On Askville's homepage of featured topics, why do they push the questions that most people have already answered?

Askville should be featuring the questions that NEED answers more then ones that have been already answered. My opinion is worth 1 coin for asking, and two cents for everyone else. Asked by ziggrl 56 months ago Similar Questions: Askville's homepage featured topics push questions people answered Recent Questions About: Askville's homepage featured topics push questions people answered Amazon > Askville.

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I think a lot of the motivation behind the new home page is presentation as showroom. I think the redesign is to make an impact on first-time visitors. Perhaps the idea is to show already answered questions for prospective newbies to see how the site is working.

I don’t know if these are selected at random or if the most "photogenic" question/answers or discussion boards are hand-picked. The current community is not the target audience for this feature. I think it’s an attempt to present a buffet and to show the variety the site offers to that first click over.

I think it may be felt that answering questions isn’t part of the initial impact and current users (us) will find our way to what we want. They also know that most of us start on our profile page and may go to our discussions or watchlists before looking at the homepage. I think the assumption could be that first-timers want a feel for the site in order to commit and may not want to without getting a taste of the flavor.

Like many businesses, it needs to grow its’ base to be succeesful. Amazon’s purpose is to sell products and Askville is an extension of that core. I certainly don’t begrudge them, especially as I get something out of it.

Or I could be completely wrong. You didn’t ask about the rest of the page, so I won’t include it this answer.

I agree! No one seems to understand the rationale in the new page set up for Askville. I've heard many complaints abou it.

You are very right, I think, that the emphasis should be on the questions that need answers, along with an easy to notice place for people to answer questions. I absolutely HATE the new set up, and wish Askville would listen to us and either change it back to the old way or try another way. As the Beta testers, I would think that our opinions should be worth something, but so far that hasn't been proven true, at least in regards to the new set up of the main page.

It's awkward, and slow, and very user UNfriendly. The old questions that pop up over and over are OLD...but new people don't realize that they are questions resolved months ago, so click on them and respond. All I can suggest is to file feedback with Askville.

I know that's what I did! .

Because they're trying to attract new people You're no longer the target of the front page. The front page is now aimed at people who are new to Askville, and have never heard of it before. They're most interested in what's in it for them: what sorts of answers they're going to be able to find.

Remember, it's the page you get when you type in "askville.com" rel="nofollow">askville.com", so it's the first thing a newbie sees. Essentially, it's more like advertising than something you'd use regularly. You're one of the regulars.

You need a different front page, one that concentrates on the new questions. It might be something like this (for people who are going to try to answer everything) or more like your watch list page, personalized with the topics you're most interested in. They're clearly trying to shift away from the small and ferocious community of current regulars and hoping to draw in more people.

That's going to inconvenience the regulars like us. Basically, they're eventually going to recommend that you bookmark some page other than the askville.com" rel="nofollow">askville.com page and go there. I already usually start at "My Askville" anyway, to go through my mail.

They probably should have made that a lot clearer, though, because they seem to have really weirded out the regulars.

I can only assume. There are two very good reasons for this. The first as far as Askville is concerned would be to appeal to people browsing the site.

If people can see the content submitted here then they’re much more likely to join. Askville is funded by advertising revenue as well as more Amazon sales via widgets. The more people there are here the more money they can charge advertisers and more people buying from widgets.

The next reason has come from a lot of feedback from myself ad many other askvillers. People were tired of receiving default okay ratings for there well thought out answers. This happens when a questioner doesn’t vote and only two other people answer the question .

The cure? Let those of us with the Voting Authority Superpower see which questions are eligible for our votes. This has been working like a charm for many people and, I’ve even started a database for those that have the VASP where people can solicit their help.

askville.amazon.com/askville/OpenQuestio... .

That's a Good Question It's frustrating, isn't it, to have all those questions pop up that you get nothing for answering. While I find some of them interesting, I would prefer that the new questions needing answering were at the top and those already answered were at the bottom.

Why are people on askville asking stupid questions.

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.