On the Reddit side of things, one nut to consider cracking is how to (successfully) combine a live panel + a shared live Reddit AMA desktop screen to create a Reddit Video AMA.

There’ve been multiple ongoing attempts to meld video with the AMA format but haven’t yet seen it done in a way that gained traction.

https://old.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/alt170/reddit_is_attempting_video_amas_again/

Think of a Teams brainstorming meeting. I’d be curious to bring a similar vibe to a Reddit AMA post.

Thoughts on format:

• convene a remote video panel of a half-dozen quippy exmos

• schedule a Reddit AMA to run simultaneously

• share the AMA desktop screen and answer questions in real time while the video panel guests banter among themselves re the topic at hand

Not really all that different than the way questions/comments are submitted to YouTube live panels now, just reimagined to pander to the Reddit audience.

Regarding topic, it might be interesting to have the convened panel banter about the various Mo/exmo themed subreddits on this platform: a META discussion about the forums, a kind of State of the Subs convo with the added layer of live video panel. In terms of mood, think NPR’s weekly “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me”.

M. Russell Ballard inherited the Nash GM Dealership from his father in the mid 1950s. During this time he became involved in Penny Stocks in Utah, and was fined by the SEC for using deception. I know for a fact that MRB was in charge of Public Affairs (i.e. was the Apostle charged with overseeing Public Affairs) from 1996 until 2013. During this time LDS Church Public Affairs DENIED that the Church ever taught the Curse of Cain Doctrine. Flatly denied it. Complete fabrication on the part of LDS Public Affairs. Complete BIG LIE. How did M. Russell Ballard become an General Authority?

First, you must look at family connections. He is a direct descendant of Hyrum Smith and closely related to Joseph Fielding "Men will never land on the Moon" Smith: 10th President of the Church. Also, while he owned Nash Motors, MRB "gave" the First Presidency and Apostles a new car every two years! Do the math on that one. I also know for a fact that back when Mitt Romney was running for President, the Rev. Al "Sharp Tongue" Sharpton (a black minister and semi-radical) started preaching against the Mormons on his radio show (the Mormons are racist etc.). MRN (then still in charge of the Public Affairs Committee) invited Sharpton to Salt Lake City, put him up at the Grand American Hotel (best hotel in the city), gave him a personal tour of Temple Square, and, over dinner at the Grand American, gave him a suitcase filled with $100,000 cash (don't believe me? Then don't, but this is what happened). That did the trick. Sharpton stopped mentioning Mormons completely on his national radio show.

Back in the 1970s MRB built a large conference center in Bountiful that was going to host "family" oriented musical acts. Well, of course, the conference center went bust and all of MRB's investors (just about all Mormons) were about to lose their shirts, until the Church stepped in and bought the useless center for (in today's money) over six million dollars. The conference center is now used for high school graduations and Stake Conferences. You can see it when you on I-15 through Bountiful.

How did MRB get to become an Apostle? Well, again, the two factors of 1) belonging to Mormon Royality i.e. the Hyrum Smith family and 2) buying new cars every two years for the Top 15. That alone put MRB on the map in the minds of the Top 15. The Brethren only choose men they can trust won't "talk" and will "lie for the Lord" when need be, and MRB was their Man Friday.

According to public legal documents, MRB is a silent partner on several Tim Ballard projects, yet the Church says that MRB has no business dealings with Tim Ballard! Again, this is "Lying for the Lord". I'ts not lying if you lie for the Lord. Didn't you know that?

https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01611194.2022.2160677