Ask.com hopes to tap the wisdom of its users to provide better answers for people who ask questions. The company has amassed a database of 500 million question-and-answer pairings. Questions that don’t already have an answer will be sent to users that the company considers “experts” Users will be asked to declare in their profiles that they want to become experts. If a question isn’t answered within an hour, it will get thrown out to the broader community. The service will eventually be available to all users.”]
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