Released on: September 30, 2008, 2:37 am

Press Release Author: Times Internet limited

Industry:

Press Release Summary: Ask, share and Learn - Feel the joy of exchanging knowledge
with a community of experts and get rewarded for the same. Here you can ask a
question, answer a question and even argue to an answer.



Press Release Body:

Don’t know the answer? Need another perspective? Just want to see what crops up?
Well, at Indiatimes, you are the one with the question, and the whole world is ready
with answers. Which is where our new beta launch 'Questions and Answers' website
comes in (http://qna.indiatimes.com/). All you need to do is click in, create a
profile and ask away. Anti-matter to matter? Sept 2 is Coconut Day? Indians or Red
Indians? All your whys and wherefores get deliverance here. Of course, if you have a
take on the queries featured, give in to your expert mind’s whims and answer away.
We don’t mind, your take can be smart, ingenious or plain whacky. And all this comes
with great power. You ask more, you answer more, you earn points and badges, you
move up the ladder. More badges you earn, more you go up in the pecking order of
things on QnA. At Indiatimes QnA, we give Respect. And do use genuine names and
photos, you never know for someone from the higher reaches may be watching. The
phone could start ringing. It could all happen.

So, Who Are The Why Gen?
Well, typically it will be the educated Net savvy male/female aged 15-35 yrs, who
just can’t do without their daily internet fix. Needless to say, all those social
networking, chatting fiends are de rigueur complicit.
Why QnA?
Well, because it’s a community-driven question-answer site with experts for specific
modules and a massive knowledge bank with information from all aspects of life. And
also because self-gratification is everything. It’s the platform to seek
expert/community opinion even as you share/show off your knowledge. The place to go
to solve day-to-day queries with unknown/unseen friends. Last but not least, members
know who and where they stand (and they have got the badges to prove it).
Certain features on Indiatimes QnA make it really unique like the way questions
never become ‘dated’, which means your options are always open-ended. Which in turn
means you are tuned into the latest responses, a crucial tool in an age where
information--of the latest sort--is key? You also have the option of changing the
'Best Answer'. With more and more answers flowing in, you can pick and choose what
you want to highlight as the 'Best Answer'. And if promoting debate on said issue is
the focus, you can ‘Argue Back’ in an answer. No answer is accepted without an
argument. This minimalises chances for factually incorrect answers getting onboard,
as community fight backs argue it out of the reckoning.

Zeroing In
Everyone knows it’s a jungle out there on the Net. Indiatimes QnA hopes to be the
platform that bypasses this crowded wood and the trees and goes straight for the
blooms-- focused answers to queries. The expert query sites will share specialized
knowhow irrespective of geographical boundaries. Also, rate/share queries and
answers for the benefit of those who come behind. One of the best features, of
course, is you get multiple opinions on a particular topic at the same point of
reference.




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