Idea for the forums: Featured Member — #26

Post #26 by ChristTrekker

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Software
Post Date	Mon, 28 Jan 2008 - 19:46
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/idea-for-the-forums-featured-member.11607/

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If you want to share biographical data about yourself, my reccomendation is actually to do it on the 68kMLA Wiki.
http://68kmla.org/wiki/User:Cory5412

You can set up the page however you like, include whatever information you're comfortable with, and update it as needed. You sign into the wiki with the same username/password you use for the forum, and you click on the link to "your userpage" in the top, and it lets you edit your page.

I can't imagine the featured member thing going over too well, it would require a lot of resources to set up, and we'd end up with a "Kastegir's PowerBook 180" situation, where one member who didn't say or do very much at all was featured for three years.

I completely agree. Sounds like a nice, warm, fuzzy idea...but implementing it has a lot of pitfalls that make it more hassle than it is worth.

I bet that Tom could figure out a way to pull a random page from the Members' machines category and make it a "featured computer" link here, or something. Not so much featured as random, but that would eliminate some of the headaches you describe. And I think spotlighting a 68k would be more interesting than spotlighting the owner, anyway. No offense, I like you guys, but I don't kid myself that anybody is actually interested in me except as it pertains to what I've done with my Macs.