Should Mahalo use a special color frame to identify sister-site questions more clearly?
"I have hear a lot of talk about scientist and other people trying to disprove the existence of a soul. What do you think about this?
kennbug | 49 minutes ago | in Science Fiction"
Nowhere is there an indication this link is not internal to Mahalo, yet when you click on it, it directs your browser to a non-Mahalo site: http://www.scifiquestions.com/entertainment-science-fiction/i-have-hear-a-lot-of-talk-about-scientist-and-other-people-trying-to-disprove-the-existence-of-a-soul-what-do-you-think-about-this .
This should not make a big difference, except for the following:
1. At least for now, there is no Rev Share offered for Best Answer on sister sites.
2. At each sister site you are required to log in separately to be able to answer, vote, comment, etc.
While the latter is simply an annoyance, the former can have implications on potential compensation for your time and effort.
What do you think would be the best way to clearly show a question is from a sister site? Different color background or frame around the question? Something else? Do you think this is at all important to implement?
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I don't know if a different color is the best way to do it, as it may make the page look a mess. But something that makes it obvious before you click on it that you'll be going off site, maybe some special badge or whatever.
I agree that there are a number of glitches that make asking and answering sister site questions less attractive. A main annoyance for me is that when you click on activity in your Mahalo profile for a sister-site question, you end up with a "Page not found", because the link tries to find the page on mahalo.com instead of the sister site. That makes keeping up conversation on sister site threads painful.
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So yes, I'm annoyed.
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I'm sure they'll get these worked out. But, I think it is good to keep pointing these glitches out to them. Thanks, opher!
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- these sites accepting my already being signed into Mahalo via twitter
- rev share
- and point structure
I will not answer questions on these sites. I think that not only is it a detriment to my time and efforts, but it's also diluting the power of Mahalo proper. It kills me to do it too, because I get all revved up to answer a question and then skulk away as I consider the question to be just another ordinary forum post.
my M$.02.
Cheers!
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I gave GuruTeam a shot, which is a Sister Site immersion program. It's a great way to get familiar with all of them - more by the day. By working the team, the rev share issue is moot point. It's like building/repairing pages on Go Team. You get paid.
One other thing I've been wondering - do we get Mahalo points when we answer a Sister Site question? If no, I don't think I'll go there a lot. Except on GuruTeam. Makes it easy.
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We don't get Mahalo points as of now, and I'm a bit bummed about that. I'm also participating on the Guru team, and the payment is really the only incentive right now. It's fun, and I enjoy doing it, but I'm so close to my next belt that I'll be sticking with regular Q&A until I "level up".
Me too. ..and thanks to @opher for bringing attention to the issue.
I second your idea.
I'm about to answer the same thing... so I would rather add on here..
Special colour frame maybe quite "messy".. I have the same opinion that tags or small icons are better.
We can even have different coloured tags or small icons to differentiate sister sites..
but I guess we will soon run out of colours :-)
Small icons or words will be good.