• 1. Be specific and clear. It's difficult to provide a great answer to a vague question.
• 2. Be courteous and thoughtful. Do not ask questions that people may find insulting.
• 3. Offering a tip can help you get a more thorough answer. Consider giving a tip if you're asking a difficult question and are willing to pay for a well researched answer. If you do not get the answer you are looking for you can refund your tip by selecting "No Best Answer."

• You can also ask a question to our Twitter Account, we will automatically load your question onto Mahalo answers, any answers you get will be sent to your twitter account via an @ reply.

• No matter the type of question you answer, focus on providing helpful, well-written, well-researched and on-point answers, providing sources by posting reputable links is highly recommended by the community.

1. Basic knowledge or research questions.
   • For example: Who brews Mcsorley's Irish pale ale? and How many calories do you need to burn to lose 1 pound of fat?
2. Debate questions.
   • For example: Ethical Debate: You caught someone having an affair, would you tell on them?
3. Opinion questions.
   • For example: What's your favorite fast food restaurant, and why? and Would you buy one of these? The Ipod Human?
4. Community questions.
   • For example: What would you like to see in a Mahalo Answers iPhone application?

• Familiarize yourself with the rules, point system and community.

1. Read Mahalo's Terms of Service.
2. Avoid using Mahalo Answers solely as a tool for self promotion. Mahalo encourages users to link to their own websites within their profile, but we ask that you don't use your website as a "signature" on Mahalo Answers.
   • A violation of the terms may result in the suspension of your account.
3. Learn about Mahalo's Tip Guidelines. Here's what you should know:
   1. Users have the option of offering tips to reward the best answer to their question.
   2. Mahalo uses its own currency called Mahalo Dollars (M$).
   3. Each Mahalo Dollar can be purchased for $1.
   4. Once a user reaches 40 Mahalo Dollars he or she may request payment via PayPal.
   5. Each Mahalo Dollar is worth $0.75 when paid out to the user.Mahalo: Tip Guidelines
4. Learn how points work.
   • Points are not the same as tips and can't earn you money; however, the more points you have the more you will be able to do within the Mahalo Answers community.Mahalo: How Points Work
5. Learn more about Mahalo Payments and Mahalo Dollars

In your email mention..

1. When the Problem happened.
2. What you were doing when you experienced the problem.
3. What type of browser and connection you are using.
4. Do you have a screenshot or video of bug? They help.

Thanks, as always, for your patience, the more people who report an issue, the more information we gain about the bug and the easier it becomes to fix.