Another one of my brilliant ideas for a thread has come to nothing.When I joined the SDMB one of my hopes was to be able to organize lots of nice things-quizzes,competition,doper penpals etc.etc. but they always seem to fail to get any interest or get closed down again and I don’t seem to be able to get the impetus to keep them rolling and become something big like the DeathPool or the Secret Santa.It’s the same story IRL too.The scheme is great and it starts off well but then people aren’t interested or it becomes a struggle to make it succeed and I lose interest or it doesn’t work out.With the depression,failure doesn’t help either.
I managed to make quite a decent hack of it at the BritDopeFest with my quiz and so that encouraged me to have a crack at a New Year Quiz for you lot. I’m not sure now if that will end up just getting 3 people interested and the first time I tried to do a quiz in here I got accused of being a sock puppet 
Your help would be appreciated-is there something I can do or organize or look after or run that would make me feel like I managed to get something to work for once?If you’re willing to go for it,I’ll put in the work on the quizzes or competitions or whatever you choose
Thanks IB
Maybe you should take the hint?
Hey … don’t be a jerk. Iceland Blue is trying to have fun.
Iceland, I don’t read many posts but I will keep my eyes open for anything you want to start.
How about searching IMHO and MPSIMS for quizes that were successful and creating updated versions of them?
Iceland_Blue, if I may give you a bit of advise: Don’t get too emotionally involved on this message board. It’s just a place where strangers talk to other strangers. With luck, [and if that’s what you want] you get to meet other Dopers ‘in real life’. You might even become friends.
But a lot of Dopers aren’t interested in that and prefer the anonimity.
I don’t want you to get your feelings hurt. I believe you’re a good guy and I promise to participate in one of your quizzes, okay? [I’ll probably stink at them, but I will] 
All the best with your depression. That sucks, huh.
Lynn Bodoni says it all in this thread.
How about sticking around for awhile, lurking a bit, posting in threads where you know you have something useful to contribute. You’ve only been here three months. Hell, I’ve been here going on five years and I’m still trying to get the hang of this place. We’re erratic, we’re fickle. We’re a lot like Hollywood: everything’s already been done and maybe quizzes just aren’t “hot” right now.
Relax. Stop trying to make something happen and just enjoy the boards. 99% of us have never had or never will have a big 10-page thread. 99% of those that have had them have been total flukes. And guess what? None of those people are “famous”. They don’t get paid, their farts don’t cure cancer, and no one reads their posts with a sense of awe and wonder.
Blue, I observed when you first showed up that you were an unashamed Christain. Good for you, I am also. But this is a secular message board. To put it in a way you should understand, it is of this world. Therefore you should not rely on it for your emotional wellbeing.
I am not saying that these folks can’t lift you up when you need it. The SDMB helped me through the most difficult and painful thing I have ever experenced:
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If you are experencing real depression, I urge you to get help. I am seeing me pastor once a week and I’m on meds and I’m finally doing better now than I have in years.
Take care,
Roadwalker
Think of the board as a river. Don’t try to stand on the bank and direct the course of the river; just jump in with the rest of us and swim for awhile.
Not true at all. This is a diverse messageboard. Many, if not most of our most prolific posters are Christians or believe in God.
Excellent advice.
I think this is great advice. And if the SDMB is making you feel bad, maybe you should consider taking a break for a while?
Point well taken. I guess I meant secular as opposed to Christian in a black and *white * sense.
And this board is neither black nor white, but colorful.
Occasionally a bit off-color! 
Seriously, “secular”/“Christian” is not a line I’m comfortable with – the people of this board, without exception, have moral standards by which they live. Many are one variety of another of Christian, some are Jewish, some are Pagan, a couple or Muslim, some are Christian or other religious humanists, some are agnostic humanists, some are atheist humanists, some are epicureans, some are stoics, and there’s at least one libertarian objectivist Christian. If one does not live out one’s moral beliefs, then one could practically be said not to have any. That the moral standards of another don’t happen to fit some given member’s definition of “morality” is tough titties for that member.
I think it’s more of a tree. Kick it and see what nuts fall out.
You got that right. Shit, I’m fairly sure my farts cause cancer.
Iceland_Blue
The holiday season can be extremely tough on someone who is battling depression. I’ll be sending you a small parcel in the next few days. I hope that will give you something to look forward to.
Also, should you decide to start a puzzle or game thread, I promise to participate, even though I generally avoid those.
Honey
You want me to just get up and make an entire country feel better? What kind of unreasonable demands are these honestly? But seriously buy yourself a bar of chocolate, a bottle of chamagne and some bananas that should improve things. If it doesn’t you may have to resort to the ultimate “the world doesn’t give a shit” cure - woman.
Ok, the chocolate, champagne, and women I can understand - but how will bananas make him feel better? :dubious:
Is there something about bananas I don’t know? What else haven’t you told me!
This message board is NOT meant to be, nor should it be used for, psychiatric therapy. Do not use the SDMB as a substitute for headshrinking. Do not taunt Happy Fun SDMB.
Lynn
For the Straight Dope