Answer Underground Explained

Answer Underground
Type:	Private
Industry:	Mobile, Social, elearning, online tutoring
Foundation:	San Francisco, California, United States
Founder:	Sallie Severns, CEO
Location City:	San Francisco, California
Location Country:	U.S.
Area Served:	U.S.

Answer Underground was a social education company based in San Francisco, California. It developed an app for teachers and students to find information via group Q&A.

History

Answer Underground was founded in 2012^[1] by Sallie Severns, a former executive at information company Answers.com.^[2] Severns created the first prototype of the Answer Underground app in 2011, and it was released to open beta in May 2012.^[3]

Service

Originally, the Answer Underground app was designed for mobile devices and was optimized for iOS. Users were authenticated through Facebook. The app focused on academic groups categorized by major subject areas. Members were able to post questions to academic groups. In 2013, a verification feature was added to identify experienced academics to differentiate credible responses.^[4]

External links

Official website

Notes and References

The EdTech Times, 15 Jan 2013, Q&A with Sallie Severns, CEO of Q&A-based mobile study app Answer Underground, Retrieved 10 Sep 2013.
https://techcrunch.com/2012/08/12/answer-underground-aims-to-be-a-mobile-focused-quora-for-education-hits-the-ipad-this-week/ Answer Underground Aims To Be A Mobile-Focused Quora For Education, Hits The iPad This Week
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2013/01/15/mobile-qa-app-for-students-adds-teacher-verified-answers/ Mobile Q&A App for Students Adds Teacher Verified Answers
Web site: Groupsourced educational app Answer Underground launches verified accounts for academics. The Next Web. Alex Wilhelm. January 15, 2013. November 8, 2017.