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Quora has become a collection of loaded and low-effort questions (the answers are still good though) But there wouldn't be much loss if it closed
What, you mean questions like "Was Bill Clinton a cooler president than Obama?" [0], which is currently featured on their homepage? [0] https://www.quora.com/Was-Bill-Clinton-a-cooler-president-th...
[1] http://newslines.org/blog/why-quora-joined-y-combinator/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzAdXyPYKQo
Quora's problems today are a direct result of what made them popular: celebrity. They made a great big splash when the media genuflected to the idea that "You can ask a question about Facebook, and Mark Zuckerberg could answer! " So regardless of the question or answer there will always be dominance by celebrities and their celebrators gleefully upvoting anything they post regardless of underlying fact. I prefer Stac…
One thing I love about Stack Exchange is the ability to add "This advice is INSECURE! See Beth's answer below for a better way to solve this problem." to accepted answers with really bad suggestions.
Quora has become a collection of loaded and low-effort questions (the answers are still good though) But there wouldn't be much loss if it closed
What, you mean questions like "Was Bill Clinton a cooler president than Obama?" [0], which is currently featured on their homepage? [0] https://www.quora.com/Was-Bill-Clinton-a-cooler-president-th...
"[Quora] recently reported that it has 100 million monthly visitors... with 15 percent from India." Interested in knowing the ratio of questions:answers coming from Indian users.
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One thing I love about Stack Exchange is the ability to add "This advice is INSECURE! See Beth's answer below for a better way to solve this problem." to accepted answers with really bad suggestions.
These kinds of answers get called out fairly quickly.
Everyone good on Quora is going to get "Church'd" soon enough. The moderators have done everything they can to drive out quality. The ban of Michael O. Church (who was a moderate, thoughtful member of that community, regardless of his divisive presence here) convinced me of that.
I also find it interesting that any Indian or Chinese woman with feminist views that would be considered moderate in the U.S. gets reported as a sock puppet and banned.
I agree that it's over-obsessed with the real-world reputations of its users. It also kills its young. If your reputation gets "too big", you get banned, just like a card counter gets kicked out of casinos.
One got banned, and Quora lied about why it banned him, damaging his professional reputation.
One left because she got harassing PMs.
The other, I don't know what happened. I think he had a falling out with moderators but I can't get the details. He just stopped posting.
There were four people I considered genuinely worth reading. Only one of them still posts, and sporadically. One got banned, and Quora lied about why it banned him, damaging his professional reputation. One left because she got harassing PMs. The other, I don't know what happened. I think he had a falling out with moderators but I can't get the details. He just stopped posting.
While this is quite troubling, I'm puzzled by the idea that Quora has even the remotest influence on one's professional reputation. Is this really a thing? Please pardon my naïveté, I don't move in these circles.