The Fluther Blog

When Andrew and I started Fluther over three years ago, we had a clear vision: we wanted to help people solve problems, in real-time, by matching questions to the right people. Our goal: be the best place to ask a question. Looking at Fluther today, it’s remarkably close to what we envisioned. There are tons […]

We’re very pleased to announce Federated Fluther, a Q&A platform for websites. It’s a new way for sites to get Fluther-powered Q&A on their site, and to expand our knowledge network across the web. Federated Fluther is the next step in Fluther’s core vision. Fluther has always been about connecting people through knowledge, and Federated […]

First off, let me start by saying that I deeply respect the work that Joel Spolsky and his team have done. I think Stack Overflow is an incredibly high quality Q&A community, and his work has helped the hacker community in myriad ways. This post is not meant to be an attack on his team […]

Image courtesy of gbaku. Ever wanted to know when your favorite jellies adds you to their fluther? That’s what we thought. We just added a new notification setting that lets you receive an email or IM when this happens–making it easier to keep track of your crew. Hope you find it useful.

How sticky is your traffic? It’s easy to get hung up focusing on monthly uniques, or registrations, or pageviews. But those can be shallow metrics. If your website were a meal, how many people are just taking a taste and how many people are coming back for seconds? Sure, it’s great to have lots of […]

Sometimes you see a question on Fluther and you’re tempted to write, “I have no idea how batteries work.” But you resist that temptation and wait for someone smarter to answer (we appreciate that). Other times you see a question and think, “I have no clue how to wax a piano, but my friend Rupert […]

We’re constantly amazed by how much goodness is in the Fluther collective. So we thought it was high time to up the ante on our communal lurve. Thus, we proudly present: Fluther awards!! Here’s what ubersiren‘s awards look like: The idea is simple: do all the wonderful stuff you’re already doing (asking great questions, writing […]

Hello Flutherites! We have good news. We’ve just built a new way for you show your Fluther Lurve on your own website: the Lurve Badge! This is what it looks like: My profile on Fluther And to kick off the launching the Lurve Badge, we’ve decided to have a little contest. Oh, what fun! Here’s […]

Dear Jason Calacanis, Stop stealing our users’ content. Your Q&A website, Mahalo Answers, is hijacking content from our Q&A site, Fluther. We get it. You need to create doppelganger Twitter accounts to bolster your user base and create content. Perhaps some Twitter users are fine with the fact that their tweets are being co-opted by […]

Hi Flutherites, Long time no blog. It may have sounded quiet around here, but we’ve been busy working on lots of things under the hood and today we’d like to announce a neat new feature that’s been requested by many of you: profile answers! Now when you click on user profiles, you can see not […]