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A versus B

It's felt like there have been a lot of articles based on answering reader questions lately. And, when I checked the totals, I noticed that the next Answers column would be the 100th. Since I started running answers to questions a little less than a year ago, then assuming around 240 posts per year, that means that a bit less than half of all articles over the course of a year have been about answering questions. I started running answers to questions based on reader feedback so it would be interesting to know whether people still like the idea. Would you rather:

  • Have more answers to questions and fewer original articles?
  • Have more original articles and fewer answers to questions?
  • Have equal amounts of both?
Published Tuesday, July 17, 2007 5:00 AM by Nicholas Allen
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 9:32 AM by Eric Miotto

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I vote for the third option, equal amounts of answers and original articles.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 12:07 PM by MichaelGiagnocavo

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I think I'd prefer more original articles, depending on the quality of the questions, of course.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007 1:10 PM by Raghu

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I vote for the third option.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 2:26 AM by singhhome

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I am also with 3#.

I think Q&A should be there as they are common real world scenarios. And original articles helps to understand stuff, even before working on it.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 4:36 AM by Pallavi

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Option 3

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Q&A - since they depict real-world scenarios

Articles - Depper insights into the selected topic.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007 8:43 AM by Will Rogers

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I think a balance is best, but you should base it on the quality and overall usefulness to the community of the questions you're receiving. Either way I'll be visiting the site 5 days a week!

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