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hugebear wrote:
Allen is the boss of KW. We sent the interveiw questons to him and he done the interveiw. Thanks to evryone who sent the questons and to Allen for answering.


WHO

Sam: Who was the first member to post on chat?
Allen: We don''t know, because when we launched chat five years ago, some of the kids that were members then are now too old so they are not members any longer.

Sam: Who was the first member to post on the boards?
Allen: Same thing as in chat. We launched the boards five or so years ago so some of those kids are now 19 or 20.

Sam: Who was the first member to have a kw zone?
Allen: We launched the KW Zone in January and the first user was from the UK

Sam: Who were the first origanal member?
Allen: Once again that is not possible to answer because we launched the first version of Kidzworld on Feb 15, 2001. Those kids are now adults and are no longer members.

Sam: Did they have kw profiles?
Allen: No, they did not have KW Profiles because we did not launch The KW Zone until January, 2007

Matt: Who was the first admin on KW in all?
Allen: It was Adrian and he is still with Kidzworld. He is the editor for the Games section. So everything you see in Games is written by Adrian. He is also the person who looks after "Gary" our mascot.

Matt: Who was the first glitch on the boards and the first glitch elsewhere too maybe
Allen: Glitches are always silly little hangups in the xxxx. We have them every day. And to be totally honest with you I cannot remeber the first glitch with the boards. But I do know that it took a while to get it working properly. Some of the boards would come up, then it wouldn''t let the kids post stuff, then it would delete things without telling us. It was like it had a mind of its own!!!

Hugo : Who was the first person whatyou hired?
Allen: Her name was Melissa. She was in charge of all of the writers.

Nikki : Does CatWomen Still Work Here ?
Allen: No Catwoman does not work here right now. She is at university in Egypt. However, we do talk to her all the time. I think she will be back though.

Nikki: Can You Give Us A Schudule Of Which Mod Works On monday ,tuseday ,wed., thursday,friday,saturday,sunday ?
Allen: Spiderman works: Mon, Wed, Sat, Sunx Flying Frog works Tuesday, Cotillion works Thursday and Firebird works on Fridays.

Huge: Who owns KW. Is it just you or does other people own it 2?
Allen: I am the majority owner of Kidzworld but there are also some shareholders that own a small part of the company.


WHY

Matt Why was the KW Zone established?
Allen: We established The KW Zone to provide our users - you guys, with your own so-called social network. Sort of like a MySpace for kids. In the next month you are gonna see so many changes that I hope you like! We are working very hard to make it better every day.

Nikki Why Are Some Mod''s Meaner Than Other''s ?
Allen: I don''t think any of the mods are actually "meaner" than other mods. Perhaps it is simply that different people get along with other people in different ways.

Nikki: Why Isn''t Kw open 24 /7 or 6 you''d get more money ,more workers takeing shift''s !
Allen: The KW Zone and Kidzworld are open 24/7. You can do everything you want to do 24/7. Chat is the only thing that has restricted hours. It is open from noon to 7 PM Pacific time.

Nikki: Why Doesn''t Meghan Work More Days ?
Allen: She is a student and is busy with school. She may work more now, but everything is based on the number of classes she has, the amount of homework and her schedule.

Huge : Why was KW made?
Allen: I made Kidzworld to provide kids like you with a safe, secure and fun place to do all of the things you love to do online, without exposing you to the bad stuff.


WHAT

Hugo : What was your job when KW was started? Can you do the programing?
Allen: I have owned my own financial business for many years. No! I am not a programmer, although I really wish I was one sometimes.

Matt: Does you have the meetings with the admins/mods and know what there doing?
Allen: I see the admins and mods in the office regularly and talk to them online almost every day. Whenever they have a problem with someone they let me know.

Felipe vergara: What was the intial host of Kidzworld? Phpbb or invision power, or did you scrip your own
Allen: Who is Felipe Vergara?

Huge : What is the office like?
Allen: We just moved to our new offices on July 7th. We really like them. The main open area has brown concrete floors and the private offices have dark brown carpet. Most of the walls are a medium brown, but we have some dark blue ones as well. We do not have a typical office ceiling with those ugly white tiles - it is called "T-bar". Our ceiling is quite high and goes up to the exposed concrete which is painted. We have a safe - where we keep all of our office supplies, we have a kitchen, boardroom, meeting room with a big screen TV and we have a toy storage room. It is a lot better than our old office.

WHEN

Sam: When were the boards formed?
Allen: I think the boards were formed in 2001

Matt: When was the exact date KW was established or began?
Allen: I incorporated the company on July 29, 1999.


HOW

Hugo: How many people worked at KW then and how many works here now?
Allen: When we started there was just me. Then about sic months later I started hiring people. Now there are a total of 17 people both full time and part time. Also, we are building a Spanish language version of Kidzworld. I have nine people working there on a part time basis. They are translators and work from their homes, in the United States, Mexico and Peru

Huge: Did you have the ful time job when you started KW?
Allen: Yes, I was quite busy. When I started Kidzworld I got even busier then I sold one of my companies, which gave me some extra time.

Huge How do you get the money to pay the wages?
Allen: In the beginning the money came from me and other investors. Now it mostly comes from our advertising clients.

Huge: How does you deside what topics gets the stickies? [please ask Cam to sticky this cos its interosting] Stuff that is really popular and has lots of pages usually get stickies.


WHERE

Hugo : Where was KW started? Was it in the garage or in a building?
Allen: It was started in my office, which is located in an office building in Vancouver, BC, Canada

ALLEN I hope that I answered you questions. I know that I could not give you the answer to all of them but I hope this helps. I will tell Hawkery and Cam what you said and maybe they will sticky this.

If you have any ideas on what we can do to make Kidzworld a better, more fun place, let me know!! I am always talking to our users to see what they are thinking.

Allen.

I like this interview nice questions

Huge hi camille allens gonna do the new interveiw and your can post your questons on the other topic or here and hes goonna answer

I FOUHND IT finally!!! OK.. HUGE, I LOOKED THROUGH IT, HUGE WE NEED TO MAKE ANOTHER INTERVIEW!! LOL

Huge Hi Isiash we done it already down there [points down]

We don't ever close the boards. They are open 24/7. BUT they are also moderated like everything else on KW where you can speak directly to another person. The reason is that some users want to give out their email and their phone number to someone they have never met and don't really know. That is not cool. You never REALLY know who that person is, so to be safe, we do not allow it. You should never give this info out anywhere, not just here at KW, but anywhere. If you post on the boards and don't swear, threaten someone or try to disclose the above stuff, your post will go live immediately. If you do not, then it gets picked up and goes to moderation. Don't even try to get around the filter. It is smarter than all of us.

When do you have time to update the website?

Wwe Viper wrote:
When do you have time to update the website?

We area updating the website every day. Besides all of the backend stuff we also add things that you guys can see. Last nite we added RockYou widgets to your profiles. Now when you update you profile, you can add one, two, three...you get it.

Next we will be adding some others from another company, then a music player and a video player.

Lots of new stuff coming, and don't you think that the site is working great now? It is fast, not very many errors. Hmm, it is getting great!

One June 9th we changed the search tool on KW. The new one is awesome. Try it out. You can not only find the articles you are interested in, but also the quizzes for that subject as well as any groups that have been formed for the subject. So now if you have something you are really interested in you can join a group to talk about it with others who are also interested in that subject.

allenachilles wrote:
One June 9th we changed the search tool on KW. The new one is awesome. Try it out. You can not only find the articles you are interested in, but also the quizzes for that subject as well as any groups that have been formed for the subject. So now if you have something you are really interested in you can join a group to talk about it with others who are also interested in that subject.

Yay! I just done the search and it works butttttt its also awesome if your could add the search to the boards to in the future and not just the groups.

Thanks to all the people who posted questions and to Hawkery for doing the interview. Comment on the interview if you want.

Tigrgrl: Are any updates coming soon the the site?
Hawkery:Yes we have lots of updates including new video channel with exclusive stuff for KW, a music player and new wiglets. We are also lauching a Spanish version of KW sometime soon.

Lighting Knight: Are you religious?
Hawkery: Not really. I do believe in God, but I don't go to church, although I have been there before. I feel that as long as you're a good person and you try your best, things will work out in the end

Tigrgrl: What are your fave activities?
Hawkery: I love to swim, play video games, hike, bike, take my dog for walks, play badminton, read, sew and cook.

Tasha8751: When did you join KW?
Hawkery: May of 2003

Hunnyroxx: How did you join KW?
Hawkery: My cousin was editor at Kidzworld when I started and she said they needed a trustworthy person to be a mod and she'd thought of me.

True2myself: What was your most embrassing moment?
Hawkeryuch hmmm, I dunno if I want to say, but probably spraining my ankle falling back backwards at Costco while looking at a cute guy haha.

SpeedXchix2009: What is your fave color?
Hawkery: My fave color is blue, then probably pink.

SpeedXchic2009: What is your fave animal?
Hawkery: My fave animal is a horse. Then probably cats, dogs and finally hamsters.

Hajiko:Whats your future ambition?
Hawkery: I'm really not sure. I studied criminology and political science in University, lol which don't have much to do with KW. So I guess the only thing I do know is that want to have kids.

Hajiko:What did you want to be when you were little?
Hawkery:When I saw little I wanted to be a Mad Scientist. and then a policewoman and then a teacher.

Krazy_Me: How do you look?
Hawkery: I'm blonde, blue eyes and 5`5 1/2''

Krazy_Me: Where do you want to spend your holidays?
Hawkery: Usaally in BC in the interior where they have all the fruit places and it's nice and hot and theres gorgeous lakes. But I went to DisneyLand for my hunnymoon and I've been to California, Oregon, And Washington.

Animal_Lover99: How do you become a mod?
Hawkery: If you want to be a mod at KidzWorld, you have to be at least 18 years old and live in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Tasha8751: Whats it like being in charge of the website?
Hawkery: It's interesting. Always new challenges and things to deal with.

Simply_Sam: Do you think your job is better than most jobs when it comes to fun?
Hawkery: I love my job and I definetly think it has a lot more fun than most others.

FUNBOY9: Do you like your job and how long will you be doing it?
Hawkery:I love my job I'll do it as long as KW will have me.

Aleix013: Did you create Kidzworld?
Hawkery:No Allen Achillies did.

Me: Whats your fave food?
Hawkery: My fave food is probaly my mom's spagetti or tacos.

Me: Are you married or have a boyfriend?
Hawkery: I am married and been for almost 2 years.