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What is Mahalo Answer's policy/thought process on giving M$1 tip vs M$0.25?
It seems to be happening more. I see a perfectly reasonable question:
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In my opinion, this is a good question. Worthy of the M$1. Why did someone decide it was only worth M$0.25? (I see this on quite a few questions I think are just fine.)
What is YOUR opinion of this practice?
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Where can i find a generic property rental agreement?
In my opinion, this is a good question. Worthy of the M$1. Why did someone decide it was only worth M$0.25? (I see this on quite a few questions I think are just fine.)
What is YOUR opinion of this practice?
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We've been importing a bunch the last couple of days (like 200 more per day) at .25 to get more questions into the system. We couldn't pay out M$1 on each one, but we wanted to get some more questions into the system and see what the result would be.
So far it seems that if import 200 questions you get 300 answers.... filed under obvious I guess. :-)
All those being imported in this "rush" test are at .25. So, that's why you might see some inconsistency in terms of hard questions getting .25 alongside simple ones.
We really want to see what happens when we hit 1,000 questions in a day... so far the record in the past 30 days is like 600.
So far it seems that if import 200 questions you get 300 answers.... filed under obvious I guess. :-)
All those being imported in this "rush" test are at .25. So, that's why you might see some inconsistency in terms of hard questions getting .25 alongside simple ones.
We really want to see what happens when we hit 1,000 questions in a day... so far the record in the past 30 days is like 600.
voted helpful: xds
I'm noticing the same thing, which is just a little irksome after I've spent some good time answering it, and then find that it's gone from $1 to a quarter AFTER I hit Submit.
I've noticed that tech questions seem to get this treatment, but while those questions might be easy for the Sheriff's Department to answer, they aren't necessarily so easy for the rest of us!
It's got to be hard to be the ones picking which questions are the ones to demote.
I've noticed that tech questions seem to get this treatment, but while those questions might be easy for the Sheriff's Department to answer, they aren't necessarily so easy for the rest of us!
It's got to be hard to be the ones picking which questions are the ones to demote.
I suspect it's not hard in practice, as it's probably just quickly clicking through a lot of questions and on gut instinct demoting some of them.
Isn't the M$.25 provided by Mahalo when the questioner opts not to provide their own tip, which is a minimum of M$1?
When a questioner opts not to provide their own tip, the tip defaults to M$1. If MA staff believe it to be less-than-worthy question, the reduce it to M$0.25.
Or maybe, donate the M$.25 to a charity...kinda like the "Keep the Change" promos some companies toss about.
Aha. To be honest, I didn't really give much thought to the different tip amounts. But have to agree with @tracebooks, determining which ones to demote probably isn't an easy job! I have to wonder if it wouldn't be simpler to just keep the minimum amount to M$1 and not mess with all the loose change! :)
At some point we're going to automate the amount tipped based on some combination of category/keywords, page views to the question and interesting votes.
So, if a question gets five interesting votes maybe we add .25. If it gets 100 page views we add another .25. Maybe if it's in health or products we automatically add .25.
We're learning... it will take time to create the perfect system. Your thoughts are helpful of course... thanks for sharing them. We are listening... always. :-)
So, if a question gets five interesting votes maybe we add .25. If it gets 100 page views we add another .25. Maybe if it's in health or products we automatically add .25.
We're learning... it will take time to create the perfect system. Your thoughts are helpful of course... thanks for sharing them. We are listening... always. :-)
I have no idea what the policy is, or what the reasoning is.
Based on responses to my previous question about this, I believe there is no actual policy. Different mods apply their own different criteria as far as I can tell.
See here:
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-community/who-decides-which-questions-get-a-mahalo-funded-tip-and-on-what-basis-im-not-seeing-much-consistency-there
It is rather annoying esp as the Mahalo funded tips can now be $2, $1, 25c or 0. And they can change even after you answered the question. Often times you may have chosen not to answer a particular question if you knew that it would end up as a 25c question.
Yes, I find it irksome, though I try to take the attutude: "That's life".
Based on responses to my previous question about this, I believe there is no actual policy. Different mods apply their own different criteria as far as I can tell.
See here:
http://www.mahalo.com/answers/mahalo-answers-community/who-decides-which-questions-get-a-mahalo-funded-tip-and-on-what-basis-im-not-seeing-much-consistency-there
It is rather annoying esp as the Mahalo funded tips can now be $2, $1, 25c or 0. And they can change even after you answered the question. Often times you may have chosen not to answer a particular question if you knew that it would end up as a 25c question.
Yes, I find it irksome, though I try to take the attutude: "That's life".
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When they find us some small percentage will stay and become answerers, and some even smaller percentage of those will become black belts.
We've been doing fine with 200-400 questions a day, but the biggest complaint folks have is not finding questions they can answers--as opposed to not getting an answer.
Also, we're just testing things. If it turned out putting in 200-300 extra questions a day caused quality to down we would, of course, roll back the test. Right now it's day three of a 10 days test. We'll see how it goes.
In truth you're not seeing LESS M$1 questions: you're just seeing the additon of 200 .25 questions. :-)