It was a day of joy and thrills for a 400 levelTheatre Arts Student of the Federal University,Oye- Ekiti,Miss LawalAbiodun Janet, as she was rewarded the sum of One Million Naira as the winner of the Palmchat “Crazy Selfie” competition.
The competition which started in December, 2015 and
ended on the 31st of January 2016, required participants to take
“selfies” with really funny gestures and post on the Palmchat app.The selfie
with the highest amount of legitimate interactions: likes and shares,
automatically qualified for the big win.
Miss YemisiOluwaseun, Business Development Manager, Palmchat at the
event that marked the end of the “Crazy selfie” campaign, held at the Palmchat
Office,ATG House,2A Isaac John street. Ikeja GRA, Lagos, on the 21st
of March, 2016 said apart from creating awareness for the Palmchat app, the
competition was also a way of giving value to the users.
On the idea behind the
competition, she said, it was to empower young Nigerians to create new social
experience through building fun and rewarding social networks.
“In line with the promise we to our Palmchat users at the beginning of
the “Crazy selfie”campaign last year, today we have a crown queen; Nigeria’s
craziest selfie taker Miss. Abiodun Janet. The selection process like in most
competition was transparent and fair; all malpractices in voting were carefully
eliminated by our backend algorithm.So, we are proud to present Miss. Janet
with the cash reward of One Million Naira”, says VictorOnwudiwe, Palmchat Customer Service lead.
The winner Miss Abiodun, couldn’t
hide her excitement when she was giving her cheque, in her words: “I have been on Palmchat for a long time and
I have met a lot of great people on the app. When I heard about the Crazy
selfie competition, I decided to participate and here I am today as the winner.
I really give God thanks for making me see this day,” she says.
“Honestly, when my daughter first told me about this, I didn’t believe
it until today.I am one of the happiest mothers alive. This money will go a
long way in helping my daughter fulfil her dreams,” adds the winner’s
mother.
Sincethe
launch of Palmchat5.1.4, the social networking app has continued to soar,
thrilling social media users as a result of the unique features embedded in it.
The app
which currently enjoys over One hundred
million active user base around the world is set to launch its latest
version,Palmchat 5.2., an upgrade on the present version soon.
The new
Palmchat 5.2,comes with new uniquely tailored featuressuch as in-app Palmstore,
a totally retooled ‘Broadcast’ and ‘Locals’ handles.Users can also sync the new
Palmchat 5.2 app with their phone book seamlessly to connect with existing
friends plus they can enjoy customized hashtags for their posts on broadcast.
The
Palmchat 5.2 app is available for Android and iOS users on Google Play store
and Apple store respectively.
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