Hey approx- A few things ...
I don't think you need to reinvent the wheel for a Q&A. I'd say just create a new thread, call it "Jesse Q&A" or whatever, then I can come at a set time and answer some of them with the quote function for a half hour or so. Maybe we could do that at 6 tomorrow, then at the end, I could provide a link to the game blog?
As far as sharing content ... I think linking will work best for legal issues on both ends. For tomorrow at least, I can link back to the Q&A on your site to our live blog for anyone interested.
I'm checking on the public API for you.
Here's a link to the last live blog. I think it has some neat features, but it'd definitely be a lot more fun with some familiar names in it.
http://cjonline.com/blog-post/ben-ward/2013-11-19/live-game-blog-iona-kansas ↗ ↗
Hi there @Jesse_Newell! Great seeing you here. Love the idea of Q&A sessions and I'd be happy to hop over to CJ with whomever else wants to check out the live chat for the next game, if everyone is on board. I'd like to see what the format of the chat looks like, and was wondering if it would be cool if we cut and paste the chat log after its done on our board, with a link back to the original chat if you have it on your site. In addition, maybe you could take the Q&A sessions with us and post it over on the CJ if that makes sense for you.
Really excited to buddy up, and I've been thinking about how to automate the story postings here to update with links to stories on targeted sites in real time. It's probably a longshot, but you guys don't have a public API for that by chance do you?
@drgnslayr I really like your ideas on the Q&A format. I don't know what level of effort Jesse will be able to put in right prior to the games, so I don't know if we want to timebox it in that regard, but I do like the idea of building up a list of questions, and Jesse can cherry pick the ones he thinks yield the most intriguing responses. i do see your point that is he has the time to do so, before the game might be great as it would feed into the conversation of the game.
As for Jesse responding right below each comment, I'm beefing up my ability to modify the site, but this particular change is not going to happen fast -- I've now built my linux virtual box, and today I researched and installed extensions that will help me develop in node js, and I've been looking around in the nodebb solution beyond the layout elements, but there will be a learning curve, and time and effort restrictions for me. So, trying to set realistic expectations. I do intend to try to nest comments, but it will probably take a while to get there, because that is a philosophical shift from everything the board currently does around notifying / updating threads, and I want to be careful.
That being said, I think we can alleviate confusion on what he is responding to if Jesse uses @ to address people, and the quote button on the left of the reply to reiterate the question. If he does this answers after an accumulation of questions from which he cherry picks, I think it might be easier for him to write a few more consolidated posts. This might be a more relaxed approach for Jesse, but I'd like to hear what @Jesse_Newell thinks about the format too.