Yahoo! Answers Blog Malaysia

… to me!

Hiya folks ~

As you can guess, I’m the new Yahoo! Community Manager for Singapore and Malaysia. Having been a fan of Yahoo! and its many products for nearly a decade, it’s so exciting to finally be a part of Yahoo! Woot!

I’ve always been curious about anything and everything. A friend of mine was even annoyed enough to warn me one day that “curiousity killed the cat”. But how did curiosity kill the cat? How did this phrase even come to be? Why…? I think he must have regretted even telling me that, lol! (And guess what? This is what some of us said in reply to Mustang Sally’s “Why did curiosity kill the cat?“)

Well, I always believed that humans are innately curious. And with questions, come answers, which in turn changes to knowledge. And what do people say about knowledge? Yep, it’s power! Muahaha! Time to take over the world! Just kidding. But isn’t it a pleasure to share what we know with each other? It’s like a Q&A Wikipedia

So let’s make this community vibrant and fun together! Leave me a comment or email me if you have any feedback, suggestions, or just general opinions. I don’t bite. Really. (Not unless you’re a gingerbread man or chocolate. Heh.)

Till the next post!

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There are always plenty of avid answerers just itching to tackle the new questions that are asked every minute of every hour of every day on Answers. It never ceases to amaze me how people are so willing to lend their time, knowledge and experience to help out their fellow man. And I’m impressed by the thoroughness that some members of the community put into their answers.

I also notice that some folks fire and forget. They are doing something online, then a thought strikes them and they log into Answers to post a question. The helpful answerers pounce all over it and in short order, the question has a stack of answers. But where did the asker go? Yes, it’s true, sometimes all the answers are equally good and the asker needs help from the community to choose the best and thus, the asker puts the question to a vote. Other times, the asker has simply forgotten to check back and select the best answer. That’s tough on the answerers who invested their time helping out.

Remember, dear asker, to stand by and check back in a day because when you ask, you will receive an answer. Probably several. Maybe even a dozen. And not only will you get the advice or answer you seek, choosing the best answer gives you back three points. Plus (and here’s the big plus), you make someone’s day when you personally select the answer that helped you the most as the best answer. I know I get a thrill every time I get picked as best answer. Do you have any great anecdotes of how you’ve been helped by the Answers community? I’d be most happy to hear from you.

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Welcome to the new blog for Yahoo! Malaysia Answers. Since we launched Answers in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore in 2006, the team has been using just one blog to keep three communities up-to-date. It seemed efficient at the time but we knew we were short-changing our Malaysian community because you were getting updates that well, just weren’t relevant to you.

Not any longer. From today, you’ll have your own blog to keep you informed of the latest happenings here on Yahoo! Malaysia Answers. Expect to hear about folks from your community who have been contributing well to Answers, about community events and other exciting things that we have in store for you.

But that’s not the only change we have for you. I’m sure you’ve noticed that the question page has gone wide screen. Yes, we hear that a wider page means we can fit more on the page and that’s exactly what we’ve delivered. The category links remain on the right-hand side, leaving even more room for the detailed answers you continue to amaze us with.

We’re always listening to the needs and wants of you, the Answers’ community, so we hope you enjoy this page and we look forward to unveiling future developments across all areas of Answers, including enhancements to the ask/answer and reporting process.

In the meantime, keep on enjoying Answers and helping out your fellow Malaysians. Remember, you make the world a smarter place through Answers.

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