Facebook post sets world record with over 1M comments

A post on social networking site Facebook about the Zynga game Frontierville has set a world record for getting more than one million responses.

 

The post by Tracey Hodgson of the United Kingdom on the Facebook page "Ffgpioneers" got at least 1,001,552 comments, the Guinness World Records said.

 

"The figure, which was achieved by 107 fans of the freemium game by Zynga, almost doubles the previous record set for a post by Roberto Esposito (Italy) last year," it said.

 

It said that as of Jan. 31, Hodgson's October 30, 2011 post garnered 1,001,552 comments.

 

Hodgson said she thought of setting a new social media benchmark, after her daughter started playing it - "using my Facebook account."

 

"I began to play myself, and then got involved in helping with the game's community groups as an administrator," Hodgson said.

 

She said that when her friend Nattie Murphy saw the previous record, she suggested that Hodgson try to break it.

 

"It sounded like a great idea for our group to show what we are capable of when we work together," Hodgson said.

 

She said many left the record group because of the constant notifications, but there were a core group of four people including Nattie adding comments.

 

"It feels fantastic to have been able to break the world record for our community - while I don't actually play Frontierville anymore, I've met some great people through playing it and love to be able to help them enjoy the game still," Hodgson said. — TJD, GMA News