Quora collects $80 million in funding
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#2Wasn't there some sort of issue where they were mining user data without our consent? Many of us were having to send emails directly to Quora support requesting that our accounts be deleted.
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#3Am I the only one that suspects Quora's future is more likely to be similar to an About.com (to be sold off for $300m in the future when a great business fails to materialize) than a Wikipedia? It seems like they latched on to the Q&A space originally when it was hot, and are now pivoting because competing with Answers.com et al. has a lot less of a runway than they previously expected.
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#4I also really dislike their model of making you sign in to see more than one answer. Annoying your potential users is a bad policy.
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#5I didn't follow them for a while; but that's curious: what happened in the middle of 2013?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w68v2r2a3xq4c6c/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%80...
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#6Good, maybe they can spend some of that on fixing their god awful UX.
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#7I didn't follow them for a while; but that's curious: what happened in the middle of 2013? https://www.dropbox.com/s/w68v2r2a3xq4c6c/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D1%80...
"Quora launched full text search of questions and answers on its website on March 20, 2013, and extended the feature to mobile devices in late May 2013. It also announced in May 2013 that all its metrics had grown 3X relative to the same time last year." [1]
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#8Likely worth $800MM given typical late stage funding multiples. #54 on www.thestartup100.com and notably most valuable company without any revenue.
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#9I love the service, but it's about time Quora tested ways to monetize its site.
Re: Quora collects $80 million in funding
#10Likely worth $800MM given typical late stage funding multiples. #54 on www.thestartup100.com and notably most valuable company without any revenue.
Update Techcrunch is now reporting the valuation at $900MM.