Who decides which questions get a Mahalo-funded tip and on what basis? (I'm not seeing much consistency there!)?

As per Jason's thread mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-commun... --quote-- 1. We reserve the right to remove tips from any question we think doesn't warrant two bucks at any time (including after an answer has been given). I think you understand that if a question is too easy it's not fair to put the M$2 on it.

--/quote-- There is no black/white rule on why a tip is removed. It's up to the discretion of the Moderators at the time, I can only speak for myself but I generally remove a tip from a question that doesn't need any intense research to be answered, with that said I only remove maybe 5-10 tips a day (out of over 200 questions) I didn't remove the tips from the ones you are referring to so I can't explain why they in particular were removed. But with that said, remember, the $2 tips are funded by Mahalo and can be removed at any time, as we are within an experimental phase.

The only tips that we don't remove are those funded by users, the only way to ensure you tip doesn't get removed is to fund it from your pocket.

I really don't understand why it was removed on the first question, myself. That's one with some interesting answers. The second is a unique twist on the usual question.IS it too late to get started reading them, when all the books are out but all the movies aren't?

I guess I wouldn't be a very good moderator, LOL.

Well, maybe the next time that I ask an opinion question, I'll tip TWO dollars instead of one. That'll learn ya.

It's up to the question maker to decide the tip... and there quite a bit of psychology that goes into it. Most people who are asking questions probably don't want to spend ANY of their M$ and are happy to let Mahalo foot the bill. Some people value things differently.

Let me give you an example: When I raised my rates I was really worried. Noone would want to pay THAT much. What happened?

MORE people called because they probably thought "Man! If he charges that much he MUST be really good. " When, in fact, I was the same person... There a perceived value... and I always advise new therapists to value themselves more... Personally... I put higher tips on the questions that I want a valued answer.

If the question isn't very important to me, I don't put much of a tip on it.

Just to add more to the confusion: mahalo.com/answers/books-and-authors/ste... That question got funded and it was/is an opinion question. Maybe mahalo will take away the tip though.

Perhaps the best way to settle the oddness within the system would be to set a max number of Mahalo funded questions one can ask in a day. It could be something along the lines of 2-3 M$2 questions per day, then the tip is moved down to M$1 for the next 2-3 questions, and then no tip for the rest. That would address the problem of too many questions, and the Mahalo staff could still remove tips.

The part about unjustly removing tips could be automated, if the interesting/uninteresting tab was used. If a question is marked as uninteresting, then it would warrant examination by the staff, and then they could take away the tip from it. This doesn't really answer your question, because I don't really know why, but these are some suggestions to improve the problem.

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.