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jasoncala... jasoncala...
 
M$3 December 16, 2008 05:11 AM

Do you camp on the Mahalo Answers Spy so you can answers a question first?

You know about Mahalo Answers Spy right?
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/spy
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imshane imshane
 
 December 16, 2008 05:16 AM
Yes. Yes I do.

I'm trying to decide between that and RSS as my sniping technique.
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eatthatpop... eatthatpop...
 
December 16, 2008 05:15 AM
No, but now that you suggest that I might try it out :p

Usually I just refresh the "Tip" Tab.

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kyle930 kyle930
 
December 16, 2008 05:15 AM
I had not been, but now that you have brought this option to my attention I might start.

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bugsandins... bugsandins...
 
December 16, 2008 05:16 AM
I'd rather take my time browsing older questions to find ones that I can truly answer than try and get the first answer in on every question that comes around. Some questions I just know I won't be any help whatsoever.

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slayer18 slayer18
 
December 16, 2008 05:17 AM
it shows you everything thats going on in mahalo but it does help answer first i think.

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djchen djchen
 
December 16, 2008 05:17 AM
Yes!
Next project is to write a desktop client that does a "alert popup" (like Outlook or Thunderbird notifying you of new email) notifying me of a new question.

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imshane imshane
 
December 16, 2008 05:28 AM
You could just get an RSS reader that has notifications.

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pescina pescina
 
December 16, 2008 05:39 AM
Wouldn't RSS be slower?

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jasoncalac... jasoncalac...
 
December 16, 2008 04:28 PM
Very cool! make it public... you know we have an API right? That will be public shortly. if you need help with your desktop application email the feedback email and we'll get you in touch with a developer!

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nicktr nicktr
 
December 16, 2008 05:18 AM
Hadn't even noticed the 'spy' feature!
But i'm definitely getting into the habit of refreshing the answers homepage each time I come back to my computer. Pretty addictive.

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pescina pescina
 
December 16, 2008 05:21 AM
I tried, but clicking on the "Offering tip" link is a bit faster. Plus, I have the Alexa Sparky in my browser, so good for you guys (your ranking at Alexa will go a bit higher with my compulsive clicking... Or your site will go offline because of the high traffic).

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pescina pescina
 
December 16, 2008 06:14 AM
Plus, the Spy seems to have a bug:
h1studio asked: Are there freewares for making a hotspot out of a windows mobile phone? Like joikuspot for symbian & WMWifi. 4 minutes ago
h1studio asked: Are there freewares for making a hotspot out of a windows mobile phone? Like joikuspot for symbian & WMWifi. 4 minutes ago
h1studio asked: Are there freewares for making a hotspot out of a windows mobile phone? Like joikuspot for symbian & WMWifi. 4 minutes ago
h1studio asked: Are there freewares for making a hotspot out of a windows mobile phone? Like joikuspot for symbian & WMWifi. 4 minutes ago
h1studio asked: Are there freewares for making a hotspot out of a windows mobile phone? Like joikuspot for symbian & WMWifi. 4 minutes ago

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shibbyman2... shibbyman2...
 
December 16, 2008 05:22 AM
Nope, I do not know how the spy app works.

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xds xds
 
December 16, 2008 05:25 AM
I do now :o)
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xds xds
 
December 16, 2008 05:35 AM
I'm probably going to write a AI script for this place.

Man is this place great! , I've only been here 1 day and im already a yellow belt.
It took me almost 1yr to get my yellow belt in Tai kwon do

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pescina pescina
 
December 16, 2008 05:39 AM
Which makes me wonder... Shouldn't we be all doing something else? I'm supposed to be writing a novel or my own theory of knowledge or something like that.

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xds xds
 
December 16, 2008 05:54 AM
I don't see how something constructive like this place is at all bad.

I would rather see people come here then spending there time looking at boobs all day long, if you get my drift.

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pescina pescina
 
December 16, 2008 06:02 AM
Yup. But that doesn't make it less addictive.

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answerman answerman
 
December 16, 2008 05:35 AM
Not well enough.
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r3v r3v
 
December 16, 2008 05:41 AM
Nah, I'm not a "frist psot" kinda guy.

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procyin procyin
 
December 16, 2008 05:53 AM
No. But that's a good idea. Thanks, Jason.

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gmporter87 gmporter87
 
December 16, 2008 06:05 AM
Absolutely . . . not.

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drunkjudoj... drunkjudoj...
 
December 16, 2008 06:28 AM
I had no idea about it but I am going to check it out right now.

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shareme shareme
 
December 16, 2008 07:55 AM
Sometimes that strategy works, if the question is in your area of expertise.

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waitingfor... waitingfor...
 
December 16, 2008 08:27 AM
I was not aware of Answers Spy, but I'll certainly check it out.

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wijnands wijnands
 
December 16, 2008 08:39 AM
No

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carriep carriep
 
December 16, 2008 01:05 PM
I don't use "spy" to snipe an answer, but I do use it instead of the bottom navigation arrows to view recent questions and answers.

I've found that "spy" is a more complete record of what has been asked and answered at this stage.

Now, when I'm first logging onto answers, I'll definitely see what's in that "four point" range that I'd like to respond to before I go to older stuff. But I don't go out of my way to be the first.

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iowahorse iowahorse
 
December 16, 2008 01:50 PM
No, because it's not that important to me. I happen to have a life.

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mukesh sah... mukesh sah...
 
December 16, 2008 02:04 PM
I think there must be some mechanism by which I should get an email notification or message on my mobile for the question posted which belongs to my area of expertise. For example I am a Linux Geek, and if someone posts a question on linux kernel problem then I must be notified somehow.
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w3ace w3ace
 
December 16, 2008 03:28 PM
I would, but the above link is broken.

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