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Is there an interest in an AMA session?

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Is there an interest in an AMA session?

Post by Moonchild » 2026-03-01, 21:41

I know that in some circles, AMA ("Ask Me Anything") is a popular way for people to connect with or better understand people behind a project or product. I've got no way to gauge if there are burning questions in our community or if people are genuinely curious about knowing more about me as a person, my views, skills or opinions on certain topics, so I'm just asking here, instead: Would there be an interest in me giving the opportunity to people to ask me any question they have always wanted to ask me but never did, or felt too off-topic or maybe in that grey area you wouldn't be sure it'd be appropriate to ask?
If so, the curiosity kind of goes both ways: as much as you might be curious about certain aspects of me, I'd be curious what would interest people to know.

So... would there be interest in opening a topic where people get to ask me any question they want, giving it some time to collect these questions, and then me going through and answering them? I'd be open to any topic or subject, go wild.
Rest assured I would not be offended by any expressed curiosity in the questions, no matter what it's about. I might not answer everything, of course, especially things that might not be suitable for sharing with the internet - but anything can be asked, in that case.

Let me know what you think.
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Re: Is there an interest in an AMA session?

Post by Mæstro » 2026-03-02, 00:27

As long as it is indeed here, and not on Reddit as the use of ‘AMA’ would suggest elsewhere, I would be interested in a personal interview. :thumbup:
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Re: Is there an interest in an AMA session?

Post by Moonchild » 2026-03-02, 05:34

Not sure why you'd think this would be on Reddit or any other other platform. Of course it would be here.
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Re: Is there an interest in an AMA session?

Post by Pentium4User » 2026-03-02, 16:37

Would be intersting.
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Re: Is there an interest in an AMA session?

Post by andyprough » 2026-03-04, 21:37

Moonchild wrote:
2026-03-01, 21:41
So... would there be interest in opening a topic where people get to ask me any question they want, giving it some time to collect these questions, and then me going through and answering them? I'd be open to any topic or subject, go wild.
I think a thread where we pitch ideas at you to try to make more money for the project and you knock them down by educating us on the economic realities of running an independent browser project would be very interesting. (Cutting a deal with Google for search, anyone?? Agentic AI Pale Moon? The list is endless.)

Also harassing you until you drop names of all the famous celebrities that you've dated.

Could be quite a lot of fun.

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Re: Is there an interest in an AMA session?

Post by Moonchild » 2026-03-04, 22:17

andyprough wrote:
2026-03-04, 21:37
Also harassing you until you drop names of all the famous celebrities that you've dated.
:lol: Prepare to be disappointed ;)
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Re: Is there an interest in an AMA session?

Post by ag0044 » 2026-03-08, 14:02

I'd be fascinated. Please do.

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Re: Is there an interest in an AMA session?

Post by Moonchild » 2026-03-08, 15:42

Alright. There seems to be enough interest so I'll get that rolling.
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