And then inspiration struck me: there must be thousands of questions on Twitter that never get a reply.

Ok, something totally unexpected happened. Â Last saturday I was watching something on TV with my tablet on my lap, and someone I know asked a question about it on Twitter. Â I fired off a quick reply because I happened to know the answer:

What if I could help get them answered?

So sunday night I builtÂ YouAsked.it, a little website that shows you a random question pulled form the Twitter API and gives you 30 seconds to reply.

On monday morning IÂ posted it to /r/webdev on Reddit, where it got to #1 with 102 upvotes (so far).

Tuesday morning I emailed a few blogs just for the hell of it, thinking they'd never pick up news about a little weekend project. Â And then this happened:

You Asked It! Turns Twitter Into Chatroulette, But Without The NudityÂ tcrn.ch/Y0o2eKÂ by @thatdrew -- TechCrunch (@TechCrunch)Â November 20, 2012

After that the site has been popping up on sites around the globe, (and the number of tweets about it now tops 11.000):

So, let's see where this goes next. Â I already launched four versions in other languages: Â Dutch (uvraag.be),Â French (repon.se),Â German (dufragst.es)Â andÂ Spanish (pregunta.do).Â If you have an idea or request for another languageÂ let me know. Â Other suggestions welcome too...