codeforamerica / oakland_answers

Code For America's version of Oakland Answers.
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Feature: Public asks Questions any time, Quora style #88

Open evanwolf opened 10 years ago

evanwolf commented 10 years ago

Support the ability to ask questions, have them seen in public, available for people to answer, and for AnswerTeam/CityStaff to prioritize.

Quora has a lovely model we can steal for Answers.

1a. Search for questions. If what you're looking for isn't found, "Ask a Question" go to 2.
1b. Click an "Ask a Question" button, go to 2

  1. Enter the question. Quora performs a search and shows up to five likely duplicates. "This is a new question" go to 3.
  2. Add a description. Add tags. Choose primary tag. Save.
  3. Save-now-Share dialog. Confirm question saved, those following tags will see this in their queue, and offer options for additional sharing: post to blog; share on twitter, fb; email this. Used to widen the readers of the question to solicit answers.

Different than Quora:

migurski commented 10 years ago

I like the idea of suggesting a new Question if an Answer is not found.