Why Quora Won't Scale
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Re: Why Quora Won't Scale
#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don't need it, cause you've got StackOverflow and GitHub to build your rep, leaving aside the 'just launch' of putting your own technical talent out there. If you're not in a tech field, say as a screenwriter in Hollywood—excellent Quora use case, btw—it's a great way to build your brand and increase your chances of discovery/personal breakout. Quora helped me launch my career, working with Startup Visa. It's got…
You're joking, right?
I've been a user since 1/10, I'm an admin, and I 'live' in a non-technical topic space on Quora. You can see why my user experience has been amazing, yeah?
I agree with most of Christie's points, though I've seen quite a few new users make similar points and get welcomed in much more easily, Christie provoked this response: http://www.quora.com/Lucretia-M-Pruitt/Posts/Welcome-to-Quor...
I think she's very insightful, and as a community we have a lot to learn from her experience, at least testing the edge cases and failure modes she's tripped through.
Re: Why Quora Won't Scale
#73http://www.quora.com/Quora/Why-wont-Quora-Scale
More discussion on Quora about the article.
http://www.quora.com/Quora/What-do-quora-admins-think-of-thi... http://www.quora.com/Quora-product/What-do-Quora-users-think...
http://www.quora.com/rage-against-quora/Why-Quora-Won’t-Scal... It's ironic how the article talks about how the admins engage in censorship and a "spiral of silence" for minority views, but when an article talks about the spiral of silence and gets press, the ALL the admins are silent themselves. Oh the irony! Guilty conscience, much?
Re: Why Quora Won't Scale
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're joking, right?
I've been a user since 1/10, I'm an admin, and I 'live' in a non-technical topic space on Quora. You can see why my user experience has been amazing, yeah? I agree with most of Christie's points, though I've seen quite a few new users make similar points and get welcomed in much more easily, Christie provoked this response: http://www.quora.com/Lucretia-M-Pruitt/Posts/Welcome-to-Quor... I think she's very insightful,…
by the way, the post you link to was on Quora before I signed-up. I mention it in a post last year called, Confessions of a Quora Newbie. Many thanks!
Re: Why Quora Won't Scale
#75I'm still unable to get a clear answer to the basic question "Why should I use Quora?" I work at a startup in Austin, I read HN daily, I enjoy news about SV startups, etc. Still, I haven't found a compelling reason to spend any substantial time on Quora. I'm happy to read a particularly insightful answer when I see the occasional link pop up on another site, but that doesn't make me want to search Quora for other inf…
There is actually a question on Quora: How Should I Use Quora? It's been answered only once. It should be made into a board and employees, admins and reviewers encouraged to answer it (as well as users). It could be sent to all new users, who have the option to opt out of following it. I link to it in the follow-up, The Quora Crisis: How Long Can The Center Hold? Have you read it? Yay, Hacker News! Grateful for the conversation... Grazie mille
http://socialtimes.com/the-quora-crisis-how-long-can-the-cen...
Re: Why Quora Won't Scale
#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been a user since 1/10, I'm an admin, and I 'live' in a non-technical topic space on Quora. You can see why my user experience has been amazing, yeah? I agree with most of Christie's points, though I've seen quite a few new users make similar points and get welcomed in much more easily, Christie provoked this response: http://www.quora.com/Lucretia-M-Pruitt/Posts/Welcome-to-Quor... I think she's very insightful,…
by the way, the post you link to was on Quora before I signed-up. I mention it in a post last year called, Confessions of a Quora Newbie. Many thanks!
...so actually, I did not 'provoke' that post, but was rather 'provoked' by it (just a little). It was the first thing showing in my stream upon signing up.
Re: Why Quora Won't Scale
#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're joking, right?
I've been a user since 1/10, I'm an admin, and I 'live' in a non-technical topic space on Quora. You can see why my user experience has been amazing, yeah? I agree with most of Christie's points, though I've seen quite a few new users make similar points and get welcomed in much more easily, Christie provoked this response: http://www.quora.com/Lucretia-M-Pruitt/Posts/Welcome-to-Quor... I think she's very insightful,…
Thanks for your kind words :)
Re: Why Quora Won't Scale
#78> The Spiral of Silence I like the theory described by the spiral of silence and it somehow seems relevant to the continuing discussion about HNs apparent demise (in the eyes of some). it seems like quora successfully implemented a system, that leaves a community largely true to it's original state, by giving dominant admins/moderators the tools to block unwanted content and to promote their own views. left aside whe…
This seems to be a common misunderstanding. Admins and moderators have no different powers than anyone else. I (not an admin and not a moderator) can collapse answers with "improvements needed" any day of the week. So can most anyone else. It takes a special kind of person and insults being flung to become edit-blocked, something that happened to my knowledge and according to Bodnick less than ten times in the history of Quora. The author of the linked piece was one of those people because, alas, she could not be asked to act like a reasonable human among reasonable humans, that is treat everyone as an equal and debate on the merits, not the perception of standing.
Promotion of views is the same. Spend six months on Quora and establish yourself as a knowledgeable person in one area (see: Michelin chef Jonas M Luster in food or former police officer Justin Freeman in law enforcement) and you will have credits to promote content, including your own. Your standing in answers is based on votes, your power to elicit answers or promote questions is also based on it. Nothing that does not happen anywhere else. No one on Quora becomes a "superuser" over night, those who spent months giving insightful answers all have.
Re: Why Quora Won't Scale
#79> The Spiral of Silence I like the theory described by the spiral of silence and it somehow seems relevant to the continuing discussion about HNs apparent demise (in the eyes of some). it seems like quora successfully implemented a system, that leaves a community largely true to it's original state, by giving dominant admins/moderators the tools to block unwanted content and to promote their own views. left aside whe…
This seems to be a common misunderstanding. Admins and moderators have no different powers than anyone else. I (not an admin and not a moderator) can collapse answers with "improvements needed" any day of the week. So can most anyone else. It takes a special kind of person and insults being flung to become edit-blocked, something that happened to my knowledge and according to Bodnick less than ten times in the histor…
Admins and reviewers do have some special abilities -- you might have been made a reviewer (or topic admin) and not remember it happening!