We wanted to take the time to feature another person from our many active users.
Dr. Richard is a retired dentist who resides in Blackwell, Oklahoma. He is one of our most active question answerers who has answered questions on a wide variety of topics ranging from medical questions to food and education. He's racked up an impressive 647 answers since joining us in July, 2007. He has also asked 167 questions on top of all of his answering activity.
Tell us a little about yourself
I am a dentist, who after many years of successful practice, retired due to losing a lot of my vision. Because of technology, I can do this and I enjoy helping people from a rather conservative and traditional viewpoint.
How did you find out about Askpedia?
I had a telephone/modem problem, so I asked for help on Yahoo! Answers. Apologizing for being unsolicited, an email invited me here. In Askpedia, you don't get the silly answers you do there, so there is a need. Noting the failure of Google Answers, the start of Live QnA, this site needs building.
What are your favorite questions/answers on Askpedia?
My favorite answers are where I can't make a program do something, and the good people of Askpedia tell me, “you can't do that with that program, here's one that will do what you want”. You can tell from my questions that the big thing in my life is my new grandson.
How can we continue to improve Askpedia?
Suggestions? A casual reader may come to an incorrect conclusion about group ask. I wish you would make it clearer. A green rating from site advisor might help. But the most important thing is to do something about thumbs down. An asker can be warned about an incorrect answer with a comment. Thumbs up should provide enough variation to select the best both for the asker and the automatic selection. Percent best answer of resolved questions could be shown, instead of percent best of total total answers. Answering questions should be a positive experience and not being selected as best answer is a stimulus to provide better answers next time.
Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts with us. We agree with your suggestion about thumbs up/down and we've already implemented the change on our website. We'll work on incorporating your other suggestions into upcoming releases.
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