Kevin's Watch

Savor Dam wrote:

[Syl] wrote:I ask that you keep this in a corner of your mind throughout the rest of the year. Keep it going and make it easier on yourself by spotlighting posts here in this forum.

Sheriff, now that the nomination and voting season is over, will the forum be reopened to the greater Watch community, or will it still be a membership-only operation?

The question is prompted by your encouragement of Spotlight posts. I would suggest that restricting posting to only registered members will lead to fewer Spotlight posts. Certainly, the existing cohort of Watchy forum members can easily spotlight posts at will. What of those who are not?

Some are current Watch members who just were not motivated enough to register for this Watchy season...but some future post will inspire them to want it to be remembered. They will come here, not remembering the membership restriction...and their initial attempt to post will fail. Some will stop there; others will persist and read the top-of-thread post and register. Hopefully, once their group membership is confirmed, their fervor to spotlight a post (indeed, their very recollection of the post they wanted to call attention to) will still burn brightly enough for them to consumate their original intent.

Then, there are those who do not even know about Spotlighting. Your co-mod is a powerful forum pimp and will spread the word repeatedly over the coming year. As long as she keeps mentioning the registration requirement and how to fulfill it, the new fish will learn the way here...but the risk here is that she will perhaps receive some feedback about her repeated promotion attempts that will wound her tender sensibilities and blunt her willingness to do her vital job.

Lift the membership requirement until the next voting season, and we can avoid all these risks and maximize the spotlighted rememberances of worthy posts.

ussusimiel wrote:

Savor Dam wrote:

[Syl] wrote:I ask that you keep this in a corner of your mind throughout the rest of the year. Keep it going and make it easier on yourself by spotlighting posts here in this forum.

Sheriff, now that the nomination and voting season is over, will the forum be reopened to the greater Watch community, or will it still be a membership-only operation?

The question is prompted by your encouragement of Spotlight posts. I would suggest that restricting posting to only registered members will lead to fewer Spotlight posts. Certainly, the existing cohort of Watchy forum members can easily spotlight posts at will. What of those who are not?

Some are current Watch members who just were not motivated enough to register for this Watchy season...but some future post will inspire them to want it to be remembered. They will come here, not remembering the membership restriction...and their initial attempt to post will fail. Some will stop there; others will persist and read the top-of-thread post and register. Hopefully, once their group membership is confirmed, their fervor to spotlight a post (indeed, their very recollection of the post they wanted to call attention to) will still burn brightly enough for them to consumate their original intent.

Then, there are those who do not even know about Spotlighting. Your co-mod is a powerful forum pimp and will spread the word repeatedly over the coming year. As long as she keeps mentioning the registration requirement and how to fulfill it, the new fish will learn the way here...but the risk here is that she will perhaps receive some feedback about her repeated promotion attempts that will wound her tender sensibilities and blunt her willingness to do her vital job.

Lift the membership requirement until the next voting season, and we can avoid all these risks and maximize the spotlighted rememberances of worthy posts.

I see you've grasped the Torch of Formality and taken it up a level, SD

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Iolanthe wrote:It seems I won "Newbie of the Year"! Thanks guys. Do I get one of those brown/grey watchie things that I've seen around? If so, how?