I am not trying to be snarky when I say this, so I'll make it longer than a single word.
No.
That is, Y! Answers was/is a great idea with terrible results. I'm not sure if it should have been moderated better, or if it should have been marketed better. Hell, maybe it should have had a basic literacy test prior to being allowed to post and answer?
I could actually come up with a few hundred ways to have made it better. We know the question and answer format works. It does on many, many sites. It failed there and, largely, that's because of the users. I'm not sure which was worse, the questions or the answers.
I'd love to be given that project and tasked with improving it. It's a great idea, but horribly implemented. I'd like to fix it because I'm fond of trying the impossible and like fixing broken things.
Improving search for it is absolutely not going to help it. No, that's not going to help in the slightest.
No.
That is, Y! Answers was/is a great idea with terrible results. I'm not sure if it should have been moderated better, or if it should have been marketed better. Hell, maybe it should have had a basic literacy test prior to being allowed to post and answer?
I could actually come up with a few hundred ways to have made it better. We know the question and answer format works. It does on many, many sites. It failed there and, largely, that's because of the users. I'm not sure which was worse, the questions or the answers.
I'd love to be given that project and tasked with improving it. It's a great idea, but horribly implemented. I'd like to fix it because I'm fond of trying the impossible and like fixing broken things.
Improving search for it is absolutely not going to help it. No, that's not going to help in the slightest.