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Interesting idea. It might be worth offering two pricing options: (1) Pay for private answers, (2) free/bounty open source answers. Your concept seems to have
by mch82 7y ago
Interesting idea.
It might be worth offering two pricing options: (1) Pay for private answers, (2) free/bounty open source answers.
Your concept seems to have some overlap with StackOverflow. A problem with StackOverflow is their content is licensed CC-BY-SA. That can make some answers dicey for companies to use. Publicly visible answers on your site might be more valuable than StackOverflow answers if you released them as CC0. CC0 answers could also be merged into the docs of the FOSS projects. Having those answers on your site should drive more search traffic to you, bringing more leads for paid private Q&A.
On the expert side of what you’re doing... if you can streamline the payment process & generate a 1099 for taxes (like Lyft-style companies do) that might remove some overhead for experts & get them interested.
- Aearnus 7y agoPayment process definitely isn't streamlined right now (the button to cash out just sends me an email), but I am planning on paying through a 1099, if that makes things any easier.
- mch82 7y agoTo me, what you’re sort of doing is flipping the StackOverflow model around so that the authors share in the profits. That’s an interesting concept to experiment with. I wonder if “Teachers Pay Teachers” might be a company for you to benchmark? Side note... It’s not often we see HN front page stories from Tucson, AZ & that’s awesome!
- Aearnus 7y agoI think that there's a large way that Immutable Coffee differs from Stack Overflow, and that's in the fact that Immutable Coffee is: * Private (answers don't circulate around the internet! that's important because of how quickly answers on stack overflow become invalidated) and * Immediate & one-on-one (waiting for answers/responses in a comment chain on Stack Overflow is a super frustrating experience!) And thank you! Lots of love for Tuscon. Bear down!