Quest coins: why do you strive for them? As of yet there is no reward. You are providing free content. Why?

As of yet there is no reward. You are providing free content. Why?

Do you normally work for free? Or do you think there will be a pay off and if so what do you think it will be? Seriously interested.

Thanks! Asked by SusietheMaven 57 months ago Similar questions: Quest coins strive reward providing free content Amazon > Askville.

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I don't consider this work! I’ve often thought that we answerers provide better service than many paid employees! We are doing this because it’s fun for us, many of us, not for a financial benefit.

We get something out of it that’s not material; the satisfaction of helping others, the "showing off" of our enormous intelligence (LOL! ), and a chance to meet and greet like minded people. I have the feeling that many of us answerers have a bit of the "teacher" in us; someone here once said we were probably the ones in the class with our arms always up with the answer, saying "pick me, pick me"!

We LIKE to research, we like knowing "stuff". Yes, I do sometimes work in real life for free, too. As an artist I donate many things I’ve done, and have willingly shared my techniques to many, many people.So this is just another aspect of it.

The time others might spend playing online games or xbox or wii or whatever--instead of that we like to use our spare time and our brains doing this! The coins currently aren’t worth anything, but they do mean something. They represent our efforts, and our intelligence, and polish our egos!

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Well I’m holding out the tiniest bit of hope that the coins will get me a tiny discount on Amazon’s books. The real reason though is simply because I enjoy it. I’m retired but my wife isn’t so I sit at home alone a good bit of the day and Askville gives me something to do that isn’t illegal, immoral or fattening.

I get to help people and have fun little competitions with some of the great people I have found here. I seriously doubt that the quest coins will have any real value to me but even if they are completely worthless I won’t be that upset. If nothing else this at least keeps my mind occupied and at my age that’s always a good thing.

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It's not work. I don’t answer the questions when I don’t already know the answer. I’m not here to be someone’s Google-hound.

I find that expressing the things I know helps me refine my knowledge, the presentation of that knowledge, and of course exposes me to other sides of that knowledge through the other answers. Beyond simply answering questions, the discussions that pop up are virtually no different from the same discussions you might find on any number of discussion forums elsewhere on the Internet, so from that perspective engaging in such discussion is certainly not any less productive than doing the same thing elsewhere. And of course, some members do in fact get paid for being a google-hound.So it’s obviously worth their while.

And finally, I often play games for points (except Poker -- cash only, please), and Askville is structured very much like a game, and I suspect Questville will expand that paradigm insofar as "quest" implies "adventure" -- if it ends up being just a cheap pun, I’ll probably lose interest pretty quickly.

I don't do it for the coins, because I think they will be worth slightly more than nothing... I ask questions for an obvious reason, I want to know the answers. I answer questions because, a) It makes me feel good to help...if a person were to ask me a question in person I'd attempt to answer their question, this isn't all that different. B) It makes me feel good when I get acknowledgement that my answer was liked or useful, especially if it's the "best" answer.

C) It challenges me to think about things I might not otherwise think about. D) It provides me with a dialogue with other people interested in the same things I'm interested in. E) If I just ask questions and never answer them, and everyone else does the same, the whole system falls apart.

F) It's just like playing a video game when you get right down to it, you're thinking and finding solutions and all you get is points. G) You never know, I don't think the coins will be worth anything, but whatever they're worth, at least it's something. H) It's not like I'm going to get paid anywhere else (other than maybe a few pennies on epinions) for expressing my opinion, and... i) I guess I just enjoy expressing my opinion and sharing my knowledge..

I don't work for free I answer questions through mturk.com, so I get around $100 per week to answer questions here. Not bad! Sources: My knowledge .

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