GROB testing booth stories has nearly 60,000 Facebook reaches
Facebook loves a good story.
It's not yet 24 hours old, but the Icon's story about GROB Systems creating and donating 11 testing booths to hospitals in Bluffton, Lima and Findlay experienced an Icon milestone as a hit on Facebook.
As of 2:20 on Thursday the story, also posted on the Icon Facebook has experienced 58,872 reaches, had 8,748 people engaged with the story, had 457 shares, 411 "likes" and 39 comments.
This makes it by far the Icon's most well-received story of 2020 and it is closing in on the Facebook post of the deer crashing into Luke's several years ago. To put this story in perspective, the Icon posts about six times a day with average post reaches of 1,000 from our 3,500+ Facebook followers.
• Anything above 1,000 we consider a successful story.
• Anything above 2,000, we consider a home run.
• This rates the GROB story a home run somewhere in the outer reaches of the Kulper Belt, closing in on Nepture and beyond.
As a comparision, the following stories were posted on Facebook earlier this week and received above average reaches:
2,310 Bluffton police K-9 on sick leave
2,609 Icon teddy bear map includes 80 locations (by now it is over 100 locations)
2,132 Blanchard Valley Health System COVIS-10 update on Facebook live
Stories Posted This Week
Thursday, October 8, 2026
- Ada Icon headlines on Thursday, October 8
- St. John Bible Church to host "Refocus on Purpose" workshop
- Royal riches: Gout
- October 8 Bluffton Schools athletics lineup, streaming
- Has Bluffton made a birder out of you?
- BPL Afterschool activity: Curious Kids Club
- Book and pizza tasting at Bluffton Public Library
- Final 50 for 250 performance at BPL
- Walking through the Suter Corn Maze
- Resident feedback sought for Regional Transportation Plan
- Bluffton University honors three for service, achievement and leadership
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
- Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce monthly meeting, Friday, Oct. 9
- Fire extinguished at SRK Industries, plant resumed operation same day
- Bluffton girls tie Grove in NWC showdown
- Pirate volleyball falls to powerhouse Patriots
- BHS GOAT: Latin teacher Margaret Weaver
- Library patrons invited to showcase their collections or causes
- September 2026 land transfers in the Bluffton school district
Monday, October 5, 2026
Sunday, October 4, 2026
- Bluffton Fire Dept. extricates passenger following I-75 crash
- Crumrine leads October 8 Watercolor Workshop
- MCHO opportunities to trick or treat, donate candy
- ALA Banned Books Week
- Pirate boys soccer blanked by Celina
- Hancock Public Health confirms measles case in Findlay
- Timeline for October 10 Dillinger robbery reenactment and motorcycle show