Comments on: Wow. ChaCha Is Raising Another $30 Million (Update: Confirmed)

By: Reviews

Reviews — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:14:04 +0000

great job ,wow it is very progress thanks

By: ooooooo

ooooooo — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:08:59 +0000

Why the F is there a 4 per 7 days limit now? I loved chacha, it’s like my buddy, but it’s annoying that I have to select the top 4 out of my billion questions every 7 days. What’s the point of this limit? And I know the call is unlimited but who’s gonna ask a wierd or personal question out loud in a meeting or something in public?

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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:36:06 +0000

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Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:49:34 +0000

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By: rahrah

rahrah — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:32:30 +0000

ChaCha gives advise on everything from drug prescriptions to weapon laws without any kind of disclaimer.

Can you imagine what’s going to happen in the civil case when some one dies from a drug overdose because they asked ChaCha if they could mix drug X with drug Y and ChaCha gave them incorrect interaction advice rather than telling them to call their pharma?

Civil juries love dead body cases when it comes to taking out a company.

By: rahrah

rahrah — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:28:41 +0000

Haven’t been around the high tech industry for very long have you. Stupid people are given fortunes every day to sink into oblivion with.

By: rahrah

rahrah — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 11:24:50 +0000

ChaCha is earning alot? News to me. They have a company renown for slamming as their primary advertiser (Predicto) and have been screwing with guide pay for 4 months straight like they’re about to go under any moment.

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Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:20:20 +0000

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By: pradeep

pradeep — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:09:33 +0000

How this will do in coming days ? – Pradeep

By: Krip

Krip — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:55:51 +0000

@adam – Depending on Twitter alone for quick answers to questions isn’t going to give you good results unless you have 300+ followers actually reading your tweets. Twitter Answers (an app from Mosio which is way cooler than chacha, imo) is a great way to show the power of Twitter, applied to a mobile questions and answers community where speed of responses is key.

http://www.mosio.com/twitter

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شبكة ومنتديات دموع الورد — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:11:00 +0000

شكر لكم

By: ChaCha user

ChaCha user — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:27:00 +0000

ChaCha does have a 4 question per 72 hour limit that they are experimenting with, but it is only for people texting in their questions. You can call 1-800-2ChaCha for unlimited questions. You are also able to send in a feedback grade if you are not happy with your question, i.e. FB A for answers you liked, and FB B, C, D or F for those that were not as good as you would have expected.

Contrary to other people’s statements on here, not everyone has or can afford an internet enabled phone. I know I can’t use the internet feature on mine without a bunch of extra charges, and I could not imagine calling one of my friends to look up some information for me. Therefore it makes a lot of sense for me to be able to ask ChaCha and get the answer. I think ChaCha is great, even more so because it is FREE to use, and the great majority of time, you get great answers back.

By: Josh Garrick-Roswech

Josh Garrick-Roswech — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:03:46 +0000

The service is kinda cool, but economics will never work. As implicitly confirmed by their 4 question limit within 72 hours.

Last night I asked about store hours for a local massage parlor and they got it right. Prior to getting the answer they sent about 4 other texts promoting their kill-time services…trivia, horoscopes, music lyrics, etc. It actually was an OK way to waste about 5 mins and 7-8 texts.

I also got a cryptic message about chance to win $50 if i call an 800 number. And guess who that was for? The frauds at Jingle and their 800-Free-411 service.

So ChaCha and it’s broken rev model is getting Jingle to advertise it’s broken rev model service.

And btw, has anyone used kgb? Short code KGB-KGB (542-542). It’s run by a real company, Inf0-NXX. They provide human powered directory service for most carriers. They understand the economics of both spaces. They’re charging $0.50 a message for a similar text service that ChaCha is providing for free.

One of these guys is closer to understanding the real cost of of providing an SMS-based Q&A service. Any guess who it might be? The guys playing with their own money or those using OPM?

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Wow, a $2000 Ginza-theme speaker system | Digg PhotoBlog — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 08:57:27 +0000

[...] Wow. ChaCha Is Raising Another $30 Million TechCrunch ,January 26, 2009 by Robin Wauters on January 26, 2009 ChaCha, the human-powered answers service we’ve written about quite a bit here on TechCrunch, is raising a Series C … [...]

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 02:43:34 +0000

Cool, neato. Who cares? They do not and will not ever make the common man’s life better or easier. They will NOT IPO, they will NOT be bought by Yahoo or IAC or Microsoft, and they will NOT be cash flow positive and be bought by a PE firm.

Some VCs just don’t want to write off their idiotic investment (at least before they get this year’s bonus and get a new job). This is the kind of mentality that 1) Has created major financial problems in this country, and 2) Has stopped quality companies from getting the cash they need to create real value.

What a joke. Not the funny kind.

By: Henway

Henway — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:21:11 +0000

ChaCha is useless. Case closed

By: Mark Horn

Mark Horn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:58:22 +0000

ChaCha has negotiated “fee-free” calls for ChaCha customers.

By: Mark Horn

Mark Horn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:57:31 +0000

ChaCha has 3 million unique users.

By: Mark Horn

Mark Horn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:56:41 +0000

You’re not going to BS anybody out of $30 mil. Their agreement with AT&T is the key. The focus is on internet access in places where you can’t get it. Like while driving a car.

By: Mark Horn

Mark Horn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:52:44 +0000

This has been tested in court in the case of newspaper columnists giving advice for readers. The court decided it’s you get what you pay for kinda thing.

By: Mark Horn

Mark Horn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:50:58 +0000

I’ve used ChaCha for up to date stock quotes on the run. It works great.

By: Mark Horn

Mark Horn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:49:50 +0000

Stupid people don’t have $30 million dollars.

By: Mark Horn

Mark Horn — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:48:11 +0000

Nice way to get your websites on a blog where 200 people will see it.

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Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:22:25 +0000

[...] TechCrunch reports that person-to-person answers service ChaCha continues to raise money at a rapid clip. As of January 1, 2009, ChaCha had raised $30 million in Series C financing, giving it at least $46 million in total funding so far. [...]

By: jdragon

jdragon — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:46:58 +0000

waiting for this one to implode too…how the hell do they make money?