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Re:Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch by Raphael on Friday March 27, 2009 @09:13PM (#536002)
Could be a viable competitor to Yahoo Answers and other help forums.
Re:Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch by blasdel on Friday March 27, 2009 @11:15PM (#536130)
A kindergartner could outclass how is babby formed
Re:Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch by paulgb on Saturday March 28, 2009 @01:44AM (#536240)
The problem with Yahoo Answers is that they got the incentives all wrong. People found they could get more points with a bunch of bad answers than a few good ones.

Google Answers was awesome for answer quality, if you were willing to pay. Unfortunately, they no longer exist. I haven't found anything that fills the void they left.

Re:Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch by pchivers on Sunday March 29, 2009 @06:17PM (#537886)
What about Uclue? I haven't used it myself, but it looks like a pretty good replacement for Google Answers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uclue

http://uclue.com/

Re:Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch by blasdel on Saturday March 28, 2009 @02:05AM (#536251)
No, the problem is having incentives at all!

The only viable option is for it to be a part of a larger self-policed community, with no 'points' that count for anything: http://ask.metafilter.com

Re:Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch by paulgb on Sunday March 29, 2009 @02:09AM (#537158)
Google Answers had incentives and was much better for it.
Re:Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch by pg on Saturday March 28, 2009 @01:47AM (#536241)
Yeah, Google Answers was great. I still miss it.
Re:Flickr Co-founder Unveils Her New Startup: Hunch by jobenjo on Saturday March 28, 2009 @12:13PM (#536531)
You should check out http://www.fluther.com.

We built it to exactly fit that niche: smart people, good incentives, and free.