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<p>[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 1011981, member: 24274"]Yes, that *is* part of the fun. I would say all of the fun. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> But, at least in the US, I don't think marked notes get pulled from circulation nearly as frequently (I assume you mean by banks). </p><p><br /></p><p>What I don't understand is how a non-marked note would *ever* get a hit. The odds of a second person pulling an unmarked note at random and entering it on the site are astronomical. You would need a very large number of people in a very small geographic area checking every single note, every single day. </p><p><br /></p><p>My view is that those who like to play "Where's George" get a feeling of camaraderie by adding the URL to the notes -- they are part of a larger community of participants. They actually have a search image for those stamped notes and when they find one, it's a connection to someone else. I don't think they see it as defacement at all.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 1011981, member: 24274"]Yes, that *is* part of the fun. I would say all of the fun. :) But, at least in the US, I don't think marked notes get pulled from circulation nearly as frequently (I assume you mean by banks). What I don't understand is how a non-marked note would *ever* get a hit. The odds of a second person pulling an unmarked note at random and entering it on the site are astronomical. You would need a very large number of people in a very small geographic area checking every single note, every single day. My view is that those who like to play "Where's George" get a feeling of camaraderie by adding the URL to the notes -- they are part of a larger community of participants. They actually have a search image for those stamped notes and when they find one, it's a connection to someone else. I don't think they see it as defacement at all.[/QUOTE]
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