No stupid answers - Answers Corp Quarterly Statement has a real Gem

"...an increasingly competitive environment for our business;" so, what, exactly, do you make of that line? It's in the "threats" section, if you read about it, here. Call us arrogant (it wouldn't be the first time, nor will it be the last).

This is how life in our category stacks up:
1) Yahoo Answers
2) WikiAnswers
3) Answerbag (recently quantified their stats too).
4) Blurtit
5) FunAdvice

What's odd about this list, can you spot it?

Well, two of the sites (us and Blurtit) get very little in the way of press and media attention...and, of course, Demand Media raised $400 million, Answers is public and Yahoo is as well.

The real oddity though...FunAdvice is the only site out of the set without a points system to reward user activity. Given that we all (every site) say we are a social question & answer site...it's odd, don't you think, that an essentially worthless carrot is the backbone of the motivation on every site but ours?

Ah...one final thought: if you look at quantcast when they update for July...you'll note that we grew, a lot. Everybody else? Declining.

Sure, blame twitter or facebook. It's fashionable. However, the fact is...bullshit only takes you so far. Reality is what matters.