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Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora

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Post by chris_wot »

Tycho wrote: post #150
Johngibb wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have asked a bunch of questions on HN, and, like, actually gotten really good answers to them. Same with stackoverflow. Just because there are people on quora that answer questions well doesn't mean that they don't partake in questionable business practices and that you can find the answers elsewhere.

HN is not a Q&A site, neither is Reddit. StackOvereflow is focussed on narrow topics (and moderated by Nazis). That leaves plenty of room for a site like Quora which is oriented around finding answers to questions you have on any serious topic. Other sites might have better matereial when you do a direct comparison, but that's like saying a book of essays by Richard Feynman is always more interesting than looking the…

Who knew that Nazis were so good at keeping question and answer sites so well moderated? I doubt even Godwin would have known.

Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora

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Post by niels_olson »

redthrowaway wrote: post #115
ceol wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That rapist thread in /r/AskReddit was, next to the time a poor girl was harassed due to a user thinking she faked her assault story, the worst thing I've ever seen on reddit. The direct responses were exactly what the OP had asked, but the comment replies by users were flooded with rape apology and victim blaming. In one instance, a rapist had to tell people to stop apologizing for him because he knew he was an actu…

So you take the replies to replies from a single thread, and conclude that the site itself is useless? I suppose I should discount Stack Exchange, as there undoubtedly questions for which all of the answers are unhelpful or incorrect. Your comment reeks of the typical reddit hate on HN, without anything to back it up.

Actually, ceol spent most of the comment providing a specific, layered example.

Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora

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Post by sdqali »

samstave wrote: post #84
vijayr wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You'll have to send an email to privacy@quora.com to delete your account. I did, and they deleted my account. I also told them politely that broadcasting what every user reads to the entire world is very creepy. It is a shame, as the quality of answers at quora is much higher than in other places.

See my earlier posts about this. I deleted my account and asked for confirmation this was done, they stated it was - but all my info, comments, edits etc are all still there just simply no longer under my name!!

I have had the same experience. I got a mail from them saying they deleted my account, but the questions I posted are still there.

Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora

#195

Post by roguecoder »

vladd wrote: post #7
blhack wrote: post #4

The new "social" web is really creepy . Browsing in an incognito browser and logged into nothing has sortof become my default. I don't want google chrome saving my search history, or to accidentally read an article on some news website that then broadcasts that fact to all of my facebook friends.

You can no longer browse Quora while being logged out: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4332978

Just get rid of the css style for .blurred_answer_wrapper span.blurred_answer and add display: none to .blurred_answer_wrapper .signup_cta_on_answer. Not that I've had more than one Quora result pop up since that began, but css is easy ;-)

Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora

#197

Post by ashleyblackmore »

koglerjs wrote: post #122
ceol wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That rapist thread in /r/AskReddit was, next to the time a poor girl was harassed due to a user thinking she faked her assault story, the worst thing I've ever seen on reddit. The direct responses were exactly what the OP had asked, but the comment replies by users were flooded with rape apology and victim blaming. In one instance, a rapist had to tell people to stop apologizing for him because he knew he was an actu…

The worst things are often a truth that needs to be heard. You are writing from a position of fear. That people can express something that shouldn't be heard. You can't fight the truth. And you can't fight the open expression of it. The really difficult part, which is what my post was trying to explain; the really difficult part is actually _creating_ the open expression of truth. Because you have to have a mix betwe…

The worst things are often a truth that needs to be heard. You are writing from a position of fear. That people can express something that shouldn't be heard. You can't fight the truth. And you can't fight the open expression of it. We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.

Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora

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Post by adastra »

koglerjs wrote: post #98
cletus wrote: post #91

I can't help bit feel vindicated by moves like this because they're a sign that Quora isn't the Next Big Thing that many inside the bubble that is Silicon Valley seemed to think it is (eg [1]). Actually Quora is better than that (for me) in that it's a double hit on the hype on both Q&A and social. These kinds of moves: - requiring login to view content; - partially obscuring content on Google results to maximize sig…

>Actually Quora is better than that (for me) in that it's a double hit on the hype on both Q&A and social. well said. fuck Quora, as the OP suggested. The best place to ask questions from the article like "What is the best way to hide an affair"--as if Quora could ever manage an honest discussion like that--is reddit. Of course, you couldn't ask the question just like that. It'd have to be more genuine, a post on /r/…

I'm sorry but this whole branch of this thread needs to be downvoted straight into the abyss. It's a massive distraction from the actual topic at hand. No thank you.

Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora

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Post by daveying99 »

simonbrown wrote: post #108
cletus wrote: post #91

I can't help bit feel vindicated by moves like this because they're a sign that Quora isn't the Next Big Thing that many inside the bubble that is Silicon Valley seemed to think it is (eg [1]). Actually Quora is better than that (for me) in that it's a double hit on the hype on both Q&A and social. These kinds of moves: - requiring login to view content; - partially obscuring content on Google results to maximize sig…

Also, their real name policy (a while after I signed up, they emailed me asking me to use my real name). There do seem to be anon posts, though. Not sure why.

You have to use your real name by default, but you an follow a question or ask one anonymously by clicking a button if you choose to.

Re: This is a bit f'd, Quora

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Post by rat87 »

Tycho wrote: post #150
Johngibb wrote: post #125

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have asked a bunch of questions on HN, and, like, actually gotten really good answers to them. Same with stackoverflow. Just because there are people on quora that answer questions well doesn't mean that they don't partake in questionable business practices and that you can find the answers elsewhere.

HN is not a Q&A site, neither is Reddit. StackOvereflow is focussed on narrow topics (and moderated by Nazis). That leaves plenty of room for a site like Quora which is oriented around finding answers to questions you have on any serious topic. Other sites might have better matereial when you do a direct comparison, but that's like saying a book of essays by Richard Feynman is always more interesting than looking the…

Reddit is not a Q & A site but sometimes very good questions and answers pop up. Particularly in the http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience subreddit.
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