called spooky's idea "masochism deluxe", the first ever count was started by lindsxcr in the ''#general-chat'' channel. This count remained uninterrupted for over 24 hours and reached the number 74 before it was broken by someone using the channel for its intended purpose and asked for help recovering his lost AirPods. After it ended, the idea of a channel dedicated to counting was brought up by an admin but was not put into practice right away. A few months later, on March 18th, 2022, Legion once again asked about the Discord games he had requested. This led to the start of a new count in the ''#off-topic-chat'' channel that lasted for 10 days and reached the number 327 before it was broken by a double-count (the person that sent 327 also sent an image representing the number 328 right after). After this second failed count, a proper ''#counting'' channel with clear rules was introduced.
 == Rules ==
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 == Common practices (unwritten rules of counting) ==
-* It is common practice to start every new chain with a GIF depicting the fictional "Doctor Strange" character played by Benedict Cumberbatch lifting his index finger to form a "one" with his hand. Low counts have even been restarted because they did not start with that GIF
+* It is common practice to start every new chain with a GIF depicting the fictional "Doctor Strange" character played by Benedict Cumberbatch lifting his index finger to form a one with his hand. Low counts have even been restarted because they did not start with that GIF
-* Discussions about counting, including explanations of references used as part of the count, should be held in the 'off-topic-chat' channel
+* Discussions about counting, including explanations of references used as part of the count, should be held in the ''#off-topic-chat'' channel
-* If 1000 is reached by only a small number of participants rapidly sending messages in alternating order (a practice known as "boosting"), the count is considered illegitimate even if it does not violate the rules. On October 12th, 2022 the number 999 was reached through boosting, but was then intentionally broken to prevent it from getting to 1,000.
+* If 1000 is reached by only a small number of participants rapidly sending messages in alternating order (a practice known as "boosting"), the count is considered illegitimate even if it does not violate the rules. On October 12th, 2022 the number 999 was reached through boosting, but was then intentionally broken to prevent it from getting to 1000.
 * Numbers considered amusing in meme culture, namely 69 and 420, are commonly referred to as "nice" and "blaze it" respectively

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 '''Counting''' refers to a channel on the "Columbia University" Discord server whose sole purpose is to count to 1,000 and beyond by sending numbers as successive messages. If the count is broken, meaning a message has been sent that violates the positive natural integer order, counting has to start over from 1. As of February 16th, 2023, the record is 921 reached on December 6th, 2022.
 == Rules ==
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 * If a number is sent twice, the count is broken
 * Sending a message that does not represent a number breaks the count
-* One person may not send two messages in a row
+* One person may not send two or more messages in a row (no-double-count policy)
 * Deleting or editing messages to resolve a miscount is prohibited and will cause the count to start over
 Members repeatedly breaking the count on purpose may be blocked from accessing the counting channel by the server's admins. Some members have even requested to be blocked voluntarily after breaking the count by accident and/or to avoid stress related to its progress.
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 == Common practices (unwritten rules of counting) ==
 * It is common practice to start every new chain with a GIF depicting the fictional "Doctor Strange" character played by Benedict Cumberbatch lifting his index finger to form a "one" with his hand. Low counts have even been restarted because they did not start with that GIF
-* Discussions about counting should be held in the "off-topic-chat" channel
+* Discussions about counting, including explanations of references used as part of the count, should be held in the 'off-topic-chat' channel
 * If 1000 is reached by only a small number of participants rapidly sending messages in alternating order (a practice known as "boosting"), the count is considered illegitimate even if it does not violate the rules. On October 12th, 2022 the number 999 was reached through boosting, but was then intentionally broken to prevent it from getting to 1,000.
 * Numbers considered amusing in meme culture, namely 69 and 420, are commonly referred to as "nice" and "blaze it" respectively