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ChaCha

Michael (Admin) | Nov 1, 2011 Entertainment

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ChaCha (Free) by ChaCha Search, Inc.

Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad

I remember playing with an app like this a long time ago… it offered a few free answers provided by human reps and then you had to pay to ask their “experts” anything else. Thankfully ChaCha isn’t that app! But it is basically the same service: ask a question, get an answer from a real person.

ChaCha does require registration after your “trial period” expires (not sure if it’s based on time or number of questions asked), but it’s free to register and it’s free to get answers to all the stupid questions you can come up with.

ChaCha’s answers aren’t always “right on”… for example, I asked how to make the kind of green hot sauce that is served in Mexican taquerias and the reply was something vague about green chili peppers. The answer I was looking for would have mentioned tomatillos, but it was just a test and it’s possible I wasn’t being specific enough.

My other test questions, however, have been answered with pretty good accuracy, even my “why do men have nipples” query, and the time required to get an answer is usually within minutes.

ChaCha’s answers do seem to have a little automation behind them but for the most part they’re provided by real humans, so if your question is understandable then you can expect a reasonable answer. If you don’t feel like asking a question, ChaCha provides three ways to find answers to stuff others have asked: Recent, Near Me, and Category.

Personally I’d rather just Google stuff on my own, but it can be kind of fun to mess around with questions and who knows, maybe they’ll actually come up with answers you couldn’t find on your own.

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