Leading horses to water.. Not as easy as it seems

[Wayne]

Sitting here this afternoon, dealing with some potentially devastating news of a medical nature, when I start thinking about some things to do with this site to take my mind off of it.

Frankly -- and I say this with the greatest of respect -- it looks like a few of the people that used to help out with the site by way of moderation have wandered off into more appealing territory.

As primarily a Mac user now, I can't blame them at all, but I'm left with the unenviable position of needing a little active help with keeping the site up to date. Not so much with the forums because the new tools for reporting posts ROCK... Everyone can play moderator with only a couple of hammer wielding button pushers actively keeping people in line.

What I'm finding is that if this site is going to flourish -- let alone survive -- I need a few active people in the community with a good English vocab and some time to spare;

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Position 1 : Finder of Trendy knowledge.

No matter how easy we make it, no one seems interested in posting news to the site. This isn't new to the big switch, but something that I think we could do bettter.

If you have a good rep, good writing skills, and a little free time on your hand where you're checking Amiga sites anyway, would you mind posting news items for us?

Number needed : as many volunteers as we can get.
What do you get? : VIP status and a user rank of "News Reporter" to go along with it.
How do I get the gig? : Let me know you're interested.

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Position 2: Seeker of Internet knowledge

Like above, we need a bit of help scouring Google for new, valid, and active Amiga-oriented links to add to our reconstituted Links directory. All this really entails is submitting a new Amiga site whenever you find something new or interesting.

Number needed : as many volunteers as we can get.
What do you get? : VIP status and a user rank of "Links Moderator" (or somesuch) to go along with it.
How do I get the gig? : Let me know you're interested.

[Wayne]

"does it have to be Amiga specific?"

Generally speaking, yes, but if it is "of interest" to Amiga users, then cool too.  I'm just talking about maybe "if you go to an Amiga site (take for example Cloanto.com) and see a press release, please post it here for us".  

WAAAAAAY back when the site was much more focused on news, and I had an easy job, it was simple to sit and hit all the Amiga news sites daily.  Life is funny in that it's no longer that easy to do but on the other hand, unlike all those years ago, we now have 1000+ regular users who don't think to lend a hand in that way.

All I'm asking for is that people think about it when they're doing the rounds.

Wayne

[Wayne]

Thanks everyone for your concern.  I have a doctor's appointment Monday afternoon and should know more then.  I just loathe waiting.

Wayne

[Wayne]

Liked your old avatar better, didn't have any of that apple nonsense on there. Times sure have changed Apple insignias on an Amiga site, and not only that an apple insginia being displayed by the Amiga Webmaster himself.

Never made any bones about the fact that real life pulled me towards a different machine for daily/professional use.  

If Amiga Inc (or anyone else for that matter) had pulled their heads out of their asses and "pulled an Apple" when I suggested it (IN 2000! -- which, btw, got me kicked out of the "inner circle" and started my spiral towards the dark side), we'd all be running 2Ghz Amiga OS on commodity hardware.  

Instead, they went with a platform that they KNEW was dead from the beginning because someone told them that they could have OS 4 on PPC completed within a year..  That was early 2000.

Look where we are now...  Hanging out with our classic Amigas watching the company calling themselves "Amiga" half-assedly try to hawk sub-par cellphone games to an audience who all bought iPhones instead.  Note to any AA developers reading this, I mean no slight against you, just the stupidity of AI working themselves into the corner of competing against the universally conquering Mac App Store.

Brilliant.

Please don't respond.  I'm sorry.  I know I'm trolling.  Sorry.  Not trying to stir the pot.  Just have a migraine, and I'm frustrated over what could have been (but is too late now).

It's amazing what comes flooding back when you suddenly realize that the migraine headaches you've been suffering for a while now are, in fact, diabetic sugar imbalances in the blood stream.

For now, the avatar stays as a sign of protest over the stupidity we've experienced..  Namaste

Wayne