With a final score of 125-99, it is clear that White Faced Scops in your choice for the first ever SuperbOwl Owl of the Year! WFS will in the near future be our new community icon, and Snowy, Screech, and Buffy will share the banner. We’ll come up with some good ideas and see what looks best and get that taken care of.

All the owls have gotten a ton of support from you guys, which I loved seeing, and you’ve all joined in the fun and hopefully had a great time. This all went very well and I’m glad it really got all of you excited each day.

We’re over 2100 members strong on Lemmy.World, more than double what it was back in July. It’s great to be here enjoying this group with you. I hope we keep growing and keep having fun learning about owl stealthy feathered friends together. There are many more owls left to share with you, and many things left to learn and talk about.

Thank you all for your participation and being a great community of people!!!

      • rustydomino
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        1111 months ago

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  • Dandroid
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    2811 months ago

    Thank you for setting this up. This has been a lot of fun!

    • anon6789OP
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      It’s been a lot of work, but even more fun.

      Looking forward to going back to some easier posts, but can’t wait to do it again next year!

      I’ll pull some stats from the tourney and pick out some highlight reel stuff from all the posts of the year too as a year end rewind type thing yet as well.

      • Yah, you put in a ton of work on this; it’s much appreciate!

        I’m curious to know if there was a spike in subscriptions during the contest - do you have access to historical subscriber data?

        • anon6789OP
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          611 months ago

          I wish I did. I haven’t found any good resource for checking stats like that. I should have just logged them myself.

          From just glancing at it when I think of it though, we seem to gain 5-10 a day pretty consistently, which I like. I’d rather a few people trickle in from All, or new Reddit migrants than a big influx after a meme or something and then all the new people never check in again.

          I want you guys to have this as something you look forward to every day and where you’ll find something at least somewhat consistent. There’s still a lot of other doom and gloom that gets posted elsewhere, so I like keeping this as the social media palate cleanser.

          If we ever do get historical data, I’d love to see it though and see where the spikes are.

  • @[email protected]
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    1511 months ago

    I’m sad Snowy lost, but WFS is truly a superb owl.

    Thanks for running this. It was a lot of fun and something to look forward to each day.

    • anon6789OP
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      611 months ago

      Good, I saw your name come up a lot so I could tell you liked it.

      I hope you enjoy the normal day to day posts too!

    • anon6789OP
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      1211 months ago

      The people have spoken, and it is deemed…SUPERB!

  • @[email protected]
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    1211 months ago

    I love that this sub is here. Also pics in the comments is exactly what I came here for! 💯

    • anon6789OP
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      511 months ago

      Good, we’ll be getting back to much more of that!

  • @tacosanonymous
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    611 months ago

    I am shocked. But I guess this is what I get for not voting.

    • anon6789OP
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      611 months ago

      I technically didn’t vote either, but that’s why it’s always important to vote whenever you get the chance. We don’t always get a say in things, so when the opportunity arises, you should always make your voice heard!

      • @tacosanonymous
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        411 months ago

        Yeah. My normal instance was down for awhile.

        • anon6789OP
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          411 months ago

          Oh no! I’ll add a vote for Snowy if you want me to.

  • @[email protected]
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    411 months ago

    I’m glad WFS won! I was rooting for it, but was worried the popularity of Snowy would win out. This little mustachioed owl was too cool not to win!

    • anon6789OP
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      311 months ago

      I expected Snowy to win or for it to be a much closer race. Snowy still did very well, but it was another big surprise for me.

      I’m curious hoo will be popular next year!