Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
askxanything.com
Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
1–10 of 26 posts
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#2Is this different from Quora because it relies on twitter so those who answer don't need to be on the site?
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#3The main difference between this and a traditional AMA is that the AMA host agrees to answer questions beforehand.
There is no such guarantee in this product - how do you plan on combating questions that just sit idle? If questions just sit unanswered this is basically a twitter aggregate.
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#4The main difference between this and a traditional AMA is that the AMA host agrees to answer questions beforehand. There is no such guarantee in this product - how do you plan on combating questions that just sit idle? If questions just sit unanswered this is basically a twitter aggregate.
Yeah I don't understand the value in this as a platform to ask/answer questions. If I want to ask someone something at their twitter handle, why go through this when I can mention them directly?
The only value would be that this has a centralized placed to view questions that were answered or are waiting to be answered. Even then, AMA threads don't just vanish. You can always go back an view them or visit the tabled[0] subreddit to read the AMA without the extra comments.
[0]: tabled.reddit.com
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#5Doesn't ask.fm achieve the same purpose?
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#6I see what you’re trying to do here and like it conceptually. (Although I’m not sure how it compares to existing venues such as Quora, etc.) Very long way to go in making it interesting/useful from a product perspective and attracting an audience though, basically just a splash page currently.
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#7The main difference between this and a traditional AMA is that the AMA host agrees to answer questions beforehand. There is no such guarantee in this product - how do you plan on combating questions that just sit idle? If questions just sit unanswered this is basically a twitter aggregate.
I mean I think there could actually be value in a twitter aggregator for topics you're interested in (no idea why Twitter hasn't done something like that). But I agree.
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#8Is this different from Quora because it relies on twitter so those who answer don't need to be on the site?
Yes, and this also brings other benefits. 1) They don't need to provide proof, as they tweet the answer from their official account. 2) They keep the engagement with their audiences in their established channels (I plan to add youtube in future too).
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#9People have setup Github repos with issues as ongoing AMA's. I think a lot are forked from here:
Re: Show HN: Ask X anything – AMA shouldn't be a one time thing
#10The main difference between this and a traditional AMA is that the AMA host agrees to answer questions beforehand. There is no such guarantee in this product - how do you plan on combating questions that just sit idle? If questions just sit unanswered this is basically a twitter aggregate.
Why would it matter?
Even in traditional Reddit AMAs, most celebs do not answer past 10 questions. So 99% of questions in a "traditional" AMA would still be left unanswered.
I'm pretty sure this is just a pet toy project anyways.