Rate my startup: voke.fm
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Hi Gus. While I was reading the description, it seemed a light Wolfram-Alpha, but then I tried it and it gave me always "Voke doesn't have an answer to this question yet.", for everything I asked.
Do you have any answers yet? Or they are all user-contributed?
Do you have any answers yet? Or they are all user-contributed?
It's all user contributed. I know there isn't much right now because no one uses it, and it just opened up. Try things suggested by autosuggest for a better idea of how the site should work at this point.
I don't mean to be critical, but how does this differ from WikiAnswers? Your explanation could just as well be describing that. Also, I think having the question input perform a search, and return similar questions, would be a necessary improvement.
No need to worry about being critical. The problem with WikiAnswers is that it sucks. It is essentially a spam site and doesn't offer dynamic answers (Voke doesn't yet, but I want it to). User queries can be dealt with in a much better way, for example like Siri. The problem with Siri is that it doesn't have many features and often just redirects to Wolfram Alpha.
And a similar questions feature is something I would like to add, but this is just an early prototype and I think the autosuggest does a decent job. Definitely a good idea, though.
And a similar questions feature is something I would like to add, but this is just an early prototype and I think the autosuggest does a decent job. Definitely a good idea, though.
You need to aardvarkify it...
Have you thought about using open graph at all?
Yes, and I don't think it would be a good idea, but I'm not sure. One of the biggest reasons people like Wikipedia is because Wikipedia is independent and very trustworthy with its users. I think having that type of structure is key.
digg into how aardvark itterated on their project..
p.s Open Graph brings a trusted personal expierence to each iser
p.s Open Graph brings a trusted personal expierence to each iser
"IF IT GAINS ANY POPULARITY"... you've got a huge chicken-and-end problem here my friend.
I'm very aware of this. It has good potential to grow through SEO and since answers are timeless the chicken and egg problem should diminish a little as time passes. Not really sure how to overcome this problem, I guess all I can do is hope I get picked up by a blog or two...
The concept is basically a wiki-Siri - a very simple Q&A site, where there is only one answer to every question. It could also be thought of as a Wikipedia for questions, where the lengths of answers is limited (currently to 300 characters).
Right now it is only a website, but if it gains any popularity then I would like to bring it to mobile. I think another long-term goal would be performing actions and getting real-time data based on user input. These actions and data would be integrated into the editing interface.
Anyway, please let me know what you think of this prototype. Thanks!
URL: http://voke.fm