A speculative Tutorial
on how to enter the Knowledge Market
By Olivier Rossel
© Sedici Verlag 2017 -
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What is this?1
Nebst dem omnipräsenten Cat-Industrial Complex2 findet sich im World Wide Web etwas versteckter der bisher umfangreichste Fragenkatalog, der je vom Menschen angelegt wurde. Erstmals von Eugene Miya und Mark Horton in den 1980er-Jahren auf dem Usenet und dem Arpanet zu FAQs gebündelt3, zeichnet das Archiv in seiner heutigen Gesamtheit ein unscharfes, organisches, sich ständig wandelndes Bild menschlicher Fragekultur.
Frequently Asked Questions - und die damit implizierten Frequently Answered Questions - bieten uns Menschen, global, jederzeit und mit grosser Effizienz, Hilfe bei der Bewältigung unserer alltäglichen Problemen. Den Pfad zu den digitalen Orakel legen dabei in erster Instanz die üblichen Internet-Suchmaschinen wie Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Google, Gigablast, Bing sowie Baidu im chinesischen und japanischen Sprachraum.
Aktuelle Frageplattformen, sogenannte Q&A-Websites wie beispielsweise Quora4, Ask.com5, gutefrage.net6, Yahoo!Answers7 oder Stack Exchange8 rücken heutzutage nebst der Listenform ursprünglicher FAQs zusätzlich ein neuzeitlicheres Community-Prinzip ins Zentrum ihrer Dienste. Ihr Katalog ist um ein Vielfaches grösser und komplexer als derjenige von herkömmlichen FAQs. Fragen und Antworten können jederzeit bewertet, kommentiert und kategorisiert werden. Den Frage-Topics9 kann im Prinzip eines Newsfeeds gefolgt werden.
Zahlreiche Hilf-Dir-Selbst-Initiativen verwandelten sich so zu umfangreichen, nahezu unüberschaubaren und traffic-intensiven10 Online-Hilfekolossen11. Dies nicht auch zuletzt, um den ökonomischen Kriterien des noch jungen Knowledge Markets12 zu genügen13. Dabei werden Fragen und Antworten schon lange nicht mehr nur von FAQ-Redaktoren in statischer Textform gelistet und zur Verfügung gestellt. Vielmehr wird das von der Community auf Q&A-Websites erarbeitete Wissen und dessen Vernetzung als wertvolles Handelsgut verstanden.14
Unklar bleibt dabei zunächst, aus welchen Rohstoffen die gehandelte Ware besteht und wo diese abgebaut werden können. Darüber hinaus scheinen deren Minen nur vage absteckbar und Teil zahlreicher Diskussionen zu sein.15,16,17,18,19
Für den Fall, dass sich durch unsere alltägliche Fragerei einen Zugang zum Knowledge Market gestalten und aufrechterhalten lässt, erkläre ich hiermit den folgenden Leitspruch und seine Quellen zum spekulativen20 Tutorial.
FAQ yourself!21
«Eugene Miya is usually credited with being the author of the first FAQ. Although, in his words, ″I didn’t do the very first FAQ, but I probably did the first one of an informational nature.″ His article might possibly be the first one that was called a FAQ. Eugene points out that Mark Horton kept an ″18 question″ periodic post. This was posted to ″general″, which was later called news.announce.*. It had answers to questions such as ″What does ʹfoobarʹ mean?″ and ″What does ʹunixʹ stand for?″
In 1982, while acting as an official NASA presence on the gatewayed ARPAnet mailing list SPACE[-Digest]/net.space news groups, he [sic.] tired of seeing "dumb answers" to recurring questions.»
«Eugene therefore decided to start a series of monthly posts in 1983 to rectify this sorry state of affairs. The mechanism of periodic postings was also a way to provide information to those who didn't have access to the archives.
The first posts included the addresses of NASA Centers, some basic references, etc. He also had a yearly posting trying to attract summer hires for the various NASA centers. All of these are still being posted, albeit by someone else now.»
http://www.vims.edu/~weiss/usenet/faqs.txt abgerufen am 5.5.2017
Herbert Lui, «10 Awesome Q&A Sites to Answer Your Burning Questions», Guidingtech.com, 14.4.2015 http://www.guidingtech.com/8709/awesome-qa-sites-answer-burning-questions/ abgerufen am 10.5.2017
http://www.vismath.org/faq/mathfaq.html
What is the Public Domain?
https://support.google.com/youtube/
What is fair use?
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2797449?hl=en
What/Who is a/the Curator?
https://forum.daohub.org/t/faqs-about-the-dao-q-a/37
Können wir ihnen helfen?
https://www.gucci.com/ch/de/st/faq
Why is a quantum computer hard to build?
https://research.kudelskisecurity.com/2017/02/06/the-quantum-computer-faq/
Wie erfahre ich meine Größe?
https://www.gucci.com/ch/de/st/faq
What are the best Nintendo games ever?
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-Nintendo-games-ever
Spiele ich gegen reale Gegner oder gegen den Computer?
https://www.funbridge.com/de/help_faq/touch/spiele-ich-gegen-reale-gegner-oder-gegen-den-computer
Do I have to pay? What does it cost?
https://www.law.csuohio.edu/it/examsfaq
Wie ist der Ablauf der Party?
http://www.mcdonalds.ch/de/familie/geburtstagsparty/faq
What about China?
http://www.loreal.com/sustainability/l'or%C3%A9al-answers/the-question-of-animal-testing/frequently-asked-questions
What do you mean by 'An exception could be made if authorities required it for human safety or regulatory purposes'?
http://www.loreal.com/sustainability/l'or%C3%A9al-answers/the-question-of-animal-testing/frequently-asked-questions
I want to put up a fence. What do I have to do?
http://www.marlboro-nj.gov/zoning_FAQ.html
I want to buy a house in Marlboro, do you keep a list?
http://www.marlboro-nj.gov/planning_board_FAQ.html
What, another acronym?
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/faq_basic.html
What are these startup screens about?
https://www.law.csuohio.edu/it/examsfaq
Why Microwave?
http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/faq_basic.html
What does fubar mean?
http://www.noslang.com/search/fubar
In welchen Bereichen darf an Bord geraucht werden?
https://tuicruises.com/faq/rauchen/
How do I sell to the Afghan Government?
https://kabul.usembassy.gov/business-faq.html
How dangerous are volcanoes?
https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/volcanoes/faq.html
Why colonize Mars?
https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/wiki/faq/mars
Why did The Terminator kill the gun shop owner?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088247/faq
Wie oft sollte man seine Matratze erneuern?
https://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20160125085132AAaILMQ
What was the poem that President Reagan read at the memorial service for the Challenger astronauts?
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/information/astronaut_faq.html#1
Can I use my cell phone in my Subaru using the cigarette lighter?
https://www.subaru.ca/WebPage.aspx?WebSiteID=282&WebPageID=6482
What next?
http://www.martinparr.com/faq/
What kind of materials are used to make cars?
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/kids/faq/e/01/
Was passiert mit meinen Daten im Todesfall?
https://www.swisscom.ch/de/privatkunden/hilfe/loesung/mycloud-faq.html
Was sind Diskussionen?
http://supportcommunity.swisscom.ch/t5/Willkommen-in-der/H%C3%A4ufig-gestellte-Fragen-FAQ/td-p/25
How do you decide which tasks should be done by workers and which by machines or robots?
http://www.toyota.co.jp/en/kids/faq/i/01/
But, seriously, who are you guys?
http://www.gofugyourself.com/faq
Was macht ein Priester im Internet?
http://www.jesus-faq.net/PCS.htm
Wie bereite ich meinen Abwasch am besten vor?
http://www.trnd.com/de/projekte/fairy/antworten-auf-fragen
Can i work with you?
https://www.smarthalo.bike/faq/#toggle-id-26
How doI use SoundFlower with Spectra-Foo?
http://mhsecure.com/faq/index.php?action=show&cat=8
What is a rave?
http://hyperreal.org/raves/altraveFAQ.html
Will I get paid, and if so, how much?
http://www.ruag.com/space/career/ruag-space-sweden/students/faq/
Why is my PanzerGlass broken?
http://panzerglass.com/faq/
What is chaos theory?
http://www.vismath.org/faq/mathfaq.html
How is it possible to experience truth?
https://buddhismnow.com/faq/
Barzahlung?
http://www.gold-and-silver-world.com/service/faq/
What is this weird stuff?
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/electrical-wiring/part2/
Who were those gothic people in the crowd in 1995?
http://www.wrestleview.com/faq/?style=light&article=undertaker
Wo sitzt der Chef?
http://www.aagz.ethz.ch/Helikopter/Helikopter_FAQ.htm
How do the weapons work?
http://www.gamers.org/docs/FAQ/doomfaq/sect1.html
Where do the financial resources come from?
http://www.afd.fr/lang/en/home/AFD/presentation-afd
Wo kann ich Tauchstellen finden?
http://de.boombeach.wikia.com/wiki/FaQ/Tiefsee_%26_U-Boot
Welche Informationen braucht die IT bei Problemen?
https://wiki.ksz.ch/display/MAN/FAQ+und+Probleme
I'm under 18 years of age, should I start smoking?
http://www.smokingfeelsgood.com/node/5
How did Dino Bravo die?
http://www.wrestleview.com/faq/?style=light&article=dinobravo
Do you often feel bad, embarrassed and insecure about your body?
http://www.love-sessions.com/bedroom.php
What is a reasoner?
https://www.teamqsi.com/faq-why-and-how/
How do I connect?
http://www.mcdonalds.ca/ca/en/help/wi-fi_help.html
When do I need a night supplement?
http://www.zvv.ch/zvv/en/customer-service/faq.html
What is a Z-Pass?
http://www.zvv.ch/zvv/en/customer-service/faq.html
What is the current status of Fermat's Last Theorem?
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/
Boy or Girl?
http://mathforum.org/dr.math/faq/
Could we ever understand the message?
https://www.seti.org/faq
What happens if we find something?
https://www.seti.org/faq
What is Lalalala Happy ☆?
http://putinpseries.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ_(Frequently_Asked_Questions)
Why is Miku dating Ronald McDonald?
http://putinpseries.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ_(Frequently_Asked_Questions)
Can't the USA find a healthy athletic guy to lead us?
http://lunaticoutpost.com/thread-688842.html
Is the North Pole a country?
http://www.bestrussiantour.com/incredible/north_pole/faq
Who were the Dynamic Dudes?
http://www.wrestleview.com/faq/?style=light&article=shanedouglas
Can I take photos? Can I film?
https://www.fcbarcelona.com/tickets/card/frequently-asked-questions
Wann beginnen, wenn nicht heute?
https://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20170505071311AAKjUv1http://www.tram.cat/en/faq/
Do you reply to asks?
http://officialrickandmorty.tumblr.com/faq
Can I join Human Clubs?
http://human.co/faq/?category=basics&question=why_30#why_30
How do I deal with language?
https://www.reddit.com/r/McDonalds/comments/45sfk9/how_do_i_deal_with_language/
Darf mein Werk zerstört werden?
http://www.visarte.ch/de/faq
Wer ist ein Künstler/eine Künstlerin?
http://www.visarte.ch/de/faq
How Does Twerking Affect Kids?
https://nobullying.com/what-is-twerking/
Where is my money stored?
http://mobino.com/faq/>
As a White House Intern, where will I work?
https://www.whitehouse.gov/participate/internships/FAQs
Why Human?
http://human.co/faq/#
Do you recycle?
https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/contact-us.html
I have a new idea. How can I share it?
https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/contact-us.html
Was ist ein Moderator?
https://www.reddit.com/wiki/de/faq
Was ist das Alien-/Insekt-Dings?
https://www.reddit.com/wiki/de/faq
How can I get more information?
https://www.academi.com/faqs
What about semi-asynchronous messages?
https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Sharding-FAQ
Isn’t this terrible?
https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Sharding-FAQ
Schädigt Ecstasy das Gehirn?
http://www.drugcom.de/haeufig-gestellte-fragen/#bereich3
Why not?
https://github.com/ethereum/wiki/wiki/Sharding-FAQ
Is there a 'real' Museum Of Bad Art?
http://www.museumofbadart.org/about/faq.php
Hast du Probleme?
https://support.twitter.com/articles/108034#
What exactly is big data?
http://www.arcplan.com/en/news-events/press-releases/2012/big-data-faqs-5-questions-answers-from-arcplan/
Quelle est votre pire faiblesse?
https://www.cadremploi.fr/editorial/actualites/actu-emploi/detail/article/les-34-questions-les-plus-courantes-en-entretien-dembauche.html
Do all countries use the same frequencies?
http://www.rfidjournal.com/site/faqs
What Is automatic identification?
http://www.rfidjournal.com/site/faqs
Où puis-je fumer à l'hôpital?
http://www.h-ju.ch/fr/Patients-et-famille/Patients/Questions-frequentes/Questions-frequentes.html
How do I edit my gender on Tinder?
https://www.gotinder.com/faq
How do I write a good answer?
http://stackoverflow.com/help
Is it too scary for children?
http://sleepyhollowmontana.com/faq/
What is meant by 'grounds for divorce'?
https://divorce.uslegal.com/faq-on-divorce/montana-divorce-faq/
Is there a Reward?
http://www.montanabrewerypassport.com/faq.html
Was ist Auskreidung und wie entsteht sie?
http://www.montana-ag.ch/de/services/faq
What are the most popular pasta shapes?
http://pastafits.org/pasta-faqs/
Can artists do whatever design they want?
http://www.elephantparade.com/faq-2/
What are slamming and cramming?
http://www.puc.texas.gov/consumer/facts/faq/electricity.aspx
What should I do when the lights go out?
http://www.geus.org/faq-elect.htm
Wieso passiert immer genau so viel, wie in die Zeitung passt. Ist das nicht komisch?
https://de.answers.yahoo.com/dir/index/discover?sid=2115500162
Does the Nova 35 have the pass through doors like the Mars 90 does?
http://www.thunderlaser.com/faq
Is Laser Hair Removal Permanent?
http://www.manhattanlaserhairremoval.com/faq.html
Could you tell me the procedure of buying?
http://www.thunderlaser.com/faq
What Are Gravitational Waves?
https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/faq
How does privacy work?
https://www.instagram.com/about/faq/
How do I sell robots and weapons?
http://faq.wwr.mobi/hc/en-us
Was ist ein Dreiecksgeschäft?
http://www.relatra.ch/xml_1/in
Is a diamond a good investment?
http://www.adiamondbuyingguide.com/diamondfaq.html
How do I create a team?
http://celebrityhockeyclassics.com/captains-players-info/faq/
When will the industry begin to self-regulate?
http://www.ofnumbers.com/2015/03/14/questions-for-knowledge-markets/
Sollte die Ölpreis bindung nicht endlich abgeschafft werden?
http://www.esb.ch/de/unternehmen/preise-produkte/erdgas/faq-erdgas/
Welche Selbstbräuner Arten gibt es noch?
http://www.selbstbraeuner-test.net/faq/
No, seriously. What should I do?
https://toakchocolate.com/faq/
What if I live in Hong Kong in an apartment without air conditioning in July?
https://toakchocolate.com/faq/
Why do you like potatoes and onions so much?
http://newerteam.com/wii/help/faq.html
What are numbers?
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5945801/8-philosophical-questions-that-well-never-solve
Can I do yoga in my pants?
http://www.piyogapants.com/faq
Where does the water in Cannabis Energy Drink come from?
http://www.cannabisenergydrink.com/faq
Spülst du deine Eier auch kalt ab?
https://de.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20170504183452AAF5fXk
Do penguins fall over backward when watching aircraft fly overhead?
http://enquirer.com/editions/2001/10/01/tem_stupid_faq.html
Are you ready for the details?
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson24.html
Wo kann ich mich für einen Schwimmkurs anmelden?
http://www.taegi.ch/de/toolbar/faq/
Need Support?
http://www.funscientists.com/faq/
My friend Penelope is sitting still at a safe distance, watching me fall into the black hole. What does she see?
http://cosmology.berkeley.edu/Education/BHfaq.html
Which way will my bathtub drain?
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/
How long does it take for a book to get to me?
http://www.orbooks.com/faq/
Wer sind Ihre Partner?
http://www.stop-tabak.ch/de/praktische-informationen
Gibt es nach dem Tod auch noch die Möglichkeit einer Rettung?
http://dasleben.info/faq/gibt-es-nach-dem-tod-auch-noch-rettung/
Was machen die Dienstmänner?
http://www.munich-airport.de/de/general/faq/flughafen/index.jsp
Mein Haus ist mehrstöckig. Wie muss ich vorgehen?
https://www.vtx.ch/de/residential/internet/faq
Can you really experience anything objectively?
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5945801/8-philosophical-questions-that-well-never-solve
Was ist unter Produktivität zu verstehen?
http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/dienstleistungen/premiere_visite/faq.html
What shoes should I wear?
https://www.crossfit.com/cf/faq
Where can I find more media?
https://www.crossfit.com/cf/faq
What happened?
http://www.who.int/ionizing_radiation/a_e/fukushima/faqs-fukushima/en/
Why don't artists like the current art market?
https://www.quora.com/Why-dont-artists-like-the-current-art-market
Was ist Verschlüsselung, und welchem Zweck dient sie?
https://www.pcwelt.de/ratgeber/Das-sollten-Sie-ueber-Verschluesselung-wissen-FAQ-PGP-AES-SSL-und-Co.-9848740.html
Stimmt das Horoskop auch bei künstlich eingeleiteten und Kaiserschnittgeburten?
https://www.astrodata.com/Astrologie-Wissen/Astrologie/FAQ
Who is eligible to participate in the Community Market?
https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6088-UDXM-7214
Why do people keep posting irrelevant pictures in the comments?
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/
What does the emoji mean?
https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/6d5axa/what_does_the_emoji_mean/
Why study philosophy?
https://www.um.edu.mt/arts/philosophy/faq