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I've noticed a lot of questions on Quora are saturated by those kind of answers. It seems to be an accepted tradeoff, shameless and often bias self-promotion in
by ben_jones 9y ago
I've noticed a lot of questions on Quora are saturated by those kind of answers. It seems to be an accepted tradeoff, shameless and often bias self-promotion in exchange for a medium-effort answer. Furthermore it seems to me that a lot of these self-promotional posts are done by paid shills of the company which in my view further discredits them...
As a dev I'm constantly evaluating trade-offs between products and its gotten to the point that for many subjects I won't even check quora links.
- salqadri 9y agoCertainly a cunning / savvy way to take advantage of such platforms, but when overused, sites like Quora become notorious and their effectiveness would decrease over time.
- donmatito 9y agoI had the opportunity to attend a fireside chat with d'Agostino at The Family in Paris. Someone asked that very question. The answer was they view pitching one's product as a perfectly valid answer to questions such as "what's the best product to achieve X". As a dev I don't mind these pitches when looking for tools. The comments/votes often provide a rather complete picture, at least for the most active questions
- weavie 9y agoI wonder how many of these questions have the question and answer both created by the same person under two separate accounts..
- dharma1 9y agoSame here, it's becoming useless for that. "What are the best tools for X" questions on Quora are filled with marketing drivel from SEO specialists/employees of companies plugging their product. Probably works for a while still, since Quora ranks high on Google searches