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I used to be a power user on Quora. It's how I learned about the coding bootcamp that eventually became the catalyst for a huge career change in my life. I'd spend countless hours answering questions about my experiences and the school I attended, with the intention of just helping give back to the community. Over the years, Quora became an relentless flood of "ask to answer" questions that were already on the site,…
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I never found the quality to be anywhere near as good as Stack Exchange, even when Quora first launched. Why anyone would knowingly use Quora over Stack Exchange is a mystery to me; I suspect that most Quora users simply aren't aware that Stack Exchange exists, since SE traditionally catered primarily to a technical audience. Edit: One of my biggest gripes with the platform is that it's always solicited a large numbe…
SE has a very strict notion of having the "correct answer" to each question which is enforced in all communities except some (Interpersonal SE and "soft questions" come to mind). Even in those contexts, answers must be well cited and be credible in a certain way (e.g. in Interpersonal SE all answers must be grounded by personal experiences). This makes it a fundamentally different website than Quora. Quora is about e…
"We never claimed that subjective questions were horrible abominations that should never be asked." https://stackoverflow.blog/2010/09/29/good-subjective-bad-su...
All philosophical views aside, there are some really core issues that got me to stop using Quora and unfortunately the case to stop using it is made by the site itself: * The content quality has deteriorated significantly since the site's inception. The content is far cheaper than before and far less interesting in very obvious ways. * Moderation systems have not done a good job of growing the site as a community. Th…
All philosophical views aside, there are some really core issues that got me to stop using Quora and unfortunately the case to stop using it is made by the site itself: * The content quality has deteriorated significantly since the site's inception. The content is far cheaper than before and far less interesting in very obvious ways. * Moderation systems have not done a good job of growing the site as a community. Th…
All philosophical views aside, there are some really core issues that got me to stop using Quora and unfortunately the case to stop using it is made by the site itself: * The content quality has deteriorated significantly since the site's inception. The content is far cheaper than before and far less interesting in very obvious ways. * Moderation systems have not done a good job of growing the site as a community. Th…
Which year did you sign up for Quora? Asking coz you said you are an early adopter
This applies to Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and every other major 'social' platform today. Data goes in - it doesn't come out. Can't explain it! They're walled gardens. What's frustrating is that users don't care. They simply do not care. Their data leaks, it's sold to the Russians, and they keep coming back.
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Yet you have the Indians to thank for your username: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru
How is the etymology of "Guru" relevant to this discussion?
There are more civil and polite methods of expressing dissatisfaction than the kind of blanket statement that gurumeditations has resorted to above.
All philosophical views aside, there are some really core issues that got me to stop using Quora and unfortunately the case to stop using it is made by the site itself: * The content quality has deteriorated significantly since the site's inception. The content is far cheaper than before and far less interesting in very obvious ways. * Moderation systems have not done a good job of growing the site as a community. Th…
> The content quality has deteriorated significantly since the site's inception. I just find it funny that you can say this about literally any site with any content whatsoever. Heck, even Mad made this joke about itself... in its second issue.
This applies to Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and every other major 'social' platform today. Data goes in - it doesn't come out. Can't explain it! They're walled gardens. What's frustrating is that users don't care. They simply do not care. Their data leaks, it's sold to the Russians, and they keep coming back.
Export data? Yes, it's very easy to import data!