Amazon launches question and answer community Askville

[mandy]

The Askville site: http://askville.amazon.com/askville/Index.do#answers
The Askville blog: http://askville-blog.amazon.com/

1.      What is Askville?

Askville is a place where you can share and discuss knowledge with other people by asking and answering questions on any topic.  It’s a fun place to meet others with similar interests to you and a place where you can share what you know.    You can learn something new everyday or help and meet others using your knowledge.  Askville even helps you learn by giving you cool tools to help you find information online while you are answering questions.  It’s all about sharing—what you know and what you want to know—so go ahead and meet someone new today and Askville!

6.      What are Quest Coins?

Quest Coins is a virtual currency on Askville that users can earn by participating on Askville.  To encourage participation and reward great answers, Askville users can earn Quest Coins based on specific actions you take.  The table below summarizes the number of Quest Coins you can earn for different actions. Eventually you will be able to use Quest Coins when we launch Questville.com (coming in 2007).  In the meantime, collect as many Quest Coins as you can and show everyone how active and helpful you've been on Askville.

FAQ: http://askville.amazon.com/askville/faq.html

Coming in 2007 is Questville: http://www.questville.com