In the real world, a tip is given after a response. Here, one offers a tip to encourage a response even if mediocre Paradoxically backwards?

Actually you can do it either way on Mahalo. You can offer a tip first, or you can not offer a tip (letting it default to a trivial amount) and then tip if you like an answer. Also, there is not much connection between tip and service in the rest of the world.

Everyone feels "guilted" into giving a standard tip because they know the receiver is not being paid a decent wage.

I think this system works quite well. Even though, like you said it's backwards. We offer a tip to get the reader's attention first.It's not really for a good answer but just an answer.

This subject is quite complicated and deals with psychology. In the real world we offer a tip after the service because it's the ONLY way and the BEST way. You wouldn't offer a tip to someone until after the service because you might not get such a good service and of course you can't take it back.

Simply, because that would be rude. Here, as in on the internet. You can do basically anything you want, for example take a tip back because you can't see the person's actual face as well as there being more than one person.

The internet gives you more free range without worrying about what others think about, since you will never know. If you want to give a tip to someone only until they give you a good answer, you can offer a tip in within your question. Like I did a while back.

I asked for a way to view someone's private Myspace profile. And since I know there is almost no reliable website to do this.So I offered a tip for the person who gave me a way that actually worked, I did not offer it directly with the question. I never received a good answer so I did not have to waste Mahalo dollars for a dead end.

But if you really think about it, it makes more sense to offer a tip in the first place. Because, here on Mahalo you can select no best answer and no tip is given. You can also tip individually.

There is no limit on how to use tips. Like I said it's psychology, complicated. :D.

I think this system works quite well. Even though, like you said it's backwards. We offer a tip to get the reader's attention first.

It's not really for a good answer but just an answer. This subject is quite complicated and deals with psychology. In the real world we offer a tip after the service because it's the ONLY way and the BEST way.

You wouldn't offer a tip to someone until after the service because you might not get such a good service and of course you can't take it back. Simply, because that would be rude. Here, as in on the internet.

You can do basically anything you want, for example take a tip back because you can't see the person's actual face as well as there being more than one person. The internet gives you more free range without worrying about what others think about, since you will never know. If you want to give a tip to someone only until they give you a good answer, you can offer a tip in within your question.

Like I did a while back. I asked for a way to view someone's private Myspace profile. And since I know there is almost no reliable website to do this.

So I offered a tip for the person who gave me a way that actually worked, I did not offer it directly with the question. I never received a good answer so I did not have to waste Mahalo dollars for a dead end. But if you really think about it, it makes more sense to offer a tip in the first place.

Because, here on Mahalo you can select no best answer and no tip is given. You can also tip individually. There is no limit on how to use tips.

Like I said it's psychology, complicated. :D.

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