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Knowledge iN ( users. Naver is currently the biggest Web Portal in South Korea , followed by Daum . The tool gives answers to just about any question, such as how to cook " Ramen " and how to subscribe to international magazines via Internet. It is similar to Yahoo! Answers . Bradley Horowitz , of Yahoo!, said that he got an idea from Knowledge iN. There are currently more than 60 million questions followed by answers in Knowledge iN database as of February 28, 2007.

Knowledge iN has four sub-categories :
  • ''Knowledge Q&A'' takes general questions about anything

  • ''Local Q&A'' allows people to ask for the local information such as good restaurants, cheap stores, and real estate information.

  • ''Agony Q&A'' is for people seeking for opinion such as relationship, love, career advise, sexual question at puberty (with anonymous posting enabled.) While answers on ''Knowledge Q&A'' and ''Local Q&A'' is factual, answers on ''Agony Q&A'' is usually opinionated.

  • ''Open Dictionary'' is a database of informative articles generated by users. Users can create an article alone, or one may enable other users to collaborate to create a thread of articles on the same subject. In addition, the user may add one's answer from ''Knowledge Q&A'' to ''Open Dictionary''.



POINT, LEVEL, AND RANKING SYSTEM

The user of the Knowledge iN can receive additional points or have one's points subtracted for each action. Following is a chart of actions a user may take in order to earn points:

Knowledge iN has its own unique level system according to the points that a user has earned:


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