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I read the comments, some were a bit negative side about Quora introducing advertizing, others were quite positive about Quora itself and then a thought occurre

I read the comments, some were a bit negative side about Quora introducing advertizing, others were quite positive about Quora itself and then a thought occurred. I haven't read it as explicitly as I'm about to say, but you know what the most popular startups and companies are really disrupting? Advertizing Google, Facebook, Twitter, Quora, Stackoverflow (a lot more niche though) are all making money with advertizing. It's perhaps not the only way they make money, but it is always one of the first revenue sources they have, or the first even. I'm inclined to believe that a big chunk of the web app startups out there are about the same thing. Nuances are welcome :)

wrsh07 11y ago
It's a bit more than just advertising, though. Facebook and Google both run ad networks. Both publishers [other websites] and advertisers can turn to either [or both] for their advertising needs. This is also why Snapchat has a billion dollar valuation [see how many views they send Buzzfeed http://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-gets-21-of-its-traffic-from-snapchat-2015-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/buzzfeed-gets-21-of-its-traff...]
eric_h 11y ago
>Google, Facebook, Twitter, Quora, Stackoverflow (a lot more niche though) are all making money with advertising. Having spoken with some people who work at stack exchange in NYC, my understanding is that it's the jobs site that is their biggest revenue bet, not advertising.