I joined this site in 2009 and the live chat room lounge used to be very active, along with the singles chat room. We had a large group of regulars, and one years, they actually did talk about having the 1st Annual CC Award show/program in live chat, with the moderators hosting. They had even set a tentative date for it and everything.
But it was ultimately scrapped.
Over the years, many people have tried these kinds of threads, but what's happened is that any thread that singles people out also leaves people feeling excluded. We've tried having threads with awards, categories ("Most Likely," "Least Likely") matchmaking (as a joke,) building teams, etc., but the same things always seem to happen.
It's usually the people who are most outgoing (seen as "fun") that get mentioned -- over and over, because people know more about them -- and everyone else feels left out. Some will even say, "But I'm here all the time, and no one picked me for anything." Most people don't realize that it takes a heck of a lot of work to write and try to maintain those kinds of threads -- but they have their own expectations for them, and they get really hurt if those expectations aren't met.
I've pulled back from trying to do those anymore because while on the surface, they're a great idea, they usually wind up bruising a lot of people's feelings without meaning to. Some don't like that they weren't mentioned, and sometimes the ones you do mention are hurt or feel like they're being picked on. It's a very fine rope to walk across.
This is why you'll often find me picking on the same people over and over again -- because they're the ones I've tested I can get away with it.
There are often new members I want to joke with too but I don't know if they'll get offended, so I try to restrain myself (it's a full-time job, believe me.)
There was also a time many years ago when the CC Site talked about hosting a site-wide meetup. It was going to be about 3 days and have a worship band and everything. But eventually, that was scrapped too, and with the experiences I've had with just small meetups (5-6 people,) I can understand why.
For instance what if X really came because they had a crush on Y, even when Y had said they weren't interested? And if something bad happened, how liable are the hosts? Can someone sue CC if a stalker won't leave them alone, and found out all their personal information at a meetup? Etc... And the list of issues goes on.
It's really a shame. So many good intentions, so much fun that could be had, but, it's hard to do much of anything without causing some sort of commotion and a whole host of legal implications.
The only way I could see an awards thread being feasible is if people nominated and awarded themselves -- this way they couldn't say they were excluded or that someone was picking on them.
I've tried threads like that in the past, but I don't think many people participated. To be honest, a lot of people want something more passive, where the work is all done for them (just as long as it's in a way that approve of.)
However, the crowd always changes so if you ever wanted to try, you don't know what you might get!
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