> So my question is this: what other types of reader-interactive features would you like to see on RinkWorks? The same sort of thing as the IABBBBM reader reviews could be implemented on other sites -- if so, WHAT sites? -- or there might be other types of interaction you folks might like to be able to have.

In the past few months, a few threads seemed to explode -- when the "Is It Christmas Yet?" thread mentioned cartoons, the sheer number of posts was amazing. Just mentioning Voltron tapped into our love of popular culture. That thread could be used to spawn a whole new reader-driven section of your site.

The idea comes partially from fray.com. Someone mentioned the Star Wars Memories article at Fray (http://www.fray.com/hope/starwars/). Something similar could be used here -- a shared journal of experiences and ideas. It would work something like the IABBBBM's reader review site, but instead of a message forum with multiple topics and no replies, each shared journal entry would be like a forum with one topic and multiple replies. Perhaps similar to a guestbook.

This journal of popular culture would begin with a topic for discussion. You'd post the topic and start with a paragraph or so dealing with experiences relating to the topic. At the end, readers would be prompted to write in with their experiences. Unlike posting such things in the message forum, these would be a site feature, complete with a table of contents to specific topics (instead of searching the forum for "Voltron" to see if it's been covered). By making this a feature, older shared journals could still be updated; in a message forum, if a thread drops off of page people aren't as likely to reply to it.

In other sections of your site, you cover movies and books. This section could explore them from a different angle. Instead of reviewing a movie, you'd ask questions like "What was the first movie experience you remember?" or "What movie really amazed you?" Heck, even "Where were you in life when you saw Star Wars?" would work.

-Faux "just thought of it" Pas