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Hey there,

-The box that friends see in my profile should include a way for them to answer my questions. Right now, it only includes a question, which is a link to the application.

-News feed: the feed announcement that reads "Shawn asks Hey! Help me out? 3:33pm" should really include the question I asked.

-As a user, I don't really know what questions I might ask that would be better asked here than over email. Some example questions (displayed when I'm at the "ask a question" form) that show why your app is better than email would really help.

Good luck!

edit: formatting

Great feedback it's appreciated and I'll look at integrating it.

On the news feed part, I did int8ially have the question included however there is a limit on the number of chars you can add so if the question was long it would not get added. hence why I went for the standard text.

simple solution: write what you can of the question, then include ellipses. A "xxx has asked Hey! Help me out?" entry in a news feed does not clearly indicate that xxx asked a question that he wants his friends to answer. "xxx wants you to answer his question: 'blah blah blah...'" is vastly better, imho

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