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Hello everyone I've added payouts for questions answerers in US Dollar, along with Bitcoin.

Again url is https://dzhaven.com

Your original premise that the site was created primarily for the interests of the respondents is wrong. It is created for both question asker and respondent. Paying for an answer is not an unfortunate necessity, it is a major feature of the site--that makes the interaction more fair and equitable for both sides.

Additionally in terms of fraud or other bad behavior it is a two way street. It is also possible for respondents to create multiple accounts or get their friends to pad points for their answer, and subsequently bring themselves unfairly into the forefront as the leading answer. Just like on ebay both the seller and the purchaser are able to commit fraud. On amazon sellers sometimes mislead on their products and buyers claim to never have received their item. On stack respondents pad their points from their friends or using other accounts. Askers sometimes don't give proper credit. The list of sites and fraud methods goes on and on.

The point is fraud is possible with ANY PLATFORM. There is nothing inherent to my method that makes it more so. Again if fraud was as rampant as you claim amazon and ebay could not possibly have lived long enough to be the huge businesses they are now. And yet here we are having hundreds of thousands of businesses doing billions of financial transactions on the internet not knowing who the user really is or if the user account they are trusting to buy, sometimes thousands of dollars worth of merchandise, is a fraudster. Again people are not as evil as you imply. My analogy still stands.

You should try the site as there are multiple disclaimers that appear at the relevant time to explain how the system works: including fees, payments, etc. So yes those explanations are already there and transparent.

But for your first criticism. I cannot force people to pay, as you imply by your question about refunds its their money until they choose to pay. And yes there are refunds as long as a response has not been marked the answer already. I've answered this question actually several times, but if you look at ebay they use a similar system as mine. Users have a points system, a reputation, and people choose whether or not to do business with them. On ebay it is also possible to just create new accounts and continue scamming as you say, but for some reason the system works and people continue to choose to use it.

The rate is my choice. And people will choose to use a different system if they think its too much.

Ultimately what I'm saying is that I disagree with your assertions. People aren't as evil or dishonest as you imply. And if the system, as it is now, is too loose for some answerers--again I'm transparent about it so people should go somewhere else.

Thank you so much for your feedback @Thekool1s! Yes your suggestion is right on as I have a similar mechanism to try and prevent fraud, as you suggested. There is a question reputation system called Bounty Paid Percentage. It tracks how well the question asker is paying their bounties. Within the algorithm that calculates this score there is a check for questions that have at least 3 responses and that the community has up voted at least one of the responses with a point score of 10 or higher. If so this question is included in the calculation and affects the questioner's score. This means if they have a lot of these types of questions there Bounty Paid Percentage score will go down and people will obviously be less likely to answer their questions. Having said that I do not force people to mark answers and pay, as ultimately they may have legitimate reasons and it would be impossible to know for sure. I'm trying to keep a balance between the questioner and answerer, and be fair to each group--as both groups are important.

Your suggestion on the thread page, would you have a sample of what an input screen without "InputBox" usage would look like. It's hard to envision.

The site makes money by taking a cut from the answerer's balance. Currently it is 25%. I make money on that side instead of the question asker since it is most important to get questions into the site, and charging for that might turn some people off. The answerer on other hand, even with my cut, is making money by using a website that they did not create or pay to run. So it felt like the right call.

Super important point I forgot to mention! The site will also eventually help you get a job. I will have an algo that parses the top answerers on any topic and provide data to highering managers. This is opt in only, not mandatory. But if you're looking for a job your reputation and answers on the site can really help.

1. Thank you for acknowledging my point
2. I completely agree. This site is not for everyone and certainly on the internet one is free to choose. However I believe that there are a subset of people that could be large enough to make at least a small business out of. For example stack alone is so huge getting even 10-20 percent of their traffic should be a business unto itself. Not to mention quora and all the others.

By way have you seen the latest version of my site, https://dzhaven.com. I made some style and navigation changes to be more attractive and useful. Please take a look if you can. Thanks.

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Good valid points once again. I'm wondering if you had any ideas on marketing methods. I need to use my funds wisely so I can't do that much. Currently I just do google ads.

You are correct and I've revamped the look of the entire site. Tell me what you think.

1. If you look at ebay the same problem could occur. And honestly I've had instances where I've been scammed but ebay refused to reimburse me. Regardless ebay still continues to do business. Well in similar fashion I have mechanisms in place to give question askers points based on whether they pay their bounty or not. Consider it their reputation.
2. Yes but if you think its not better that what you get for free that's clearly not true if you look at how our society runs. Additionally answerers compete with each other so there is an incentive for better answers, since it is not they who determine the answer but the question asker.

Royse777 thank you for your feedback. I've made some revamps to the site styles. Let me know what you think.

So I'll take a stab at your criticism. Stackoverflow does not always provide the answer. Sometimes the answers are weak or there is no response given at all. In those cases, what does one do when they need the answer for work? Give up? In addition to this predicament there are many countries with strong technical people but poor jobs. For us in better developed countries getting a few bucks may not be enough motivation. But how about this, spending a few bucks to get a good answer. Could that be worth it to some? And then again for those in poorer countries receiving a few bucks for their knowledge would be very welcome.

Additionally people speak as if Stackoverflow can do no wrong. Stackoverflow has many strong points but some flaws. The one already mentioned I think is a critical flaw, but also their search results are poor as well and they have heavy moderation and centralization. I intend to be more loose with what is allowed. Users should decide what and how to post.

At the end of the day there's mcdonald's, wendys, chickfila, burger king, etc. And also many other similar competitive situations, why not have some in the tech forum space? Since stack alone serves millions seems like taking even 10-15 percent might be a decent business?

Thank you Royse777. Could you give me an example of a site that both looks good and can function as what I am intending? I'm thinking maybe reddit? But I'm hoping the professional nature of the questions will make people focus more on functionality as I'm not a web designer and don't have that much time. If the site makes money I could certainly hire someone later.

The person asking questions preloads some credits into their account. Then when they write their question they determine a specific bounty for that question. When someone answers the question and the question asker likes the question they select it as answer and the system will take that bounty from the question asker and give it into balance of answerer.

Additionally everyone has a bounty payment percentage score. If you don't pay your promised bounty people will know and not answer your questions.

Once answerer get's a minimum balance (I'm trying to avoid people asking to be paid 23 satoshi) they ask for payment and are paid in bitcoin.

Hi guys thank you all for your interest. The site is https://dzhaven.com. Please note its just started so there's not much traffic. But what I would like is feedback in terms of updates to features and bugs.

Both bounty setup and answer payout are working. And all posts can be done with youtube video as well as text.

Its been my experience that sometimes I ask questions and I dont get any response or the responses are not what I need. I figured since this is usually for work people would have an incentive to pay if they get good quality answers.

As for differentiators my site will allow posts to be done in both video and text. Since some answers will work better explained with images and sound.

Forgive the newbie ignorance I thought this was a thread I created. I will be releasing the url soon but wanted to gather some more feedback and perhaps make changes based upon that first.

Good point. What I can say is my site is more like a stackoverflow. In other words its not really a bunch of professionals like angie's list or just answer. Its supposed to be more community driven and IT specific. The sites you mention are business to consumer. Mine is more any IT person to any IT person. Not sure this is enough of a difference for you, but thanks for the feedback nonetheless.

Sorry one more thing on my site the question "fees" paid are bounties and the question asker sets them, not the site. So there's more control, and of course the responders will determine if whatever that bounty is sufficient.

Also all posts can be done with video as well as text. I think this is a nice distinguishing feature as well.