Amazon Launches Q&A Site Askville

There are so very many services that look alike, and whenever a new one comes along, you have to wonder why anyone would bother using it.  In reference to Askville, Amazon has a neat answer: bribes.

This is not some dirty little secret; in both the subtitle and very first sentence of a press release, Amazon happily notes that users of its question-and-answer service will be able to work their way towards $50 and $100 gift certificates.  And frankly, I don’t see a problem with that.

Neither, I’d assume, does results.  Still, the whole bribery angle may put Askville one step ahead of its competitors.