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Could you clarify this distinction? Someone is viewed as interesting if they manage to present an interesting image of themselves, and conversation is one of the main ways in which we do present an image of ourselves to others (other ways including writing, public speaking, and physical appearance/demeanor).
So distinguishing "being an interesting person" from "being an interesting conversationalist" sounds odd to me, since a very large percentage of our interesting-ness comes from being an interesting conversationalist (or some of those other things like being an interesting writer or public speaker, but I'm guessing you wouldn't include those either?).
I'm guessing you're defining "interesting" as something like "interesting is having done unusual things", but even there you only become interesting to others if you're successful at telling others about those things.
Sorry, but I'm actually not going to clarify this distinction. Getting this distinction right matters very little to me. I'll put some content in one article and some in the other article based on my own subjective opinion and if someone feels that something better belongs in the other article, well tough luck.
That's fair. :)