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What is Askville?
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2006-12-22 10:26:51
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> Subject: [Sigia-l] What is Askville?
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> It's new, and best of all, it's free! "
> 
> To start go to:
> http://askville.amazon.com/askville/Landing.do?avctx=b
ooks
> 
> I am wondering what are they upto? What is the value
add for 
> Amazon with this site? Why is this site so ugly? Is
there a 
> trend which I am missing? (I thought Amazon has good
design 
> sensibility)

No idea, but it's at least interesting for their use of
mobile phones
for compulsory identity verification. 

So this one site that will manage to keep Ziya out at least.


Jonathan


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What is Askville?
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2006-12-22 12:28:41
On 12/22/06, Jonathan Baker-Bates
<Jonathan.Baker-Bateswheel.co.uk> wrote:

> >Why is this site so ugly? Is there a
> > trend which I am missing? (I thought Amazon has
good design
> > sensibility)

Agreed. "Ooh, look. We used blue and green with a large
font for our
logo. How Web 2.0 of us."

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