Martin64,
I like that idea. putting the paperclip in the middle of all the action would be a better way of getting peoples attention and making it more visible to other guests. When I put the paperclip hack on the members list I added in the ALT text for the link. This requires a database query which I haven't fully determined how big a hit that causes with mass amounts of users.
I am going to try and do some extra database testing to make sure that I have the correct database setup. I will let you know what changes I find.