[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":473},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-3747238":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":28,"sentiment":29,"stance_mix":30,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":44,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":82,"maker_in_thread":248,"shape":260,"grid":263,"attempts":436,"same_week":437,"maker_shows":41,"maker_hidden":465,"reader_version":466,"card":467},"3747238","Askolo","Q&A for HN users","title","Show HN: Q&A for HN users","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.askolo.com","askolo.com","shazad",1332536164,2012,142,72,138,1677,9,"notable","web_saas","q&a community","web_app",[24,25,26,27],"q&a","ask questions","expert answers","people search","mixed",0.052,{"positive":18,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},21,4,10,44,{"design":36,"docs":38,"idea":40,"execution":42},{"positive":32,"critical":37},5,{"positive":39,"critical":39},0,{"positive":32,"critical":41},1,{"positive":41,"critical":43},3,[41,39,43,41,39,39,43,43,39,43,37,43,43,37,37,37,41,39,43,43,37,43,41,41,43,43,39,41,43,43,37,41,43,43,41,39,43,41,37,37],null,{"problem":47,"audience":54,"pricing":45,"motivation":61,"time_to_build":45,"stack":65,"openness":80,"stage":81,"team_size":80},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Finding diverse opinions and asking specific people questions, which Quora does not focus on","maker",[51],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},"3747328","Thanks for checking it out. The key difference isn't so much what you can't do with Quora, but rather what you don't do. People don't use Quora as a place to ask specific people…",{"value":55,"source":49,"evidence":56},"Thought leaders, experts and Hacker News users",[57,58],{"id":52,"by":11,"text":53},{"id":59,"by":11,"text":60},"3747264","We wanted to a create an interesting space where people can find out about other users on Hacker News. 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I'm…",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"3747569","psawaya","This site feels like a classier version of Formspring. Nice job!",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"3748514","deepkut","For some reason, this is more friendly \u002F easier than Quora. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's Quora's red, I've never liked that. On a more specific note, have you…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"3747670","ankeshk","Like the clean interface. Much better than formspring.me However, each question requires its own permalink. So that people can share a particular Q&A. Another idea suggestion…",{"value":105,"source":86,"evidence":106},"The wish feature for asking people without their address",[107,111],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"3748714","rdl","My favorite feature of this site, by far, is \"wish\". I wanted a service where you could do exactly what it does -- write a note or ask a question to someone, without figuring out…",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"3748396","tersiag","Interesting idea (I especially like the wish feature)! Great implementation! How do you plan on getting users to come back after they've read(or asked) what they needed to read?…",{"value":116,"source":86,"evidence":117},"Friendlier than Quora and better than AnyAsq",[118,122],{"id":119,"by":120,"text":121},"3747807","sgdesign","Weird that nobody mentioned AnyAsq, which is pretty much the same thing: http:\u002F\u002Fanyasq.com\u002F Although Askolo looks better and nicer to use, so hopefully it'll stick around. 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It just says \"ask people questions.\" Granted, there are \"About\"…",{"value":140,"source":86,"evidence":141},"Hard to find people to follow and discover users",[142,146,150],{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"3748577","duggan","Suggestion \u002F Question: the \"suggested users\" list disappeared after my first follow, so discovery has become a little tricky. Does it exist elsewhere? If not, might be a good…",{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"3747728","jfarmer","It's hard to find people to follow, even though I'm well-connected to the initial group of users (lots of friends in YC, started using Quora in 2009, etc.). It's made worse…",{"id":151,"by":152,"text":153},"3747524","eps","See other profiles at the bottom of someone's profile frequently includes the person him\u002Fherself. 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PG answered a question as such: http:\u002F\u002Faskolo.com\u002Fpg",{"id":176,"by":177,"text":178},"3749121","volaski","That's disappointing. I had guessed they might be, but was hoping they were not, because they commented below \"(1) We reached out directly to a handful of people that we admired…",[180,189,194,201],{"value":181,"source":86,"evidence":182},"Show timestamps on questions and answers",[183,187,188],{"id":184,"by":185,"text":186},"3747932","michaelkscott","Please, please include the timestamps for questions, answers, and comments. I'd love to know when some of the questions were asked and answered. 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