Do you think Facebook Questions new application is going to "kill" all other Q&A web sites?

1 Answer

Answer :

answer:I want to say no. Since I am not crazy about Facebook. A million people giving random opinion on subject matter. We have issues trying to get it right with the motley crew we have here.

Related questions

Description : Is it OK to post a question here and on other Social Q&A sites simultaneously?

Last Answer : It doesn’t seem like a breach of etiquette to me, but I wouldn’t announce that you are asking a question on multiple sites, just ask it as you normally would. It might turn some people off to the question if they know you are asking it on more than one site.

Description : What are the most effective ways to monetize a Questions and Answer or Communities web sites?

Last Answer : Facebook sells your data to advertisers. The more members, the more data, the more revenue. They have no shortage of inflow.

Description : Would you participate on a Q&A site that required you to make a substantive answer to a question before you could see the other user's answers?

Last Answer : I like the basic concept, but would prefer to eliminate the whole modded-substantive-answer part. How about you just can’t see the other answers until you’ve answered. You could still have mods to enforce basic rules and writing standards, similar to ask-public.

Description : Anyone else get the private survey question for a new Q&A site?

Last Answer : Nope never got it , it could be a scam . Or it could be a special something for special people to get . If in doubt ask the builders , or throw it out

Description : What is an easy, low tech, foolproof way for someone to link to a personal photo on a Q&A site?

Last Answer : answer:I upload mine to http://tinypic.com/index.php Here’s the uncut version of my avatar photo: http://oi58.tinypic.com/2hxr0w1.jpg

Description : Is there a site in the web ( that you might know of ) where it is possible to search for other sites by keywords?

Last Answer : A google search for something like this related:www.ask-public.com Could help a bit. It will show similar sites. Edited to add a link. here.

Description : Why don't they ask questions on Facebook?

Last Answer : Isn’t that what Q+A sites are for?

Description : When are people going to ask "best-of-2008" questions?

Last Answer : I guess “people” just did ask! :-) My best: Election Night.

Description : Why aren't my questions going through?

Last Answer : And how do you delete them?

Description : Would it be impossible for one to earn popularity in other Q&A sites?

Last Answer : answer:Are you asking what you could do to raise your score on ask-public, or are you asking how you could raise your score on other sites? With regards to other sites each one is ... answers you provide align with the perspective of the other sites' participants (quality) would affect the ranking.

Description : What is the #1 reason you decided to check out other Q&A sites?

Last Answer : The one I was a member of was closing down.

Description : Does Fluther and other Q&A sites provide information you can't already find from Google?

Last Answer : It is kinda nice to be able to hold someone accountable when their advice kills my cat. I can’t really do that with Google.

Description : What discussion or q&a sites allow freedom of speech?

Last Answer : From what I hear, Sodahead is one such.

Description : How many Q&A sites are on the Internet?

Last Answer : I would guess thousands.

Description : Am I a special member of Nirbik ? Now , Nirbike doesn't like it , let 's visit that site as well as various Q&A sites. Is it okay ?

Last Answer : answer:

Description : Does it bother you when a question you ask here shows up on other answer sites the next day?

Last Answer : No it doesn’t, they’re only questions after all.

Description : Are there any other sites out there like fluther?

Last Answer : Askville Wiki Answers Yahoo Answers Mahalo Answers All the ones listed here

Description : What are some questions that we can be pretty sure have never been asked on a Q&A website before?

Last Answer : If I asked them, then those questions will have been asked, thereby taking away their mystqiue and uniqueness.

Description : What are the first questions on every topic ever on a Q&A site called?

Last Answer : Question zero?

Description : What's a good Q&A site for techie questions?

Last Answer : answer:Metafilter. For all around, I don’t think anything is better. However, if it is a specific topic (i.e. Web design, electronic music composition, Mac, etc.) I always find forums on sites devoted to that topic to be much more successful and quality in their answers.

Description : What question/answer sites are most similar to this one?

Last Answer : None are really comparable. Fluther is moderated well and promotes great conversation!

Description : Aren't there any religion social networking sites out there?

Last Answer : Yes www.fluther.com

Description : How often have you asked other people's questions simply because they haven't been responded to?

Last Answer : I have occasionally asked someone else’s unanswered question on another (or even the same) forum to try to get an answer, when I think I might be able to get an answer that way, but not very often.

Description : Can you hear better with the light on, and other silly questions?

Last Answer : What you do when you turn the light on is you rule certain things out as the source of the sound, you are not actually hearing better. This happens so fast that you don’t notice and perceive that you are hearing better with the light on.

Description : Who wants to play the "Why do they call them skinny jeans? and other impossibly ignorant questions" game?

Last Answer : Why do Gods look so much like people? And why do they have the same emotion and mindset of normal people?

Description : Do you check out the status table on the right and peek at other ask-publiconians Great Questions?

Last Answer : answer:It's basically how I ask-public. I initially objected to the whole lurve, awards, feed thing - it was distracting for me - both physically (vision-wise) and mentally; now I just go with the flow ... check out the GQ's and usually find about 7 of 10 would have been of interest to me anyway.

Description : What kind of questions have been moderated that you asked, while other questions of a similar nature got through?

Last Answer : I believe that if people flag questions, the moderaters take note. Sometimes it is too exhausting to flag, flag, flag. But I agree with you about swingers and toe widths.

Description : Is anyone else not getting new questions?

Last Answer : Yes – we have no new questions. I mean, no, I have no new questions. I mean – “Just for You” hasn’t been working for me either for a few days.

Description : Can you combine different questions and come up with a new one?

Last Answer : answer:I’ll start… Have you ever come across a really bad stalker during a recession-?

Description : What would you think of someone who never questions anything?

Last Answer : That would be what you call a “sheeple”. Take your world view from what you see and hear from talking heads on TV.

Description : Do you think my next (thus my second) question, from a series of eight, will be as interesting as this one? Or, what the fuzz is this "Ask eight questions before July 15th and possibly win a T-shirt" thing all about??

Last Answer : Probably not. But maybe. I don’t know. Me too. Eight is the number of octopus tentacles. Because at midnight, on July 15th, the world is going to explode. Huh? Who? Where?

Description : What do you think of the idea that asking questions is a way of asserting power?

Last Answer : Can you provide a simple example?

Description : Do think you should give lurve for questions you can't answer?

Last Answer : NO and NO

Description : I organize a business group online and am trying to think of provocative questions to ask to jumpstart discussion. Any ideas?

Last Answer : Welcome Bob! I’ve just handed you a million dollars. What will you do with it?

Description : Can you think of questions that call for creative answers?

Last Answer : I used to work for chacha.com I gave factual answers and would be a smartass with smartass questions.

Description : What do you think of "Thought-provoking Questions"?

Last Answer : Honestly, I don’t think they qualify as thought provoking. Most of those have pretty simple answers. I think I found them more amusing as a kid. Now I’m more interested in philosophy, sociology, psychology, etc. These just don’t make the cut.

Description : Are there any questions you asked that you think didn't get enough attention?

Last Answer : answer:I was proud of this one. Our two questions might be somehow related because I’m not really sure what the hell you are talking about.

Description : Is it me, or does it seem like some people think up questions just so they can have conversations?

Last Answer : I ask a lot of silly/hypothetical questions, but that’s just because I’m driving to or sitting at work, and something strikes me as an interesting topic for discussion.

Description : Your number has been linked with another Facebook account?

Last Answer : Before deleting your account, contact the admins at Facebook and tell them that it’s not your Facebook, that you only have the one page and to not allow the other one. It could be something as innocent as a transposed number and not someone trying to hack you.

Description : Why can't I upload pictures to Facebook?

Last Answer : The old, old question: Have you tried rebooting the computer?

Description : How do I make my Facebook posts public, but only my Facebook friends can comment on the post I've made..?

Last Answer : It’s in your privacy settings on the upper right.

Description : Is there a work-around for the now flaky Facebook integration?

Last Answer : answer:I’ve noticed it too, usually I uncheck it but sometimes I miss and it doesnt do it. I just did it for the award lol.

Description : Have you ever clicked on one of those Facebook ads at the right hand side?

Last Answer : Ads are always marketing ploys. It’s their nature. I don’t click on any ads anymore; they are evil!

Description : Does anyone find that facebook is not that fun? Do you find it confusing?

Last Answer : Who needs facebook when u have fluther?

Description : Is there a list of one's questions asked on Fluther?

Last Answer : Not that I am aware of, no. I think of you go to your profile you can get a list of your greatest questions , the ones in which you accumulated the most GQs. Otherwise not sure.

Description : Do people here actually answer the questions asked?

Last Answer : Some jellies answer as many questions as they can to get lurve. Some are lonely or bored at night. It helps to put a disclaimer with your question that only helpful answers only please. I get unhelpful answers when ... I have a funny quip I PM the OP and tell them the joke that I just have to share.

Description : Can you give me some examples of therapeutic or inspiring questions?

Last Answer : What person has inspired you this week and what have they inspired you to do?

Description : Are one-time users’ questions worth elaborating on?

Last Answer : If the question is interesting, and you feel like answering in detail, then sure, go ahead.

Description : Why are some questions not being answered?

Last Answer : If you're looking for dynamic, this place delivers all the excitement of a cold bowl of yesterday's oatmeal. Our club is pretty much snoozeville, the participation anemic, the membership dwindling in front ... a pile of money, go out and grab a bunch of milk crates and stack them appropriately.

Description : Do you ask the same questions by accident on websites?

Last Answer : No. But I do go to old questions on Fluther with a very specific answer in mind only to find that I have already got there first with the exact same answer and no memory of it.