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3 years, 4 months ago

Should we have an "it's not worth the money" button?

Someone should know when he's posed a question that deserves more money (like tedious programming questions that require "working code"), any comments regarding this subject being offtopic. He should have the ability to tip more, based on the feedback that he is receiving.
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clarusvisum | 3 years, 4 months ago
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Very interesting idea, indeed. I often find myself in a position where I'm thinking exactly that, though instead of "more money", the case is usually that the question has NO tip at all, and I think a question of that depth should have one.

So maybe instead of calling it "it's not worth the money", maybe make it a "this question is worth more" button or something like that, then you can put in how much you think it's worth.

And then, maybe you can have a system where you can choose to either bump the question's tip to an amount of your choosing, OR automatically turn the question into a direct question to one of the people who clicked that button, for the tip amount they suggested, which would kind of add a 'bidding' subcomponent to questions that, unlike the defunct Google Answers, would have to compete with the 'broad' answerers.

Just some brainstorming...what do you think?

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drmatt | 3 years, 4 months ago
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Very interesting idea...

How about, "Invite Asker to Increase Tip"? Therefore you both get what you want. You (might) get more M$, they get your answer, but they still don't have to select your answer as "Best Answer".

Make sense?

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cmealerjr | 3 years, 4 months ago
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Yes. Currently there's a way to say I'll tip this much for a good answer why should there not also be an option to say "I've submitted an answer, but I want this much for you to reveal it." Then either the asker or a group of people interested could submit tips towards revealing the answer. This should also come with a feedback mechanism automatically displaying the ratio of helpful to non-helpful answers to determine whether or not it's worth paying for an answer you haven't seen yet.

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beltira | 3 years, 4 months ago
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I think this is a great idea. Perhaps an input box where you can specify an amount for what the question is worth to you to answer.

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