1. ONLINE Q&A SITES
Teng Siong Ong(tengsio1)

2. WHAT IS ONLINE Q&A?
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3. WHAT IS ONLINE Q&A?
•Questions
•Answers Each bullet shows up one
by one
•Users generated content
•Variants

4. VARIANTS OF Q&A SITES
Bullets should transition
•Public
•Private

5. PUBLIC Q&A
•Public Questions
•Public Answers
•Everyone can see

6. QUORA.COM
Quora is a collection of questions and answers that is created, edited, and organized by everyone
who uses it. The main goal is to be the best possible resource for someone who wants to know
about each question.
source: www.quaro.com

7. STACKOVERFLOW.COM
Stack Overflow is a programming Q & A site that’s free.
source: www.stackoverflow.com

8. FORMSPRING.ME
Discover what’s interesting about your friends.
source: www.formspring.me

9. PRIVATE Q&A
•Private Questions
•Private Answers

10. FACEBOOK.COM
You can ask question on Facebook and you can create polls on
Facebook as well.
source: www.facebook.com

11. EXPERTS-EXCHANGE.COM
Experts Exchange is a technology help website that you have to
pay to access the answers.
source: www.experts-exchange.com

12. CRAMSTER.COM
Need homework help? Pay to see the answer.
source: www.cramster.com

13. YAHOO! ANSWERS
Do you consider this as cheating?
source: answers.yahoo.com

14. CHEATING
•Post Homework Questions
•Copy answers

15. PLAGIARISM ON QUARA
Business Insider suspected copying content from Quora.
source: www.quaro.com

16. CONTENT OWNERSHIP
•Author owns the content?
•Website owns the content?
•Freely distributed?

17. LEGAL ADVICE ON QUARA
source: www.quaro.com

18. LEGAL ADVICE
•Ask for legal advice
•Reliable?
•Trustable?

19. MEDICAL ADVICE
Asking medical advice on Yahoo! Answers.
source: answers.yahoo.com

20. MEDICAL ADVICE
•Ask for medical advice
•Reliable?
•Trustable?

21. DISCUSSION
•Should answerers on Q&A sites disclose their
affiliation?
•Who is responsible for the bad consequences
of legal or medical advices on Q&A sites? The
owners of the sites? Or, the answerers?
•Is it ethical to claim ownership on the
knowledge on Q&A sites?