Fantastic! To answer the question posed by many, I think the "tip" system gives Mahalo Answers the needed edge over Yahoo, and I look forward to hearing its success!
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http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/12/15/q-what-do-you-get-when-you-add-karate-...
http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/15/jason-calacanis-project-a-is-surprisingly...
http://mashable.com/2008/12/15/mahalo-answers/

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Looks like it is being well recieved as you would expect. A good write about it here too: http://www.inquisitr.com/12010/mahalo-answers-a-yahoo-answers-slayer/

I Seem to remember that Expert Exchange had something similar to the Tip jar, but don't know if they still have it. Your expertise at PR is of course going to help the adoption as well as this looking very good.

Nice touch to you Wii like characters! ;-) You and MS both!
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http://www.inquisitr.com/

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Brilliant! Complete surprise as well. I love mahalo and wrote a little about my experiences on my blog

http://www.talkingfuture.com/2008/11/will-google-rule-search-forever.html

I think that Answers should get plenty of good exposure, it seems as though exposure to a wider public is what Mahalo needs.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10122762-2.html?tag=mncol;title

Articles like that can only help to increase the number of users and make Mahalo a better place. Hopefully later today there will be plenty of mainstream coverage.
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I think the press reception itself is positive, obviously. Journalists buy into the idea that Mahalo Answers is a solid competitor to Yahoo Answers. But they seem to be ambivalent about its future and its ability to generate profit for Mahalo.

So honestly, I think that this is pretty favorable press for Mahalo. Depending on how much the word spreads, it will bring a lot of traffic and attention. In my opinion (and I have no clue about the demographic breakdown of your traffic), the real test will be how much it can pull in the people who are not tech savvy - the light web users who tend to patrol around a few favorite sites. And it's too early to tell if the vibrations from this positive reception will reach that far out.
Source(s):
http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/15/jason-calacanis-project-a-is-surprisingly...
http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20081215/jason-calacanis-rolls-out-the-new-...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10122762-2.html
http://mashable.com/2008/12/15/mahalo-answers/

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I think it's mostly positive and looks like its the perfect way to continue improving search. The tech journalism group is at a consensus, but I'd still like to see what the rest of the public thinks. The pre-announcements were pretty good, but after the initial post on twitter and email blasts, much of the news has been repetitive and up until yesterday I didn't really understand it.
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My view is Yes, please. I liked Mashable's best. Liked the comparison to Google news. I know this won't be chosen as best answer, but I figured the best way to remember to sign up was to do it right now.

PS- I'm more interested in what the reaction will be on Twitter, in light of the two "Tweetoversial" incidents this past week or so.
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http://www.techmeme.com/081215/p9#a081215p9

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I bet this will spread like wildfire (Oh, that is not a good analogy for you folks in California.) and hit mainstream media hard. There is almost a challenge set down with Yahoo answers without directly saying so.
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I think it great for both who need answer and who give answer. Also nice place for making money. It help to knowledge geek to make some money and buy at list a cup of coffee.
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It got me here didn't it?
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I think it's wonderful, I wonder if it will live to the hype though.
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So far, the press I've read has been fairly positive. Good stuff!
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I think that the press is a good thing. MA is a very innovative platform - I actually now have a reason to answer peoples' questions.
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