1. So, Ben, you've created a website that has become an addiction to loads of people all over the planet, that is considered one of the very best Prince resources on the Internet, that has brought people of many different cultures together both physically and in spirit and that has even helped people meet mr and mrs Right. How does it feel?

2. What was your original intention when you started the Org?

3. Did you ever think it would still be going strong ten years later?

4. How often do you visit the Org yourself?

5. Why have you decided to mostly stay in the background and not participate much in the forums?

6. Why have you never tried to earn some money off of the traffic on this website? It must be expensive to pay for webhosting and bandwidth and URL and all that other stuff I don't know much about, right?

7. What does your family think of the Org and the orgers?

8. Orgers are a bit , aren't they?

9. What are some of your best memories from the past ten years of orging?

10. What are some of your worst memories from the past ten years of orging?

11. Do you think the atmosphere on the Org has changed over the years and if so, in what way?

12. Have you ever thought about attending one of the invasions?

13. What do you think about the quality of Prince's music lately?

14. You're keeping the search function inactive just to annoy us, aren't you?

15. What will happen to the Org in the future? Will it still exist in another ten years? Will it be any different?

16. I think a lot of people on here have never seen your face. Would you post your picture for us?

I think we're all looking forward to reading your answers. Thank you for a wonderful website!

In answer to #16, here is a pic of Ben (see Gallery)

luv4u said:

Okay, fine, but let him post a more recent one then. He's not getting away from any of these questions.

I would like to ask the same questions of Father McMeekle. Infact, interview an orger could be a regular monthly feature on the site. I think that'd be quite interesting, actually.

Number23 said:

It would indeed.

Maybe if littlemissG compiles all her "Let's Ask" threads in one place we'll have the job half done.

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Awww, I'm flattered! I'll try to respond to this this weekend when I have more time. If anyone has any other questions, go ahead and add them and I'll consider 'em.

oohh, this will be very cool to read.

cborgman said:

indeed

lookin forward to it

ben said:

is everything ok with your family?

cborgman said:

I think so too.

Great idea!

these are some good questions. and a good idea. we have an interview with a celeb!

Ben, what made you start The ORG?

luv4u said:

Christ he got old..

IAintTheOne said:

IAintTheOne said:

are you english? that sounded very english.

Question: do you have your flights for the Seattle Invasion booked yet?

Fantastic thread ... I'll look forward to seeing Ben's answers

ben's kind of mysterious isn't he

XxAxX said:

Been here forever, and this is the first time I've even seen his picture!

SeattleInvasion said:

so you're saying we have no real corroboration that this person we call "Ben" actually really exists

XxAxX said:

Well, I think Matt has met him. And I've met Matt. So I guess we do.

SeattleInvasion said:

Ben is real -- I met him in 2002 at Paisley Park during the Celebration that year. (Apparently we were both at Paisley in 1999, trying to get into the Rave.... DVD taping, but didn't see each other.) I'd also talked with him on the phone at least once in 1998, while prince.org was still in beta testing.

I've also met the now-retired Kevin, BTW. Prince decided to play Evansville, Indiana (of all places), in January 1998. Back then Prince was still using the "voucher system" to deter scalping, and to get the best seats, you had to buy tickets from the venue box office. So I drive down there, spent the night on a very cold sidewalk (okay, I cheated and had someone hold my place in line while I spent most of the night in the car with the heater running), and bought tickets for the two of us, as well as a friend of mine and a friend of his.

Ben, just 4

How do you keep this site going with little ads or pop-ups?

Where does most of the traffic come from to the org and have you noticed any trends to where they go to from here?

Do you use the information like the above question for anything?

What would be the one thing you would ask of an average Orger when posting/living on the Org?
[Edited 3/8/06 17:16pm]

matt said:

gotcha! "ben" is perfectly "real"

ben said:

Still looking forward to reading your answers once you get time.