Stumpedia: Growing Community Around Human Powered Search.
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Stumpedia - new human powered search engine is trying to occupy niche where ChaCha failed. It is new concept of social site which include site submission, Digg style ranking system, communication between users, and point system for active members. Stumpedia doesn’t use crawlers or RSS feed readers.
Stumpeida provide feed to show what people searched and contributed. Another feature is instant answers function where visitors can get answers for any question. Instant answers made as a chat between active members where everyone can contribute an answer.
Reaction from in Blogosphere:
New social search engine received lot of positive feedback from top blogs including: TechCrunch, SearchRank, Orangeinks, or SlyMarketing.
Spam problems: Some spammers found Stumpedia as a great tool to submit their links. Stumpedia CEO Luis Pereira reply about spam:
Presently we’re leaving it up to the community to handle spam submissions by voting down irrelevant results. We’re also monitoring activity and are prepared to take action if spam becomes a problem. Banning people that spam, removing spammy results, etc, are all options we are open to.
Good thing about Stumpedia:
Community is alive! There are a lot of active members who submit quality websites, report spam submissions, and build friendship with other members. Almost 2000 people already joined Stumpedia and page with points shows over 80 members with more than 20 credits. Instant answer feature got many active members as well who are willing to help with any question which was submitted. In fact, we got 4 replies right away for our question about JFK date of birth.
June 26th, 2008 at 9:24 am
I have tried this service with mixed results. The biggest question I have is “can I trust my answer?”. Who is answering the question and what is the source of their answer has me puzzled. I installed the Muchobene widget, then asked and answered questions. Several “test” questions were answered incorrectly. During the session, I learned that the person answering had no knowledge on the subject I requested. I also could have answered my requests inaccurately, had I chosen to do so. If I need instant, reliable information, I am not certain that this is the best way to get it. Interesting concept, but crowd-sourcing seem not reliable.