A new iPhone app, Opinionaided, allows to ask questions and collect the views of a community of passionate quickly users. It is not as the myriad of questions and answers of applications and Web sites that have reason last year, forcing you to carefully craft content out of fear of being rejected or ridiculed (* cough * Quora * cough *). It's simple, and I like simple.
Let some of the facts. Sometimes I need a break in the opinion of my peer group and work colleagues, and this app allows me to draw on the views and comments of an unused group. Ask questions about the Twitter world usually leads to some inconsistent knowledge answers. Facebook issues? Don't get started me. My experience on Quora has been mostly negative. Issues are reported as violating TOS with no explanation or chance to solve the problem, questions are redirected to the wrong existing questions and answers have been marked not useful. It is time for something new.
Questions on Opinionaided are short and direct. Responses include thumbs up, thumbs down, or neutral. Some dedicated users leave comments or follow-up questions that lead to conversations. Of course, there are a problem as the app of all start, but more on that later.
Here is a procedure step of the operation of the Opinionaided.
I am surprised apps still offer the possibility to use an email and a password.
This is where Opinionaided gets interesting. Enter your question, take a photo, select a category as part of the humour, games, or SXSW (currently a trend subject), on Facebook or Twitter and you're done. The frustrating part is the requirement of the image. You need to take a photo or choose from your library. I hope that this step is optional in a future version of the application.
For this demonstration I have asked, "should I participate SXSW this year." (Answer: I am certainly attend, with several other members of the crew IntoMobile.) You can see that people are leaning towards no, unfortunately. On this screen, I see votes, comments left by other users, and I can respond to these comments. Share on Facebook, Twitter, or by electronic mail is also options.
"That is ready for the new iPad?". Really? I wish I could vote twice. On the screen with the right to vote, you can choose the categories you are interested to see you relevant questions.
Someone asked if you like his digital art. Seems like the community so far.
Now Opinionaided is only supported on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. An Android version will be soon according to the Web site of. However, you are not limited by these applications. If a question is shared on Facebook, Twitter, or by electronic mail, people, click on these links are being taken to a Web site where they can respond and perhaps subscribe.
That's all. Simple, right? Opinionaided this week, has announced a new round of financing which brings the total amount raised to $ 1.2 million. Clearly the VCs think that there is a problem to solve.
Go ahead and download from the App Store Opinionaided, if you have iOS. Join the community a dependency that has already claimed hundreds of thousands of questions and has helped millions of answers.
