MSN QnA Beta is closing on May 21st

This blog post contains the following sections: QnA Beta site is closing Stay connected with your QnA friends via Windows Live MSN message boards Goodbye from the QnA team QnA Beta site is closing We are ending the QnA beta test and are closing the QnA site on May 21, 2009. First and foremost, we want to thank you for your participation. Since we introduced QnA, we’ve learned a lot about this new way of communicating and creating valuable content. At this time, we are closing the QnA site, but the experience of running QnA and gathering all of the great feedback you’ve shared with us will certainly influence future product direction. When QnA moved from the Live Search organization into MSN we announced that we'd be looking for new ways to share questions and answers across MSN and provide new opportunities for you to engage with each other and share your opinions, ideas, and knowledge. That mission has not changed. Questions and answers are still important to MSN and your feedback has been very valuable for our future product strategy. You’ll see more ways of how MSN will empower people to connect and communicate over the coming months. In the meantime, you can continue to get great information from Live Search and connect with others through Windows Live. You can ask questions, get answers, and have discussions on a variety of topics in the message boards throughout MSN (see bottom of this post for links to the MSN message boards). Windows 7 Beta and RC users, you can now ask your questions on Microsoft Answers. Stay connected with your QnA friends via Windows Live Before the QnA site closes you may want to connect with your QnA friends through Windows Live. That way, even after the QnA site is gone, you can stay in touch with the community members you’ve come to know and enjoy. Here's a quick tutorial from David-QnA: Scenario: David-QnA wants to add T to his Windows Live network. Step 1: Sign in to QnA Step 2: Navigate to T's QnA profile page and click "View Windows Live profile" Step 3: A new browser window opens showing T's Windows Live profile. On that page, click the link "Add to your network." (If you weren't signed in to QnA, you may be asked to sign in to Windows Live.) Step 4: On the "What's your name?" pop-up (which you'll get if you haven't previously done this) verify your First and Last names and either leave the box checked or un-check it next to "Allow everyone to see my last name so people on Windows Live can connect with me." Step 5: On the next pop-up write a message to T (optional), and either leave the boxes checked or un-check them next to "Show this person on my profile page" and "Add this person to Windows Live Messenger." Click the "Send invitation" button. Step 6: You will get a confirmation saying that the invitation has been sent. Click the "Close" button. Scenario: QnA member T wants to see if anybody has invited her to be a part of their Windows Live network. Step 1: Sign in to QnA Step 2: Click on "Your QnA" to get to your QnA profile page and click on the link "View your Windows Live profile." Step 3: Click the link "View invitations." Step 4: You will see any pending invitations. Either keep the boxes checked or un-check them next to "Appear in each other's profiles" and "Add me as a Messenger contact so we can chat online," and click the "Accept" button. Step 5: You will get a confirmation that the person has been added to your network. You will also have the option to add this person to different categories (example: Friends). And that's how you can stay connected with your QnA friends through Windows Live! For more details on using your Windows Live profile, please see Windows Live Help for your profile.