Hooray! TheJournal.ie has 100,000 fans on Facebook

Thanks so much to everyone who has ‘liked’ us – now read on to see how you can help TheJournal.ie get bigger, better and bolder…

12/11/11 807 Views 36 Comments

A MASSIVE THANK you from everyone here in TheJournal.ie to the 100,000 of you who have ‘liked’ us on our Facebook page.

Our loyal users have just pushed us past the 100,000 mark after just one year in business. Each and every one of you are helping us change the way Ireland gets its daily news fix – and helping us to get the word out by sharing your favourite stories and features on your social media networks.

Would you like to help Ireland’s largest online-only news website to continue to innovate and improve?

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Show us: If you have an amazing, funny or newsworthy picture that you’d like to feature on TheJournal.ie, tweet it to us @thejournal_ie or email it to us at news@thejournal.ie

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Kevin Maughan 12/11/11 #

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Love the journal app!

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- Aydo 13/11/11 #
  
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  Well, don’t let it go to your head Journo. Too many go Holywood with a bit of popularity.
  
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Dars K_Unofficial 12/11/11 #

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Addicted to the journal. Love it.

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- BustingMyAss 13/11/11 #
  
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  I am too, my wife will be divorcing me soon as I spend too much time on it, my solicitor will be dropping ye a letter soon…
  
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Linda Kennedy 12/11/11 #

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Well done guys n gals…you just proved that communication is cheaper and faster than National TV…and more thoughtfull. A credit to our ever changing world!

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Declan Carroll 13/11/11 #

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Congratulations & thank you.

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Oliver Walker 12/11/11 #

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100,034 as of now :) didn’t dawn on me that u had a Facebook page,read all your stories on Twitter or your app

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Cyril Butler 12/11/11 #

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Keep up the good work, its the way forward for news and current affairs. Nothing like a heated debate too. Love the website and app.

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- MojoRise 12/11/11 #
  
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  Here here…. Congrats
  
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olive tierney 13/11/11 #

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Congratulations!!!!! The best ever App love it, very addictive as you can see 2.40am and I am still on it, be afraid I would miss something!!!!! My husband is fast asleep here beside me and I am under the quilt hoping I won’t wake him with the light from my phone. Keep my the great work!!!! PS Ment to tell you I have been buying the daily paper for years and since I down loaded your App I haven’t bought a paper since, happy days :)

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- Réada Quinn 13/11/11 #
  
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  Ditto. He’s starting to get jealous of my phone. Nightmare ! ! !
  
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Eoin O Raghallaigh 13/11/11 #

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Well done to all of you at The Journal. Great site and great app. The first Irish news source to really tap into the digital and social media zeitgeist, while the traditional publications lag behind. The challenge now is to stay ahead when the others copy your model.

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Shanti Om 13/11/11 #

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Congratulations!
I deleted some of my other news apps because since I got the journal app it’s the one I use most..
There really is no comparison, the interactivity raises you head and shoulders above the others (even if you are a little behind on the stories sometimes!!)

Here’s to an even better second year :)

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Jane Dickson 12/11/11 #

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You need to make a Google + Page

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- John Mack 13/11/11 #
  
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  was going to second this but looks like I have to 21st this. Trying to cut all ties with a social media that abuses privacy setting, is there any other social media group that will allow me to comment on the news feeds, blogger, blogspot, googlereader, google+ or linkin just a suggestion from me but I think you will find a more balanced audience, plus it will give you some great user data on what people comment on depending on what social media they use.
  
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- Shanti Om 13/11/11 #
  
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  @ John – sadly I don’t think a social media site exists that doesn’t abuse your privacy somehow!! They’re all snooping snoopers (so much more polite than what I wanted to say..)
  
  Google are the ones that annoy me most, between google analytics and their spiderbot those guys aren’t just snooping on your profile, they’re putting a monitor on your every online move. Mind you, their head honcho did go on the record as saying if you’re online you have no right to expect privacy.. At least, not while you have google spying on you!!
  
  But you raise a very valid point.. There should be another means to connect as Facebook and twitter is only two of the many means of communication available!
  
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- John Mack 13/11/11 #
  
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  @Shanti I’m aware of what google are doing because they tell up up front, but that is why you have two profiles, one for work and one not for work… sample reason you have two is google ad sense, many a man has being caught out by his girlfriend looking a jewelry shops… aka getting ready to pop the question.. the google robot notes what sites you look at and offer advertisement based on your email (keywords) and websites you regular visit.
  
  I’m kind of happy that I have face book lock down in that some information is true other is so false that it would set off BullSh1t alarms everywhere. When I log into facebook I don’t log into any other site during that session I quit firefox and re-launch before going to banking or online email sites.
  
  For an up and coming media portal site it is a shame to see them only using Facebook I feel my privacy is being breached every time.
  
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- Stewart Curry 14/11/11 #
  
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  Google + pages for businesses aren’t really up to scratch right now – for example you can only have one page admin, which wouldn’t work for a busy news site like the Journal.
  
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Shane Mullally 13/11/11 #

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Good on ye at the journal..keep it up-let’s get it to 200,000..:-)..

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Omogbare Buraimoh Ugbiyobo 12/11/11 #

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Keep up the good work guys.Your star seemed destined to shine and d sky is the limit.

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Pat Walsh 13/11/11 #

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Congratulations on 100,000 ‘Like’s on facebook continued success. I really enjoy the journal!

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Peter Andrew Stone 13/11/11 #

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Congratulations!! Way better than rte, ha ha.

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Brian Gallagher 13/11/11 #

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Fair play.

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ROBERT DWYER 12/11/11 #

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CONGRATS JOURNAL UP WARDS AND ON WORDS ID BE LOST WITH OUT YOU ALL ON FACEBOOK AND ON TWITTER THANK YOU FOR BEEN THERE HAPPY DAYS TO YOU ALL WELL DONE ON ALL YOUR GREAT WORK.

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Joan Featherstone 13/11/11 #

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I’m addicted! Well done, I ‘liked’ u on FB.

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Padraig Callinan 13/11/11 #

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Well done. Your the best news aggregator site in Ireland.

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Catriona NicLochlainn 13/11/11 #

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Congratulations – Love The Journal. My day would not be the same without this app.

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Del Diamond 13/11/11 #

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A Google+ page is needed
Well done on ye’re success

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Ross Moran 12/11/11 #

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Mad. Well deserved. Great site. Think I liked around mid 400′s. Had pre registered off the back of the Newstalk promo interview. Lots of other sites seem to be biting your style now – you trend setters you! It is all about twitter though these days I reckon – well for me anyways!

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Steve 13/11/11 #

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“PS Ment to tell you I have been buying the daily paper for years and since I down loaded your App I haven’t bought a paper since, happy days”

well, ain’t that some shit.

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- olive tierney 13/11/11 #
  
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  Hey Steve, what’s your problem with my comment???
  
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- Steve 13/11/11 #
  
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  I have no problem with it really.
  
  It’s just a bit worrying if people stop buying newspapers because of sites like this I’d guess the Journal’s writers might find it embarrassing given they’re unlikely to want to put another nail in the coffin of the struggling newspaper industry.
  
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Pete Gibson 13/11/11 #

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“Hooray” is an American spelling
Cultural imperialism.

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olive skin 13/11/11 #

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as a citizen who s not lead by your failure to properly report the failure of FG AND LABOUR TO LEED THIS GREAT COUNTRY,you can pat yourselves all you want on the back ,i for one am not impressed . I think that after over 3 to 4 years of this crap we are begining to wise up to the media I for one have stoped buying any irish newspappers and so have many of my friends…

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- Declan Carroll 13/11/11 #
  
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  I’m with you re not buying a newspaper. I seldom buy one now. No guts to do some real reporting in many instances. Some journalists are still quite good. Thejournal.ie is good & being able to make a comment helps to let off a bit of steam on any given news story.
  
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Brno Barking 14/11/11 #

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Woof Woof!

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