Community Announcement: Member of the Month

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Community Announcement: Member of the Month

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Member of the Month has been retired

Meph and I have come to the decision to permanently retire the Member of the Month forum feature. Originally beginning all the way back in 2010, Meph and I have interviewed over 40 members of the community, and in the process have encouraged members to get to know each other better. However, Member of the Month has been on the decline for some time now, and the average thread now struggles to get past the second or third page. View counts for threads are also at an all-time low. This is telling us that there is a lack of member interest in the system. If there is not enough interest to keep it going, then it is counter-productive for us to keep up the effort of organising the interviews, conducting and then posting them on the forums.

While I know some members will be disappointed for not having a chance to be interviewed, Meph and I have decided that there will be two interviews per year -- a June/July Anniversary Special, and a Christmas/New Year's Eve Special as well. Please keep your eyes open for these interviews when they are posted! :wink:
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Well... To be perfectly honest... I don't think it's a lack of interest. Rather, it's just a lack of... Well, caring for the people who are being interviewed, at the risk of sounding really harsh.

Like, the last few people have been interviewed, while being important members of the community, haven't exactly been relevant in like... Quite a while.
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Just a PSA, thanks to Tap's permission, I'll be taking over MotM (somewhat unofficially) as the host!
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Quite honestly, though, since there will be a semi-yearly MotM by either Meph or Tap, I don't think you can outright "take over MotM unofficially ". You can rebrand yourself as something similar, unless you get official permission from Tap to take the real thing over.
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Well, Tap basically said, "see how this first one goes" so... We'll see how it goes from here. xP
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Time is an illusion...
And so is death.

>>>MotM will revive January 2014<<<
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Well the MotM expression of interest got completely ignored in the actual MotM iirc ^^" So yeah... Maybe having interviewed people who stated their eagerness to be a MotM would've helped keeping it active.
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For the record, the new MotM thread will be up around...

January 25th

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I think what's necessary for revitalization is a simple new spin on the concept. You ever considered creating the interviews using the casemaker? THAT would be fascinating.
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As fascinating as it'd be, it'd take a lot more time and effort than how it's been done before. There's already some new concepts being woven into MotM's quilt that should make it a very interesting thing to read!

Unless you mean doing the interview first, and then putting it in the editor myself.
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Also, the sheer length of some of the answers would make it awkward to put it on the case maker. That'd be more of my concern.
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Too bad, I found Tap's hosting the MotM the best time. I wouldn't trust anyone else to do it better.
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Personally, I think a revival this close to the original would be a mistake. It was retired due, as Tap puts it, lack of views... so I think we should just let it go. After all, it's been running for about 3 years! It needs a good long hiatus IMO, so when/if it does come back, it'll be revived in popularity. :) The specials are good for this as people will be interested still.
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Too late, my mind's already made up. Can't stop me SE, i'm a stubborn man.
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Look at it this way, even if Dave's revival of the MotM doesn't go anywhere, what harm could it possibly do?
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