Welcome to our official feedback forum. Do you have an idea? Do you recognize a good idea when you see one? We want to hear from you!
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1,592 votes
allow for users to be anonymous. at times I do not want to send specific response archived under me
don't want to have one username. would like an anonymous username i can use as well.
Status: under reviewAardvark is about real people interacting with real people, which is why we ask everyone to use their real names--just like on Facebook.
That said, we understand that there are personal topics that come up, in which case it might be preferred to ask or answer anonymously. I'd love to hear what other people on the forum think about this topic.
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1,018 votes
Cater to Programmers and Web Developers
I'd like to see an API for Aardvark so I can easily create widgets for my sites or other sorts of applications to tap Aardvark.
Status: under reviewI'd *love* to hear from anyone who voted for this about how they'd like to use it in the comments. Thanks!!
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799 votes
make history searchable
currently there is no search facility available in history page..If one has to refer back to a question he had posted in the past, it requires a lot of efforts...leads to enormous wastage of time and frustration...having a search box ot search for past questions would be of great help
Status: under reviewI agree that this would be an awesome feature to have, especially for power users. I'll see if we can get something like this soon.
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479 votes
Provide a better way to rate answers
I get a lot of answers that are in the form of "Well, I'm not really sure but I think it might be ____". That's not a useful answer and I would like there to be a way to mark it as such, something like "You don't really know so there was no need to bother answering".
There a... more
Status: plannedWe're working on this now :)
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451 votes
allow me to see answers to questions where I refer answerers.
Status: startedIt's great to hear suggestions about this, because people are just starting to amp up use of the 'refer' command.
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398 votes
support openid
Support linking an account to an openid for logging in without password.
Status: under reviewAs we expand our userbase, this will definitely be something we'll look at doing!
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363 votes
interface with Twitter accounts and followers to build network
It would be great if people could tell Aardvark their twitter account, so Vark could find people in my followers/friends network to be connected with. I don't use FaceBook much but I use Twitter and have a big network, so I'm much more likely to get connected via Twitter.
Status: under reviewWould you be more interested in importing people you're following, followers, or people who are in both categories?
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349 votes
Support LinkedIn
I would like to be able to synch my LinkedIn social graph with Aardvark and also to have my profile topics and groups transfer over.
Status: plannedThis is definitely something we're planning to do. We're working on other social networks as well. :)
Keep an eye out for announcements.
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320 votes
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272 votes
add a 'wikipedia' command, like 'google'
Just like you can simply reply with 'google' to send related search results, a 'wikipedia' command would also be useful if you think Wikipedia would have the right answer.
Status: under reviewThanks - we'll certainly consider this one if we add more commands similar to 'google'.
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198 votes
Add "quiet hours" so 'vark doesn't IM my phone at 2am.
I've got an IM capable phone (Android G1) and 'vark frequently IM's me in the middle of the night with questions. I'd prefer to just say "Don't IM me between 10pm and 9am" and have that a setting in my account. Additionally, you could restrict by day of week, or arbitrary date ranges... more
Status: plannedAs Steve mentioned in the comments, you can change your answering preferences by going to http://vark.com/answering--we are also working on improving the options you have here and addressing mobile IM forwarding.
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180 votes
More screencasts/videos to show people not on Aardvark what it is.
Most people I know who haven't signed up, don't understand what it is, and think it would be an annoyance to sign up for this service, show them they're wrong by making some cool screencasts or videos.
Status: startedThis is an excellent idea. We're working on creating more videos--it'd be great to hear what kind of things you'd like to see!
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80 votes
add mobile texting support
Add the ability to text Aardvark your questions via mobile SMS and have the responses texted back.
Status: plannedWe've prioritized our iPhone app at the moment, but we're definitely talking about implementing some version of Aardvark via SMS in the future.
One hack in the meantime is to implement IM forwarding on your phone so that instant messages can be sent to your phone via SMS when you're not online. If you have any questions about this, email me at alison@aardvarkteam.com
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41 votes
Allow asking people nearby (by geolocation)
Sometimes you want questions to be routed by people _near you_, not necessarily on your network or with knowledge on a given topic (for example "what's causing this traffic jam? anyone up ahead knows if it was an accident, etc.?")
Status: under reviewThis is something that we've definitely talked about - especially for mobile platforms. I'll keep you posted on what we end up doing!
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33 votes
Use the Vark logo as your IM avatar
I've always loved the Vark, and given how important brand recognition is, Aardvark is well placed. I think the Vark should show his face (ok, well snout) in the GMail chat window, for instance.
Status: plannedHappy that people like our Vark :)
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32 votes
share stats on how many users are logged on from where in the world, purely for coolness sake
Status: under reviewWhile we're not sharing user number right now, you can see information about who in your network is logged in and what they know about on our awesome new homepage. Check it out: http://vark.com/home
It's our first step - we'll talk about showing more location-specific information in the future!
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22 votes
A visual Indicator for open unanswered Qs
A visual indicator or indicative status message indicator which tells us that open unanswered questions (number) are present in the network
Status: under reviewInteresting idea. Would you want to know how many questions are open in your network, or the entire Aardvark community?
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21 votes
Resubmit automatically on negative answer rating
When I get an answer that did not answer the question, and I rate it as "Kind of, but not for me" or "No", I suggest that the question should automatically be resubmitted by Aardvark, since I still don't know the answer.
Status: under reviewThis definitely makes sense. I'll bring it up with the team!
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15 votes
Save for later
From this original post: http://community.vark.com/forums/18354-general/suggestions/231261-save-a-question-for-later?ref=title
Yes, we now have ‘seen’ channel but still need a “save for later” option: some time ago i came across a question which i needed to investigate, so i did, and in the meant... moreStatus: under reviewThanks for the feedback on this! We definitely don't want you to waste your time finding a great answer to a question and then not be able to send it. I'll talk to the team about improving this!
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15 votes
Voice Answer and Replies
My idea is to add a quick voice support... what i mean is that we could easilly by pressing a button request the other person, who asked the question or who answered it, to help us further by starting a voice chat with that person allowing us to quickly devellop ideas and answer while looking on ... more
Status: under reviewWe love facilitating further conversations, so this is something we can definitely look into.
