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Wondir.com closes its doors on April 30, 2009
April 29, 2009 - 12:30am — The Wondir Foun...
by Matthew Koll, Chairman of the Wondir Foundation
The Wondir Foundation was the original developer of the Wondir Q&A service, found for one more day at www.wondir.com. The Wondir service is shutting down as of April 30. I’d like to take this opportunity to offer my perspective as a founder of that service.
Wondir started out on the cutting edge of the Live Web. When we launched Wondir in 2002 it offered a unique combination of instant messaging, search, forums and alerts. We made up the term “Live Q&A” to distinguish our service from traditional message boards and from search engines. We had lofty goals:
To connect people who have information needs with the people and information that can help them. To give people fast, simple access to the thousands of organizations, corporations and service providers, and millions of individuals throughout the world who want to help others by providing information, guidance and expertise.
Over the last seven years Wondir users have answered millions of questions for each other. I’d like to thank the many people who contributed so much to the Wondir community – especially the individuals who provided those millions of helpful responses. And most especially to those who strove to maintain a sense of a caring, helpful community – even upon viewing the millionth version of, “My boyfriend and I only did X. Could I be pregnant?”
Looking back over the various changes that have taken place in this time period -- to the company, to the user community, and to the marketplace -- I think we can say that Wondir has been a positive force.
The Live Web of 2009 now offers people a myriad of ways to connect with other people for answers, opinions and help – ever faster and more extensively. The addition of Summize to Twitter brought real-time search for conversations into the mainstream. Ask’s new Q&A search tab is very cool. Facebook and LinkedIn Answers make it easy to tap into your social network’s knowledge. The emergence of new entries like aardvark, Mahalo Answers and kgb, joining the field with more established sites, such as Yedda, Answerbag, WikiAnswers and Yahoo! Answers, demonstrates both how crowded that space has become and how people believe there is much growth and opportunity ahead.
Its a great time to be working towards what's next. How do we move beyond Q&A, beyond real-time search, beyond the social grid as gab-fest and self-promotional frenzy? How do we tame the stream and put it to work for good? Danny Sullivan has identified a new generation of services that he calls "help engines". That sounds right to me. And creating simple public infrastructure that enables help engines to extend their reach while at the same time honing their focus seems like an excellent fit with the mission of the Wondir Foundation. That's what we're working on. Stay tuned.
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i shud sing this 2 matt
i shud sing this 2 matt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY
LOL
LOL
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Thanks for writing this. I really feel as though I know so much more about this than I did before.
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wondir.com is anymore? i
wondir.com is anymore? i can't live with out it bec i love that webiste. it help me so in my life. i hope wondir.com it back? let me know havea great day. thank
peggy
it was great i met alot of
it was great i met alot of nice people on that site i will miss it
me to im going through alot
me to im going through alot rght now and i really need some good ol' friends opinions, ..like i kinda feel lost now, what the heck happened and why??
nope. and i will really
nope. and i will really reeally miss it too. im looking for a replacement site.
great site sorry it ended it
great site sorry it ended it helped me thruout my life
Will be missed~ Travelingood
Will be missed~ Travelingood aka sassy_ohioan
Really gutted it's gone. It
Really gutted it's gone. It was a great site. I made a lot of friends there. People who were with me through my hard times. I thank them all. Just to let you all know I've made a site on Myspace for all us Wondir fans to visit if you want to stay intouch with me or some of the others please join. It's Wondir.com fans!!! Well God bless and thanks Wondir. (((((((((((((((((Hugs))))))))))))))))))))))))
You have no idea how much
You have no idea how much wondir.com has helped people that had no where to turn but to wondir, it is a shame it is gone alot of lives will be affected by it being gone. think about the kids who have no one to talk to please bring it back.
This is a great site the
This is a great site the article has been very very helpful and i would recommend it, and some good points have been made here, this what blogging should be about.
That is such a shame. I
That is such a shame. I LOVED loved the site. Please let me know, of new developments.
I loved this site and what it
I loved this site and what it stood for. It's a shame so few people did in the end. Goodbye wondir. And goodbye to the friends I met on wondir. I'll miss you.
Awww, I'll miss
Awww, I'll miss Wondir!!
Goodbye, Wondirers and WGuests. Goodbye Painless dentists, and painless real estate agents, and painless truck drivers.
Goodbye, Gabe. (Whatever happened to Gabe? That was hilarious!)
It's been a blast, y'all!! This really was an awesome site.
This is a great site the
This is a great site the article has been very very helpful and i would recommend it, and some good points have been made here, this what blogging should be about.
i cant believe u shut the
i cant believe u shut the doors i used to always ask a question on here and get answers that where true honest and non biased i feel sad its gone what a shame
THAT WEBSITE WAS AWESOME, I
THAT WEBSITE WAS AWESOME, I USED IT TO GET OTHER PEOPLES OPTIONS ON THINGS I WAS WONDIRING ABOUT!!
MISSING YOU ALREADY!!!!
people still need help from
people still need help from there, no when i turn for help, or to help others, i will realize theres no one left to talk to ...
This site was good, but there
This site was good, but there was too much chaos from guests. It was nice, and if it's brought back with better security and more order, i'll return.
I think it stinks that it is
I think it stinks that it is over i used it for lots of years i think some how it should be picked up by some one
http://iwonder2.synthasite.co
http://iwonder2.synthasite.com/ This is a new site to replace Wondir.
this site is good. i like it
this site is good. i like it . but there is not too much in it. i hope more and more people will like it. and i come the ugamegold.
Is Wondir coming back? PLEASE
Is Wondir coming back? PLEASE SAY YES! It helped me in so many ways. I dont have a lot of friends and people to talk to about problems and.or questions I have....this site was GREAT for help...I miss it so much as do many of my co-workers and friends. PLEASE BRING IT BACK.
I would like to inform you
I would like to inform you that your site saved my life. Your site gave me information that i needed. Your web site was unique because your site offered the ability for someone to give advice or ask a question anonymous, unlike other websites that do require an id or an e-mail to post or ask a question.
I hadn't been on Wondir too
I hadn't been on Wondir too often anymore but I had a question this morning and I come to find out it's gone! I'm sad and will miss the people I met here.
this is just wrong...HOPE
this is just wrong...HOPE
whatever happened to
whatever happened to 'seamless transfer' ... just gone ... it's like losing a loved one ... what's next better BE GOOD
That is so weak. I loved
That is so weak. I loved wondir. It helped me through many ways. It was a source of entertainment, and a good place to vivsit for help in any walk of life. I will miss it, and hope that one day something will replace it. Thanks for the years of service everyone. Godspeed.
pleaseeeeeeeeeee bring back
pleaseeeeeeeeeee bring back wondir! i loved this site. it was great for when i was bored
i am so upset by this. i
i am so upset by this. i loved this website so much. pleassseeeeee start up again! :'(
hallo every body im upset a
hallo every body
im upset a little for that..but to be honnest,after having been for years on this sit,ppl on it was getting more and more suprficial,rude,and uninteresting..so closing it was an act of wisdom..
i hope an other WONDIR will come into life very soon..
So, If I understand
So, If I understand correctly, it was right to close the site because YOU didn't like the people there?
What makes YOU so special?!
Hello, Gabe here. Has anyone
Hello,
Gabe here.
Has anyone been looking for me?
no u stupid hoe
no u stupid hoe
Hmmmmm. Stupid response.... I
Hmmmmm.
Stupid response....
I miss those from Wondir!
-Gabe
I began my Q&A career on
I began my Q&A career on AskMe.com before it changed to a corporate entity. I was then requested by Allen Searls to come over to the new to launch Wondir.org. Through my life here I grew from Q&A to a board Moderator, to a Board Admin. It was a great run. But, this now opens us up for the future. When Wondir opens up its new enterprise, then I shall be here. If you need my assistance for alpha or beta testing, please let me know.
Errol Coder
If you were asked to help
If you were asked to help launch this site, why are you posting an offer to do alpha or beta testing on a "comments" section?
i am completely pissed that
i am completely pissed that this site isnt running anymore!!! i love it
What is Wondir.org? I thought
What is Wondir.org? I thought it was Wondir.com?
I miss it so. Please bring wonder back.
I will truly miss wondir.com.
I will truly miss wondir.com. It was a place for people such as myself who were fountains of "useless" information to put that info to good use. I loved it, and now I will have to find a place to go to unwind.
Were am I gonna go now?
Were am I gonna go now?
Phew! I am glad this is all
Phew! I am glad this is all over. We will all be severed from each other, I am mostly happy because this will make my stalker a little farther out of reach. Why won't Gabe dale me? Because I am Gabe baby! Master player of the internats!
Signed, Moon Monkey #47
NOOOOOOOO BRING IT BACKKK
NOOOOOOOO BRING IT BACKKK :[[[[[[[[[[[[
NOOOOOOOO BRING IT BACKKK
NOOOOOOOO BRING IT BACKKK :[[[[[[[[[[[[
i like wondir even though i
i like wondir even though i used it probley but i did stuff around with it o well good things die young
R.I.P wondir.com :( :( :( :(
"i like wondir even though i
"i like wondir even though i used it probley but i did stuff around with it o well good things die young"
WHAT?????
So, is there going to be a
So, is there going to be a new Wondir or what? What is the website going to be?
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