Ask The Readers: A Proposal

One idea I’ve been kicking around these last few days is to introduce a once a week (if I have enough material) ‘Ask the readers’ post.

My inspiration in this is the ‘Ask the readers‘ section at Get Rich Slowly, where a reader’s problem is outlined, or a thought-provoking question is asked, and other readers provide advice and discussion in the comments section of the post.

I often get requests for advice and feedback on the blogs and websites of readers, in addition to meaningful, general questions that are difficult to answer quickly.

While I’ve always responded to the best of my abilities I’m finding that, as this blog grows, I’m receiving more requests and have less time to complete them.

Rather than letting these requests go unanswered — which to me, is unacceptable, as I’ve made a promise with myself to help everyone who asks — I’m starting to think that a collaborative approach would be effective in a number of ways.

• It would allow me help one reader while helping many.
• It provides an outlet for the wisdom and knowledge of Skelliewag.org readers.
• It could generate interesting discussion around thought-provoking questions.
• It has the potential to turn comments into group discussions.

So — if you have a problem, a general question or a quandry you’d like to be addressed in an ‘Ask the readers’ column, send me an email with the title: ‘Solve this problem!’. I’ll add yours to the pool of material I’ll be drawing on for these posts.

In the mean-time, what do you think of this idea? Do you have any suggestions for how you’d like to see it work?