Although Facebook has recently launched
Facebook Questions, which we think will be very complimentary to Viewpointr (noted below), there are some differences that we would like to highlight:
Personalized space solely for Q&A
We believe there is value in providing 1 destination for all of your Q&A, and Viewpointr aims to be that destination. The Facebook Questions feature hasn't been released to most users yet, so as of right now, Q&A gets lost in your news feed due to the amount of content being shared (i.e. photos, videos, articles, links, etc.).
With Viewpointr, we provide you with your own URL (e.g. Help me =>
http://viewpointr.com/acharoo) that you can use to share all of your questions anywhere online. Think of it like your online Q&A profile.
Point to friends easily on Facebook, Twitter, and via Email
One of the ways to help your friends and the people around you is to point them in the right direction. Similar to what happens offline when you ask a friend for help and they say "Oh, I know the perfect person that could help. I can put you in touch with them. Shoot me some information that I can forward." Referring friends inside and outside Facebook is currently difficult. You can't forward messages or questions in status updates on Facebook. Also, it can't be easily shared with others who may have a similar question.
So, we would like to make it much easier for you to help others by providing a way that you can point (i.e. refer) questions to specific friends in your social online circle.
With Viewpointr, currently you can easily personalize and point questions to your friends on Facebook, Twitter, Viewpointr, and Email.
Anyone can help (= follow) you
In envisioning an easy way to give help and get help, we adopted a similar following model to Twitter, where users can click the button "help", which allows them to subscribe to users' requests / questions. This way, anyone can help you.
With Facebook, questions are only shared within Facebook. With Viewpointr, questions are shared with all of your online networks (e.g. Twitter).
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Note on Facebook Questions: We plan to integrate with the new Facebook Questions feature to make it easy for people to get help and give help no matter their choice of site. This concept is similar to how
Plancast integrates with Facebook Events.
Try it out --
http://viewpointr.com. You can sign in with 1-click through Facebook Connect or Twitter Sign In.