Bible.com is a vital component of the YouVersion digital brand. It recently reached a new high in terms of organic search performance. It is going over 5 million organic clicks from Google this year. That’s more than any year in the past! But, we know there is so much more we could be doing or doing better.
Enabling open discussion on Bible verses on Bible.com.
Phase 1 (like stackoverflow)
Allowing registered user to ask question on a chapter or a verse of the Bible.
Allowing registered user to answer the question.
Allowing registered user to commentthumb up and thumb down the answer
Phase 2 (like stackoverflow)
Evaluating and scoring the question and the answer associated with each chapter/verse.
Showing recommended question and answer for the Bible verse/chapter for every user.
Recommending strategy could base on score and machine learning of user preference.
Evaluating and scoring each user. Defining certified user by certain criteria.
Phase 3 (Chat room/social network/online study)
Allowing users that are viewing on a same a chapter or a verse of the Bible to have a real time discussion.
When a discussion is hot, invite certified user who have credibility on the topic to be involved in the discussion.
Allowing certified user to organize online public small group study.
Defense for the idea
How the idea will improve growth?
Open discussion on God’s Word will help participants grow spiritually by thinking, interpreting and understanding God’s Word. Stand firm on God’s Word by sharing, encouraging comforting each other, improve the unity and harmony of the body of Christ.
What area of growth it will improve?
God’s Word, unity of the body of Christ.
Popularity and vitality of the community
What do you think is estimated level of effort to implement this?
Not sure about the effort, since never worked in a community.
But every phase is doable and have a successful business model to follow.
As an engineer, implementing is never a time consuming task for me. Spike and POC is hardest.
This is my estimation for 4 engineers working full time:
Phase 1 - 1 month
Phase 2 - 2 months
Phase 3 - 2 months
BTW, I didn’t put globalization and localization into consideration for this estimation.
Additional context
Why reinvent the wheel? we already allowed people to share on social networks such as facebook and twitter.
Key is Bible focused, At least I don’t know a place you can dedicatedly study, share, discuss Bible online.
How we judge the question, answer and malicious users?
We don’t judge. The Truth will reveal itself.
Think about stackoverflow, for a popular question, a wrong answer will finally corrected by the community.
That also applies to any other discussion. Zhihu is a Chinese platform like quora. (https://www.zhihu.com/question/28564647) You can see the drama of a credited user losing/earning his public credit depending on if he is respecting the truth not anything fake.
Why do we need online Bible study?
I don’t know, I feel it’s pretty in need and popular in China. Not sure about other countries.
Idea in my mind
Enabling open discussion on Bible verses on Bible.com.
Phase 1 (like stackoverflow)
questionon a chapter or a verse of the Bible.answerthequestion.commentthumb upandthumb downtheanswerPhase 2 (like stackoverflow)
questionand theanswerassociated with each chapter/verse.questionandanswerfor the Bible verse/chapter for every user.scoreand machine learning of user preference.certified userby certain criteria.Phase 3 (Chat room/social network/online study)
hot, invitecertified userwho have credibility on the topic to be involved in the discussion.certified userto organize online public small group study.Defense for the idea
Open discussion on God’s Word will help participants grow spiritually by thinking, interpreting and understanding God’s Word. Stand firm on God’s Word by sharing, encouraging comforting each other, improve the unity and harmony of the body of Christ.
God’s Word, unity of the body of Christ. Popularity and vitality of the community
What do you think is estimated level of effort to implement this?
Not sure about the effort, since never worked in a community. But every phase is doable and have a successful business model to follow. As an engineer, implementing is never a time consuming task for me. Spike and POC is hardest. This is my estimation for 4 engineers working full time:
Phase 1 - 1 month Phase 2 - 2 months Phase 3 - 2 months BTW, I didn’t put globalization and localization into consideration for this estimation.
Additional context
Why reinvent the wheel? we already allowed people to share on social networks such as facebook and twitter.
Key is Bible focused, At least I don’t know a place you can dedicatedly study, share, discuss Bible online.
How we judge the question, answer and malicious users?
We don’t judge. The Truth will reveal itself. Think about stackoverflow, for a popular question, a wrong answer will finally corrected by the community. That also applies to any other discussion. Zhihu is a Chinese platform like quora. (https://www.zhihu.com/question/28564647) You can see the drama of a credited user losing/earning his public credit depending on if he is respecting the truth not anything fake.
Why do we need online Bible study?
I don’t know, I feel it’s pretty in need and popular in China. Not sure about other countries.