Askville
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Askville is a user-driven research site run by Amazon.com. Unlike the recently defunct Google Answers service, Askville is designed to run much like a computer game. Users gain or lose "experience points" in particular topics as they answer questions in those topics, depending on how good their answer is. Users also receive "quest gold" by asking and answering questions, and by voting on the worth of other people's answers. The user can then use these coins as rewards, either to obtain more coins or to exert voting influence on the answers.
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Amazon.com | |
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| People | Jeff Bezos • Tom Szkutak • Brian Valentine • Werner Vogels |
| Websites | A9.com • Alexa Internet • Amapedia • Askville • CDNOW • Digital Photography Review • Internet Movie Database • Joyo.com • Mobipocket |
| Web Services | Alexa Web Services • E-Commerce Service • EC2 • FPS • Marketplace • Mechanical Turk • S3 • Simple Queue Service |
| Other | 1-Click • Amazon Fishbowl • Amazon Kindle • Amazon Standard Identification Number • Statistically Improbable Phrases • Unbox |
| Annual Revenue: Image:Green Arrow Up Darker.svg$10.71 billion USD (2006) • Employees: 13,900 (2006) • Stock Symbol: NASDAQ AMZN | |
