Spotlight On...

It sounds like an interesting idea. I'd certainly be curious to learn more about the faceless enities that roam the boards.

I think it might be interesting, as long as you can find people willing to do it. It might be good to do it via AIM or something, so you get that spontaneous back and forth that good interviews have. If you just ask everyone the same questions a lot of the answers will probably be the same too.

Sounds good. Start that shit up.

I don't know about those questions though. Ask James Lipton what questions to ask.

Eckels wrote:Ask James Lipton what questions to ask.

lol "If heaven exists.... what would you like God to say when you arrive at the pearly gates?" Yeah, he knows how to ask some questions. :P

I think this'll be good. I'll be interested in SNOWCOCK's response.

Sounds fun, let's do it.

Sounds pretty neat. Who would be our first vict- er... member of honour?

It's a pretty good idea.

It's near exactly done the same way at another forum I visit every so often, but I believe in coincidences. :P It works out there, so no doubt it should do just as well here.

I like it, it would be good to show the rest of the members what that member is really like and maybe change what they think of the member.

Any idea on who to do first?

it was carrot red's idea, she should get to decide.

That'd would be really fun because I don't really know anyone on here except Dechipher (it's so weird calling him that :tongue: )

Some Kinda Hate wrote:That'd would be really fun because I don't really know anyone on here except Dechipher (it's so weird calling him that :tongue: )

then pick someone you don't know. or barely know, and get ot know them better

i say breaker goes first 😉 j/k

like the others have said, even though many of us have "known" eachother for years, it would give us a chance to further get to know the people we think we know.

excellent idea, red 😊

That's what I meant by it'd be fun, since he's the only one I know I could get to know a bunch of other people

I want to play. Let's do "Inside the Poster's Studio". lol make it happen.

it seems like a waste of time to me really... if people want others to know more about themselves they could post some sort of bio. if the idea is really that popular why not either create a subforum or bring back the member pages.

I could almost swear that the "we're all family here" thread is being used this way already. The people who I want to know this stuff about me, do. The rest of them don't matter.

Great idea, carrot red. New members do not know a lot about old members even after reading their date of birth and names and favorites in the other thread. This would be a way to get a feel of the people old and new. The members who do not like it can decline the invitation if they get one, and no one would miss them. If you are not here to play you do not. We already know a side of some members by reading what they post in the topics that interest them. The rest will be fun to discover in the interviews.

I think it sounds like a great idea. I'm looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

*thumbsup*

KingArthur wrote:it seems like a waste of time to me really... if people want others to know more about themselves they could post some sort of bio. if the idea is really that popular why not either create a subforum or bring back the member pages.

Yeah.. they are there, but they are dead, havent been updated in over a year

Let�s get a few things straight.

This is my thread idea, true. It means I post the Spotlight on� series if they work; however, the interviewees are not my choice. It means that I got to pick the first two, being Beldaran, who waived his right to choose a member to be interviewed, and ck, and that�s about it. The members to be interviewed from there on are picked by the last interviewed member who sends a list of three names. If none of the three accept, I have a list of volunteers (and you can still PM me anytime if you�re interested.) Needless to say you interview a member only once, so everyone should get their turn at one time or the other.

This is a thread. I ask the same questions to everyone as a start and the rest is up to you; so I don�t see how we might get the same answers everywhere. You could make it funny, witty or serious. Like I said, it�s up to you and to your questions. As long as it doesn�t turn into a flame war, (and I don�t see why that might happen,) all goes.

If you think it�s a waste of time, remember the threads title and don�t click on them. *Shrug* I don�t want to have the thought of wasting your precious time on my conscience.

If you figure you don�t want us to know anything about you more than what you have made public so far, so be it. Don�t play; I�m sure we will survive and chances are we might not be interested in finding anything about you in the first place.

I hope you�ll be a sport and ask anyone questions, not just the member you know and like. After all, the purpose of this thread is to find out different things about the people we already know (you might be surprised) and to get to meet people we don�t know that well maybe because they�re not so vocal and they usually read more than they express themselves.

may i suggest you do a "meet the staff" series at first and then pick yourself the members to be interviewed by following the alphabetical list of all the active members? this way people will know when their turn will come and accept or refuse to participate.

Not bad at all. I like this idea. Let me think it over.

Or perhaps do it by join date, instead of alphabetical.

Do it by join date, form the earliest, to get all the older members, only get the ones that actually post. And are interested.

That's just an idea, of course.

I like the Idea 😉

you could run them simultaneously, the "meet the staff" and the "spotlight on" threads. don't let the idea die because it is very intersting and do them regularly.

Dechipher wrote:Or perhaps do it by join date, instead of alphabetical.

Do it by join date, form the earliest, to get all the older members, only get the ones that actually post. And are interested.

Thank you for the suggestion anyway. All ideas are still welcome. : )

Even if you don't plan to use it, you should be aware that there is a list by join date available. On the member list page, click "Join Date" at the top of that column, and it'll arrange the list from those who joined earliest to those who joined most recently.

This is just to let you know the *Spotlight On...* idea is not dead. We're working on something new, so I can't interview ck next. I still haven't decided which mode to use for the members. I might start using the *volunteers* come Monday until I come up with something definite and final.