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Jelly 2.0 — A search engine for busy people 🐙
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@rrhoover @biz I'm interested in whether non-direct social search would be better.
I had access to the beta but I never wanted to answer questions - or I put them to one side to 'answer later' - which I didn't get around to.
What about asking a question and receiving curated responses of others from different social channels. Pair that with direct Q&A's too.
e.g. 'Looking for a [specific] product recommendation from IKEA' - X people bought that item and said A,B,C. Ryan and Biz answered and said D and E, respectively.
With that input you could make an informed decision.
@bentossell @rrhoover We plan to add re-use of very helpful answers. We do see duplicate questions and we already have a fantastic answer so it makes sense. We only have five engineers so we need to grow so we can build all the stuff we want.
He may be taking questions now... but also sign up to ask @Biz anything in May 😊
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@biz @finkel To what extent has the Jelly team been inspired by Aardvark? It was a question service powered by instant messaging clients that grew a strong and quirky network of answerers.
Google bought the company and shuttered it many years ago (http://techcrunch.com/2010/02/11...)
@eriktorenberg @biz Thanks, Erik!
We learned a lot. One of the biggest take-aways from Jelly 1.0 that completely relied upon social networks, which turned out not to be the best choice for a search engine. 1 - you don't want your queries to be associated with your identity (this is high friction), and 2 - we can have a much wider network of real, credible people outside your social network to give great answers.
@finkel @eriktorenberg @biz I can understand the answers being spread outside your network would reduce friction, but not sure how anonymous queries makes any difference.
I've been using Jelly for over a month now, can confirm that it's a pretty unique and ultimately useful experience. I never thought that someone would be able to recommend a Manhattan speakeasy that I didn't know of, yet Jelly came through for the win.
A people powered social search engine isn't a new idea.. Why do you think Jelly will succeed where others failed?
I really like this @biz @finkel. There used to be a service like this here in the UK - before smartphones and Google in your pocket - called AQA (Any Question Answered) that worked over SMS and it was a big hit - even at £1 a message! (I actually worked for them answering questions when I was a student...)
Do you see yourselves pursuing a similar paid/premium strategy or will it always be free to 'search'?
Pretty cool so far, what's the draw for registered users to come back and answer questions? (besides the good feels of being helpful) Also, what are the biggest differences between this and something like Quora?
#ProductHuntReview: @Biz @Finkel, been waiting for Jelly for sometime now. As someone who loves breathing room on a website, I am finding that scrolling through questions gets a little daunting. How is Jelly different from Quora besides being able to ask anonymous questions?
Looking forward to seeing more and experiencing getting my questions answered on Jelly.
@sethlouey @biz Thanks!
There are lots of differences... overall, our product is all about short, lightweight, every day answers with no friction.
Quora is a great product, though positioned very differently with amazing, long, interesting content... almost like Medium.
@finkel @sethlouey @biz i see it that way : if ( Medium = Quora ) then {Twitter = Jelly} , right ?
poke @chrismessina
Hey guys - thanks again for the closed beta access and it's great to see this reaching a new milestone with 2.0.
Can you share any of the long-term Roadmap goals? Will this always be human-to-human, or is an A.I. in the works in some way/shape/form?
@dannyfiorentini Thanks! We definitely want to add more A.I. over time, and also start reusing answers so people with either get an instant answer that's great, or be able to easily request an on-demand answer.
@biz I like it, super simple. I received a fast answer to my very first question from an individual in Japan, but not the answer I was really looking for. "Why is the Tsukiji Fish Market in Tokyo closing?" with the added sub-detail "The market is moving in November 2016, but is closing from May 1-9. Why?"
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