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" No one cares that you won't connect with Facebook or Twitter. Most people aren't like you. And if you really are interested in "building things people want,"

" No one cares that you won't connect with Facebook or Twitter. Most people aren't like you. And if you really are interested in "building things people want," you're going to have to come to terms with the fact that this is the direction the web is moving in. I don't like Facebook's cavalier attitude toward privacy, but I'm willing to connect to Quora to see a great product and community in action. " In other words you don't mind using Facebook or Twitter to log onto Quora and you want to slag people who do and want them to have to "come to terms" with your attitude. Way to go. If "no one cares" why are you making such a song and dance about it here? The rest of your arguments exhibit appeal to authority than any compelling rationale. "The breadth and depth of information in some of these posts dwarf all the random Mixergy, Founders At Work, etc interviews seen here on HN. For one example, search for answers by Reid Hoffman, cofounder of PayPal and LinkedIn" Wow All of them!! Amazing ! Why didn't you throw in Wikipedia and the sum total of business knowledge accumulated by mankind while you are at it? Hyperbole anyone?. " Amazing UI/UX design. There are so many clever small details to the user experience that it is impossible to really understand without actually getting your hands dirty and trying the product." In other words you don't want to point out anything specifically amazing. Only you "really understand" the genius and anyone who disagrees on something even peripherally related is in the wrong and "close minded". Your gut reaction about the UI which can't be articulated is evidence of depth of perception , but when other people have gut reactions to method of registering, it is to be dismissed. Sheesh! "Pedigree - Cofounders Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever were former CTO/VP Engineering and Head of Connect/Platform at Facebook, respectively. They've managed to secure a massive investment at a huge valuation from a very highly-regarded VC firm - before launch." None of this has anything to do with eventual success or failure of a product or startup. But you cover your tracks nicely with the "regardless of what you think of such signals, I am right anyway" bit

huangm 16y ago
My points above are not meant to convince you that Quora is good, but that it is worth checking out. It was in response to comments like 'I saw connect with FB and bounced.' Appeals to authority and hyperbole are rhetorical devices used to accomplish a goal, which here, is to convince people who are reading all the "meh" comments to give Quora a legitimate look. It's interesting that you feel the need to crusade against a pretty harmless opinion post. "In other words you don't mind using Facebook or Twitter to log onto Quora and you want to slag people who do and want them to have to "come to terms" with your attitude. Way to go. If "no one cares" why are you making such a song and dance about it here?" No. The fact that lots of people don't mind connecting with Facebook and Twitter means that if you want to build products for those people, you have to come to terms with that. And like I said in the paragraph right below, if that doesn't resonate with you, then feel free to ignore it. It's OK if you're not building stuff for "normals".
- plinkplonk 16y ago
  "Appeals to authority and hyperbole are rhetorical devices used to accomplish a goal ... " I rest my case.

huangm 16y ago

My points above are not meant to convince you that Quora is good, but that it is worth checking out. It was in response to comments like 'I saw connect with FB and bounced.' Appeals to authority and hyperbole are rhetorical devices used to accomplish a goal, which here, is to convince people who are reading all the "meh" comments to give Quora a legitimate look. It's interesting that you feel the need to crusade against a pretty harmless opinion post. "In other words you don't mind using Facebook or Twitter to log onto Quora and you want to slag people who do and want them to have to "come to terms" with your attitude. Way to go. If "no one cares" why are you making such a song and dance about it here?" No. The fact that lots of people don't mind connecting with Facebook and Twitter means that if you want to build products for those people, you have to come to terms with that. And like I said in the paragraph right below, if that doesn't resonate with you, then feel free to ignore it. It's OK if you're not building stuff for "normals".

plinkplonk 16y ago
"Appeals to authority and hyperbole are rhetorical devices used to accomplish a goal ... " I rest my case.