Since communication is said to be mostly body language, which is not available in these forums, it's easy to trip up on what a poster really means, what's being insinuated, the underlying meaning of the words, etc. Let's mark this up to a mis-communication and go from there. We have much more important issues to tackle.
I'd rather not disclose the topic here otherwise we would probably start discussing it here rather than the monthly theme forum. Plus, I want the flexibility to change my mind at the last minute
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Regarding Carly, I can program her to ask trivia questions when given a keyword, and that may be a good idea. Or I can aggregate the knowledge into her database so she can throw out theme-related comments on occasion. Also, I'll be adding a final exam where members can take a quiz and be ranked for all to see. Perhaps an award of some kind for participating in and/or placing well in the quiz.
I'll be setting all this up tomorrow, but it will be a rolling start. At least the forum will be ready, but other pieces will fall in line as the month progresses.
--Robert