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Re: Quora pays thousands for posting questions

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$27k for 8000 questions, that's basically admitting they paid for spam. I don't see how this is a good product decision at all and the content quality has declined severely.

Meanwhile being a Top Writer has done nothing for me other than getting the opportunity to buy quora branded swag from their store. Saying that this system is imbalanced and unfair seems to be an understatement.

Re: Quora pays thousands for posting questions

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post #6

What happened to Quora anyway? When it started I recall it being super hot with crazy high quality answers. Then they started with logins being required and it all seemed to go downhill at an amazing speed.

>What happened to Quora anyway?

It became marketing. Almost every question turns into blatant and unhelpful pitches for the responder's startup.

Same with Medium.

Once the startup bros say a site is good for "native marketing", that's when the begins to die.

Re: Quora pays thousands for posting questions

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post #6

What happened to Quora anyway? When it started I recall it being super hot with crazy high quality answers. Then they started with logins being required and it all seemed to go downhill at an amazing speed.

>What happened to Quora anyway? It became marketing. Almost every question turns into blatant and unhelpful pitches for the responder's startup. Same with Medium. Once the startup bros say a site is good for "native marketing", that's when the begins to die.

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Re: Quora pays thousands for posting questions

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post #6

What happened to Quora anyway? When it started I recall it being super hot with crazy high quality answers. Then they started with logins being required and it all seemed to go downhill at an amazing speed.

That was my impression as well, the answers were so good I suspected them being payed for just to draw attention to the site
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