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I never got into quora because it all seems paywalled every time i get a link is it similar to AskXYZ subreddits with niche communities that have recognizable users? i thought it was more anonymous
It's supposed to be a website where you can ask questions to experts, so their name, degree, job title etc. is up front. However they don't really screen anything so anyone can pretty much answer anything.
Even worse slop than Reddit, because they're more pretentious about it.
I once googled why exactly we don't commonly have mandatory smoke detectors in apartments in Europe and some Spanish lady was basically like "because it would be oppression of freedom"
The time to get into Quora was a decade or more ago. These days there's no reason to pay any more attention or thought to their site than you do to Yahoo Answers.
The site was ruined by an attempt to monetise it. The Quora Partner program.
They could have monetised views of answers. So the higher quality answers that got lots of views and up votes were rewarded. People might be encouraged to spend more time on detailed answers. Which Quora was good for in the earlier days.
But no, they monetised views on questions. Which predictably resulted in lots of shitlords accumulating views, by using bots to post hundreds of not thousands of similar shit questions. A few views on thousands of questions adds up and is easier than thousands of views in a few quality questions.
Then COVID happened, and lots of bored anti-vaxers, anti-athist, anti-liberal, conspiracy theorists kind of invaded. Along with shitlords and flat earthers.
I taylor which people and groups I follow to avoid a lot of it. But it's not the same, and has basically been abandoned in favour of an AI project. There's no moderation to speak of.
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I never got into quora because it all seems paywalled every time i get a link is it similar to AskXYZ subreddits with niche communities that have recognizable users? i thought it was more anonymous
Fun fact for viewing paywalled questions: adding
?share=1at the end of the url may reveal it.It's supposed to be a website where you can ask questions to experts, so their name, degree, job title etc. is up front. However they don't really screen anything so anyone can pretty much answer anything.
Even worse slop than Reddit, because they're more pretentious about it.
it’s been mostly bots for a long time, like before AI blow up. unfortunately it’s indexed to shit so it shows up for google results
Thankfully I'm seeing it less & less...
I once googled why exactly we don't commonly have mandatory smoke detectors in apartments in Europe and some Spanish lady was basically like "because it would be oppression of freedom"
The time to get into Quora was a decade or more ago. These days there's no reason to pay any more attention or thought to their site than you do to Yahoo Answers.
It's bots
I never understood this. What do people get by asking the dumbest made up questions on Quora?
The site was ruined by an attempt to monetise it. The Quora Partner program.
They could have monetised views of answers. So the higher quality answers that got lots of views and up votes were rewarded. People might be encouraged to spend more time on detailed answers. Which Quora was good for in the earlier days.
But no, they monetised views on questions. Which predictably resulted in lots of shitlords accumulating views, by using bots to post hundreds of not thousands of similar shit questions. A few views on thousands of questions adds up and is easier than thousands of views in a few quality questions.
Then COVID happened, and lots of bored anti-vaxers, anti-athist, anti-liberal, conspiracy theorists kind of invaded. Along with shitlords and flat earthers.
I taylor which people and groups I follow to avoid a lot of it. But it's not the same, and has basically been abandoned in favour of an AI project. There's no moderation to speak of.
what if theyre actually just the most interesting person ever
And also a time traveller
Now that one I believe.
Quora is such a garbage site
Was their name Klinger?
yahoo answers for people that drink wine
"You claim to have a 12 year old son who is having a baby" killed me lol
Quora was great 10+ years ago. Like a Yahoo Answers but for people with actual brains.
It's horrible to use now. Paywalls and their annoying "Spaces" and a really crap home feed algorithm. Such a shame.
Just 3 questions...
Edit: Found my Answer for 3... 1 & 2 are obviously Rhetorical unless somone has an explanation for 1😅