{"id":52,"date":"2005-12-10T07:13:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-10T14:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paulgillin.com\/2005\/12\/yahoo-rolls-out-answers.html"},"modified":"2005-12-10T07:13:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-10T14:13:00","slug":"yahoo-rolls-out-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gillin.com\/blog\/2005\/12\/yahoo-rolls-out-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo rolls out Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yahoo’s got an interesting new service called Yahoo Answers<\/a> that just launched this week. It’s a very simple but potentially powerful community concept. Members post questions and answer questions. That’s all there is to it. There’s a points system but the points aren’t redeemable for anything. It’s more a bragging rights thing.<\/p>\n

Browsing the categories, there’s a chaotic mix of stuff, ranging from questions that can’t be answered (“Is there a God?”) to very specific topics like the best hotels in Milan. I tried posting a question about cameras and got two useful responses within a couple of hours.<\/p>\n

It takes someone with the throw weight of Yahoo to make this work. I wish them luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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