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Hey Currentians,

Once again, it’s time to take a look at the top 5 fastest growing groups on Current.com. Let’s dive right in:

1. Booked (12 new members) — curated by Lrn_Willis

2. H.E.M.P. (5 new members) — curated by JackHerer

3. Gaming (5 new members) — curated by Nettle

4. Singer-Songwriters (3 new members) — curated by xiola

5. SF&F and Comics (3 new members) — curated by booksellergirl

Lrn_Willis’ group, Booked, appears to be an awesome resource for anyone looking to discuss literature, recent reads, or even news coming out of the book publishing industry. I dipped my toe in the group earlier today and found it to be quite rewarding. Lrn_Willis even sent me a welcome message after I joined. Very nice, and congratulations!

One of the things I enjoy about these daily posts is the chance to take a look at some of the new groups cropping up on the site. It’s excellent to see some of the creative groups you guys are concocting. While Gaming and H.E.M.P. continue to grow in popularity, it’s nice to see newcomers like Booked, SF&F and Comics, and Singer-Songwriters cropping up as well. Keep ‘em coming!

I’ll post another top 5 tomorrow after 3pm, but for now Booked gets the featured spot on the homepage and will be added to the featured section on the Groups homepage as well.

See you then!

Welcome to another exciting edition of scavenger hunt.

In honor of the most awesome launch to launch this week (not including that massively delayed shuttle into space) I bring you a ‘groups’ centric scavenger hunt!

1. While I am the member of a few groups, I am the creator and owner of one in particular. What is the name of the group I created?

2. Our next group is described by it’s wonderful owner as ‘A veritable bento box of movies, comics, anime, TV shows, science, tech and culture all hailing from the Land of the Rising Sun. Pantsu!’

3. Last but not least this group is also featured prominently on our homepage and deserves its own word scramble: ENSW.  Also, this describes my personality type according to several personality and behavioral exams I was required to take before joining an elite group of crime fighting and ghost hunting slayers.

The last is a gimmie, and I hope you know that our nifty search feature should help you find the homepages for these new groups. When in doubt, just insert some text from above. COPY + PASTE

‘Till next time friends!

Lecti

Online Community Team

Hello and welcome to this week’s scavenger hunt.  By the title you can probably guess that this weeks selections include new movie releases.

1. Easy: Our very own Brett_Erlich asked you to submit your reviews via webcam.
2. Over-Easy: This submission was featured on our homepage, and claimed that a certain show for which the film is based on represented a “a socialist Utopia where merit determined one’s station in life.”
3. Hard-Boiled*:  Long before his famous on set screaming tyrade against the film’s Director of Photography, there was the first image of Christian Bale as John Connor on current.com.

*Again, it seems incredibly difficult to find, but I’ll give you a hint:  Sort your search by “newest”.  There.  Wasn’t that easy?

Good Luck to All.

-Lecti

Hello and welcome to this week’s scavenger hunt.  I hope you enjoyed the last one as much as I did.  For those of you who want to confirm your selections, here are the correct links:

1. Easy: Woody Harrelson claims he mistook photographer for Zombie
2. Over-Easy: Texas Declares State Sovereignty
3. Hard-Boiled:  ‘Daggering’

As always, this week provided a number of catchy headlines and clips.

1. Not the best title:  “By God, the drugs must be in her underpants”.
2. You wear it on your face, but it’s not clothing or jewelry.  And I’m not certain it will make a difference.
3. This is the ONLY VIDEO (hint hint)* of Obama discussing possible candidates to replace Justice Souter.

*Yeah, I know that’s a toughie  Here’s a tip:  After you’ve entered in your search and received your results, you can refine your search by un-selecting stories and responses options next to our search button.

Good Luck to All.

-Brandon

I thought it would be really fun if I set up a scavenger hunt on current.com to see some of  the more interesting posts from this week.  This requires keen detective skills, persistence, and a strong index finger.  I’ll leave quotes from the posts, and the first person to correctly identify the articles should post the links in the comments section below.  Ready?  I knew you were you eager beavers!  Let’s Go!

1. [easy] “defended his clash with a photographer at a New York airport Wednesday night as a case of mistaken identity”

2.  [moderate] “except for austin.  it’s cool.”

3.  [hard]  “voting up.  way up”

Good luck to you all, and I hope you find them fascinating and quickly.

-Brandon