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Hi,
Can you share this announcement with
anyone you think will be interested?
Thanks!
Announcing O'Reilly
Answers A useful site that's, well, a different kind of animal
We're launching the beta of O'Reilly
Answers, and I'm inviting you to be part of it. In brief, O'Reilly
Answers is a community site for sharing knowledge, asking questions, and
providing answers that brings together our customers, authors, editors,
conference speakers, and Foo (Friends of O'Reilly).
Why Answers, and why now?
O'Reilly is at the center of an amazing exchange of knowledge sharing and
idea generation. We've created the usual means of facilitating
communication between customers, O'Reilly folks, and the outside experts we
call "alpha geeks" who contribute to O'Reilly books, conferences,
and websites. We can connect through reader reviews, errata submissions,
book forums, blog comments, Get Satisfaction, our customer service
department, and more. But too much of this conversation is siloed, and not
enough is public (e.g., discussions on our internal mailing list for
editors, or personal responses to customer questions). O'Reilly Answers
will be the place where much of that communication happens from this point
forward.
Why participate?
The lofty reason: Like O'Reilly, you want to "change the world by
spreading the knowledge of innovators." That's our mission, and we've
been fortunate enough to build a community of passionate, committed people
who love to learn and share their knowledge as they work towards a better
world for us all.
The "nice, but what's in it for
me" reasons: reputation, recognition, and rewards.
Get Recognized:
"Find interesting people" is a core activity at O'Reilly, and an
important component of our success. We see Answers as an important way to
discover and connect with our next authors, online instructors,
videographers, and speakers.
Build Your Reputation:
You've learned a lot, why not get credit for all that knowledge? As your
submissions to Answers are voted up, your personal reputation on the site
increases. At launch, your reputation will be based solely on your
participation in O'Reilly Answers. Soon, we're expanding across
oreilly.com, so the book errata and book reviews you've submitted, books
you've registered, and conferences you've attended, will add reputation
points. You'll also earn badges
to mark accomplishments and milestones.
Earn Rewards:
Glory is great, but discounts and deals are nice, too. We want to reward your
contributions to the O'Reilly community. Shortly we'll have a point-based
system in place that you can redeem for books, training, courses, and
conferences. Details soon, but in the meantime, any actions you take now
will count towards your total points.
This is just v.1:
The best part of any project on the web is watching it take on a life of
its own. With that in mind, we're looking forward to *your* suggestions
about where O'Reilly Answers should go, what features should be added, and
what benefits and rewards we can offer all of you.
I'd like to acknowledge the projects
that have proceeded Answers and inspired us, such as SitePoint Forums (we
distribute their books), StackOverflow, Yahoo! Answers, Knol, and many
others. They're great resources, and we think the O'Reilly community can
create a useful site that's, well, a different kind of animal.
One last thing: O'Reilly
Answers is in beta and you may encounter bugs. We're still working on
many improvements to the site, such as feeds for each tag, but would love
to hear your suggestions for features and improvements. Please send any
suggestions/questions/bug reports to [address removed].
Until next time--
Marsee Henon
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