Get into the political mix in New Orleans…

New Orleans has some interesting political races coming up and Gambit’s The Best Of New Orleans has launched Electionland so that you can ask them about the things that matter to you – directly. Yes, it’s true.

No media middlement, just you talking directly to your representatives and them answering your questions personally. Go check out.

Askadelphia Launches!

If you have questions about Philadelphia then you need to head over to Askadelphia and get answers from the people who know.

Want to know the best view of the Philly Skyline?

It’s part of the Questionland Network. If you have questions about Seattle, Boise, Portland, go ask them.

Questionland Experts Launches

The Stranger has launched Questionland Experts. It’s a place where the community can ask experts questions – you get answers from the professionals.

The Q&A is topical and relevant, and what could be more relevant than Thanksgiving – the starting topic. You get to ask local chefs how to solve your problems, or get ideas for new side dishes, or alternatives to turkey, or doing something healthy. Avoid that dry turkey this thanksgiving, or try something new. Have fun.

Q&A is big and profitable.

ReadWriteWeb posted about the success of Answers.com today. They are growing rapidly and profitable which is great, but where is it all coming from? WikiAnswers is the answer.

On a separate note PaidContent posted about Sharecare, a health Q&A launching with some great expert content from Dr. Oz and a team he is assembling.

Q&A is big business. But RWW raises an important issue: How good is the content? At these mega sites it may be questionable (pun intended). We think that the content will be better when Q&A is integrated into site content and their communities.

UGC is gradually moving in the direction of Social Content which is far more relevant and valuable. That’s why we provide Social Q&A for communities with expert content.

Questionland Boise is live!

The latest city to join Questionland is Boise. The Boise Weekly, some of the nicest and coolest people have launched: You Ask. Boise Answers. So go ahead and ask.

You can also ask questions in Seattle at The Stranger and Portland at The Portland Mercury. We’ll be announcing new cities as they join… and remember there can be only ONE (Questionland is limited to 1 per city and um… you won’t get that reference unless you know the film. Do you?).

McGinn enjoys Electionland

McGinn was having a great time answering questions at The Stranger. The campaign staff tweeted a picture of him at the time saying he was having fun. Both he and Mallahan spent an hour answering questions directly posed by and ranked by The Stranger community.

You can check out their answers or ask questions in the upcoming races…

This is an important vote, so get involved and know who you want to get elected and why. If you’re mot aware of the issues – I wasn’t – just go read some of the questions.

Electionland at The Boise Weekly

Check out Electionland at the Boise Weekly.

 

The Town Hall you can watch while drinking a beer.

Dominic Holden wrote a great decription of Electionland at The Stranger. They are covering 9 races/initiatives and have virtually all the candidates participating. You ask the questions, they answer them. No media in the middle. So it’s not just watching, you can participate in a Town Hall while drinking a beer. I personally had a great time at the last one – The Housing Levy. I knew little about it at the start and had some pretty simple questions about raising property taxes. By the end I had a real sense of what the pros and cons are and what the impact will be. Very cool.

Electionland in full swing at The Stranger!

Go ask a question of you’re local politicians. They’ll be answering soon!

Consumer Break Up

This is a fun one and all too true. Sorry if you’ve seen it before. (Thanks to Josh Dirks for pointing it out – follow him, read his blog, and get ready for his new venture).