I stole mine fair and square from some map site and ran it through MS Paint. Don't tell anybody.

No I'm just kidding I think it's from wiki commons or something open/free use. You can't copyright half of a US State.

MS Paint and Notepad are like the WD-40 and duct tape of the digital world. I can redneck rig just about anything through Paint and Notepad.

There aren't any specific guidelines for avatars. They would fall under the same guidelines as other content like questions and answers which we specify in the footer.

Russ, those are some brilliant ideas...good gorilla marketing ideas, and not a bad question. I can tell you that I found Questionland within the week that it was "released into the wild" back in late April of 2009, I believe. At least, I've only seen a handful of "joined dates" that are earlier than mine. I don't know if that's any help or not.

Hmmm.... How about a category for "Celebrations" with sub-categories for "Weddings", "Birthdays", "Other"

That's not a terrible idea. Right now, when I had a wedding dress question, I put it under women's fashion. But if one had a question about catering, they'd need a different category, and same goes for venue, photography, etc. I have no power over such things, just wanted to say that it seems a reasonable category addition to me.

Hey Russ,
I am no longer working on Questionland- but I will pass this along.

Cheers,
Nan

Mmhmm.

No. But that's not what you wanted to hear, now is it?

Couple of beers.

I am right now.

Of course.

I throw in a lot more parenthetical asides when stoned. And ramble on a bit.

Yes.

Only about 75% of the time.

OK, not that often, but I doubt you'd be able to tell. I'm more likely to make grammatical and spelling errors in the morning before I've finished my coffee. And I'm frequently incoherent, so there is always a certain consistency to the quality of my posts.

Depends on what you mean by "intoxicated." If you mean late at night after a couple of beers, then yes. If you mean tripping balls or too drunk to stand, then no. Admittedly I'm a newcomer, but thus far, I haven't posted anything while not sober that I wouldn't have posted while sober, which I assume is what you're getting at. I have posted a couple of things that would have been more clearly worded if I'd been more bushy-tailed at the time.

I've found that my ability to type falls off rapidly at around the same level of drunkenness where I'm too mentally impaired to be allowed near a computer - a physiological quirk that has served me very well.

I do recall, however, one incident in which my then-partner had to restrain me from posting on facebook while I was coming down from an LSD trip. Drug-induced universal hippie love and social networking can be a very dangerous combination.

Click the 'Greatest' link in the green banner above where the newest questions are listed. The default listing is 'Latest'.

The questions are listed in overall rating order (upvotes minus downvotes = ranking in order) so you will have to scan down through the listings to find out which one has the highest overall upvotes only.

One problem is that plenty of "Happy Hour" specials on food require you to buy drinks.

Uh, booze is awesome.

Because every week is meat week?

My fault. I'll fix it.
Thanks for letting me know.

Kristen, it's a definite possibility. l will be taking the happy hours back over soon, and l'm definitely open to the idea of doing something that doesn't necessarily center around booze; l'd like these to be open to those that don't drink as well. Keep in mind that all previous happy hours l've organized have been in places that aren't strictly bars, and provided food and other non-alcoholic drinks.

However, it *is* called happy hour for a reason, and a lot of the Qlanders go because it's a good way to have a good time and unwind over a beer after work. lf we had a completely booze-free event, many wouldn't go, not because they're all raging alcoholics, but because the activity in question might not appeal to them any more than booze does to non-drinkers, especially since they all fall on weekdays after most have spent all day working. l want to both keep things balanced and available to all, and keep attendance up so l don't arrange an entire event that only two people show up for, you know?

So what l'm thinking is that l'll do some research on places that may *provide* booze for those who would like a drink, but don't necessarily center around it in the way a bar in particular might. Someone a while back suggested a trivia night (which l totally failed to pursue, but life got in the way, so l'll be doing that at some point regardless); this usually involves booze, but it's a fun activity everyone can participate in. lf you'd like to also do a little research (while l like the cupcake theme, l'm not sure that's for everyone) and email your thoughts to me on FaceBook, l'll put it out there for everyone and take votes; l certainly think even those who drink would be down for some sort of cool activity as well. Thank you!

We do not have a specific amount yet. It will be less than $5. The purpose of the "fee" is not to make money but to:

1. Validate members are legitimate rather than scammers. By having a credit card authorization of some sort we will be able to (virtually) eliminate scam/spam and ensure we are dealing with a real person.

2. We discussed contributing all or part of the fee (depending on how much it costs us for the transaction) to local non-profit organizations.

3. Hide the identities of classified members from non-members to protect their privacy and security.

Viewing the classifieds will be free, but participating in them will (we plan/expect) require the fee.

The idea is to create a classified site based on a local community so that it is safer and provides a better experience for exchanging things.

Not at the moment, unfortunately. It's been on our list for a while and your question just bumped it up in priority. Marty

I also recently moved to Seattle and have a nice comfy euro car and feel like a total asshole driving around solo.

If there was a site or a method to allow people to hitch a ride I would totally do it!!

Los

Sphinx,

It's not muddle at all. I know exactly what you mean. Here's the answers:

1. If you use FB to verify your identity your FB profile will not be accessible to Qland users and FB users will have no knowledge of your Qland identity or contributions.

2. Verify is exactly as you describe it. We (the moderators) know that you are (allegedly) real but there is no visibility of your Facebook identity or posts to others.

3. The only way someone will see something of yours on FB is if you share it using the share elements in Qland.

4. As far as what Facebook knows and doesn't know... Technically, there is now a link between your FB account and the Qland FB application (which is not visible or used on FB but is simply a way to allow people to login using FB Connect). There are about a jillion+ such links within the FB ecosystem since FB Connect is so widely used. I don't think FB can do much with this because they do not have access to anything but the link. I think FBs big benefit is not in finding out what you are doing here so much as increasing the likelihood that it will bring you back to them.

The Gnome just released a fix that hides questions from categories that can only be answered by featured experts. Once the questions are answered they'll show up for everyone to read and comment. This functions the same way as a question that's asked to a specific person. Hidden until the person answers.

This should help prevent questions like yours from getting pushed off the home page during popular events like Dr. Enfield or Dan Savage.

I also like the suggestion to be able to "freshen up" a question so it can pop up to the top and garner more answers.

Thanks for all the feedback, Marty

Hey Sacrelicious,
Sorry about the influx of questions for the good Dr. Enfield. We are working on a way to get them off the homepage and have them live in their own category so they don't push all the other questions out.

We HATE to have questions go unanswered. Hate it. So once we solve this little problem, either your question will appear again, or let us know at feedback@questionland.com, and we'll repost it for you.