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Frequently Asked Questions
How does playing the game at Click4Obama help me?Learning about your government and current events has tremendous benefits. It can help you:
After you have played Click4Obama for a couple of days, you may notice a strange phenomenon. Reading or watching news will trigger knowledge you have gained and provide you with a new understanding of the world around you. You will feel yourself knowing why things are happening and feel more in touch with the world around you. How does playing the game help Barak Obama become President?When you play Click4Obama, ads appear at the bottom of your screen. We use the revenue these ads generate to buy ads for Barack Obama that are posted all over the web. Since launching at the end of April, we've posted 41,114 Obama ads! Who is behind Click4Obama?Click4Obama was created by 3 students from Georgia Tech as a creative way to help people learn about American history, have fun, and support Barack Obama. We have no relationship with the Obama for President campaign and we do not accept contributions from PACs or lobbyists. What is a pixel?A pixel is a “single point in a graphic image”. It represents the smallest unit of a digital image. How many pixels are in an ad?The number varies based on the sizes of ads but we guarantee we will post an ad for every 10,500 pixels which means you can post an ad by answering only 21 questions! By playing, you and millions of others are helping us buy ads for Obama every day. Who pays for the donated ads?Your donations are supported by the companies that advertise on the Click4Obama website. This is regular advertising for these companies; they place ads on our site and pay every time a user clicks on the ads. All of the money raised from advertisements is pooled to purchase the Obama ads which users have earned. If your company or a company you know is interested in advertising on our website, please contact us at advertise@click4obama.com Where are the donated Obama ads posted?Donated ads are placed on prominent websites all over the web. See where the ads go. Does Click4Obama make any money from this?No, Click4Obama is a non-profit website. Are there any banners I can use to link to Click4Obama?Yes, check out our banners page. How does the Click4Obama game work?Click4Obama has a custom database containing thousands of questions at varying degrees of difficulty. There are questions appropriate for young kids and the most scholarly professors. In between are thousands of questions for students, business people, homemakers, doctors, truck drivers, retired people... everyone! Click4Obama automatically adjusts to your knowledge level. It starts by giving you questions at different levels of difficulty and then, based on how you do, assigns you an approximate starting level. You then determine a more exact level for yourself as you play. When you get a question wrong, you go to an easier level. When you get three questions in a row right, you go to a harder level. This one-to-three ratio is best for keeping you at the “outer fringe” of your ability, where learning can take place. There are 10 levels in all, but it is rare for people to get much above level 7. How is the difficulty level for each question determined?The website uses an adaptive algorithm to rank question difficulty. Each time you answer a question your response affects the question’s ranking. Questions that most people find easy (answer correctly) slowly move to the lower levels and questions that most people find difficult (answer incorrectly) slowly move to the higher levels. As more and more people answer questions, the difficulty ranking becomes increasingly more accurate. Is Click4Obama adding more questions?Yes. We are constantly adding new and exciting questions to the Click4Obama database, but we need your help. If you have a question that you would like to contribute, please visit our Submit a Question page. What happens if my computer suddenly loses power while I am in the middle of playing? Does my donation still count?Yes, our servers register your donations every time you answer a question. In fact, your donations may trigger ads to appear on the internet while you are playing. Couldn’t I just write a computer program to play all day and give a lot of pixels that way?No, that would not be helpful. We depend on the revenue from advertisements to cover the price of your donations. Without real people playing, companies will not be willing to sponser the site. What else can I do to support Barack Obama?Here are a few things you can do to help support Obama. They are all free and easy to do.
Where can I learn more about Barack Obama?Visit Obama’s official site, Obama for America. Is there anything I can do to help Click 4 Obama?
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