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You should also give the asker the ability to tip and reward more than one answer over 50.
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You can always raise it back up to M$50 in the future if, as we'd all love, big tips become more common.
One thing to be careful of is not allowing No-Best-Answer to be selected too easily, after all the work that is likely to be put in.
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I'm stealing the Chinese 50 person's idea... my favorite trip was when I went to Bosnia in 2000, the main currency I saw there was kuna (followed by lire, deutchmarks, and then dollars). So... 50 kuna for you!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Kuna_50.JPG
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My favorite 50:
http://www.kraw.net/finishing/music/images/50cent_5x7.jpg
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http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/funny-pictures-cat-lives-in-a-depressed-economy2.jpg
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http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/funny-pictures-cat-li...
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/44925192@N00/157929828
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(I don't know why my favorite "50" won't show up below though!)
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nJJQ64hbjFg/R11j4-T47_I/AAAAAAAAAXg/RT3YWAj3wFg/s1600-h/dollar-house.jpg
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http://mortgagenewsupdates.blogspot.com/2007/07/can-40-year-mortgage-save-y...
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March 07, 2009 08:26 PM
UPDATE: Any question over M$50 will be pinned to the top of the front page for 24 hours!
Since we love folks asking great questions with big, huge tips, we're proud to announce that @Mike is going to pin questions over M$50 to the top of the main page for at least 24 hours.
Pass it on! :-)
... post your favorite "50" below. :-)
Pass it on! :-)
... post your favorite "50" below. :-)
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March 06, 2009 08:30 PM
You should also highlight them or make them bold, just so everyone knows. If there were a way to remove them, that would be good as well, as not everyone cares to answer or see these questions. The stakes may be high, yet the question is not for everyone to answer. You should also give the asker the ability to tip and reward more than one answer over 50.
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March 06, 2009 08:32 PM
I'm sorry I didn't think of that. That is a fabulous idea. I think you should maybe even take it one step closer and make it some kind of average. Say if the average value of a question is $1.25 and you are some % above that you get pinned for some % of a 24 hours at the top. I think this is likely to increase high dollar value questions. And in turn encourage more answers and enthusiasm for the product.
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March 07, 2009 06:01 AM
I agree to an extent-we mustn't complicate things too much.
The rule that anything over $50M will automatically stay on the front page for at least 24 hours is awesome! Perhaps anything over $25M can stay on the front page for 1 or 2 hours (after which it gradually falls down the page as would a normal question).
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The rule that anything over $50M will automatically stay on the front page for at least 24 hours is awesome! Perhaps anything over $25M can stay on the front page for 1 or 2 hours (after which it gradually falls down the page as would a normal question).
March 07, 2009 06:02 AM
I think having it at the top of the page, as well as seeing the huge tip amount, makes people well aware of the question.
Bolding it would just annoy me.
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Bolding it would just annoy me.
March 07, 2009 11:31 AM
I agree. Being the first questions on the page make it highly visible as it is. I also like the idea above from easyeboy to allow the asker to split the tip among the answers they find most helpful as one may provide only part of the full answer they were looking for.
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March 06, 2009 08:39 PM
Good idea.Here is another suggestion. How about from10-50 mahalo dollar questions remaining in the front page for some time. I mean slow in going down. I am posting chinese 50 currency :). Source(s):
http://aes.iupui.edu/rwise/banknotes/china_peoples_rep/ChinaPeoplesRepublic...
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March 07, 2009 06:02 AM
Perhaps anything over $25M can stay on the front page for 1 or 2 hours (after which it gradually falls down the page as would a normal question).
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March 06, 2009 08:41 PM
Good idea. Maybe the limit should be even lower, say >= M$20? You can always raise it back up to M$50 in the future if, as we'd all love, big tips become more common.
One thing to be careful of is not allowing No-Best-Answer to be selected too easily, after all the work that is likely to be put in.
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March 06, 2009 08:54 PM
Perhaps only allow no best answer to be chosen when there are fewer than 5 or 10 answers?
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March 07, 2009 06:06 AM
@philipy I have suggested $25M+ gets top of front page for 1 or 2 hours (after which it gradually falls down the page as would a normal question). To have a question on top of the front page for 24 hours, I agree with Jason that $50M seems like the perfect amount.
I disagree about making it harder to pick No-Best-Answer. Although I agree we need to monitor to avoid cheating the system, making it harder to pick No-Best-Answer will actually DISCOURAGE people from asking high tipped questions.
If I ask a question and only tip $1M or $2M, even if there aren't great responses, I will just take the loss and move on. But if I ask a $25M (that's a lot of work to earn that much), and if I don't get any really good answers, I should be able to pick No-Best-Answer to get a refund.
-just my 2 mahalo cents
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I disagree about making it harder to pick No-Best-Answer. Although I agree we need to monitor to avoid cheating the system, making it harder to pick No-Best-Answer will actually DISCOURAGE people from asking high tipped questions.
If I ask a question and only tip $1M or $2M, even if there aren't great responses, I will just take the loss and move on. But if I ask a $25M (that's a lot of work to earn that much), and if I don't get any really good answers, I should be able to pick No-Best-Answer to get a refund.
-just my 2 mahalo cents
March 07, 2009 06:30 PM
$1M means one million dollars to most people. The way to write one mahalo dollar is M$1. :)
It shouldn't be impossible to withhold a tip. Nor should it be trivially easy.
Just watch what happens and how people feel if the guy that offered M$75 for the question about socialist policies decides they don't like any of the answers.
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It shouldn't be impossible to withhold a tip. Nor should it be trivially easy.
Just watch what happens and how people feel if the guy that offered M$75 for the question about socialist policies decides they don't like any of the answers.
March 06, 2009 11:42 PM
Sounds like a good idea to me. I'm stealing the Chinese 50 person's idea... my favorite trip was when I went to Bosnia in 2000, the main currency I saw there was kuna (followed by lire, deutchmarks, and then dollars). So... 50 kuna for you!
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March 07, 2009 06:08 AM
I think $25+ should be on top of home page for 1 or 2 hours (after which it gradually falls down the page as would a normal question).
Also, dude change your name and your picture. Everytime I see it I get creeped out!
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Also, dude change your name and your picture. Everytime I see it I get creeped out!
March 07, 2009 05:06 AM
Great idea! I was wondering if there was going to be any new ways to encourage people to ask high-tipped questions. :) My favorite 50:
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March 07, 2009 05:10 AM
Awesome idea. Money is a great incentive to get people to answer quickly and do research. Source(s):
http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/funny-pictures-cat-li...
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March 07, 2009 11:56 AM
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March 08, 2009 12:30 AM
Great Idea! (I don't know why my favorite "50" won't show up below though!)
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http://mortgagenewsupdates.blogspot.com/2007/07/can-40-year-mortgage-save-y...
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However I think highlighting/bolding the questions would make the front page look bad. I hope they don't do this.