Amazon Launches New Answers Site – Askville.com
Amazon is jumping on the social networking train with the launch of Askville. The concept of the site – Askville allows users to post any question they want and get answers from real people – is similar to Yahoo Answers and Answers.com.
Users will rate other people’s answers with “experience points” based on how helpful the answer is, aspiring experts can gain or lose points. Additionally, users gain Quest Coins for every action they complete, from voting to asking a question. Amazon describes them as virtual currency that can be used on a yet-to-be launched site called Questville. Amazon boasts in its FAQ section for Questville that “on Questville you will be able to use your Quest Coins to participate in exciting new adventures and other cool things!â€
July 10th, 2007
