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Quora has also dramatically raised the bar. If you haven't already, go join and ask / answer a couple of questions. It's slick, efficient and impressive to use.
by benwerd 16y ago
Quora has also dramatically raised the bar. If you haven't already, go join and ask / answer a couple of questions. It's slick, efficient and impressive to use.
My feeling is that, for forum software to really be useful (and lucrative), it needs to be usable by businesses. That means allowing customization, probably allowing file attachments, and integrating with a wide variety of software via APIs or installable plugins.
- retube 16y agoI hear Quora is good. But they only seem to allow login/signup via facebook.
- benwerd 16y agoOr Twitter, I think. But yes, it's a very odd choice to not allow (1) OpenID logins, and (2) basic registration - particularly given their early adopter audience.
- c1sc0 16y agoMaybe they don't allow it because of their early adopter audience: who among that crowd does not have a twitter or FB account?
- retube 16y agoI'm obviously not an early adopter :) Actually, in seriousness I'm probably not. But still, I like to remain anonymous and only reveal personal data when I have absolute control and trust in over who/where I am releasing it to (and I don't mean I don't trust Quora, it's exposing myself to their users that I have an issue with)
- willheim 16y agoI didn't like Quora at all. It allows users to modify your question and tags and some of them misunderstand your question or just don't want it there. One of my questions received no answers, many followers hoping for an answer, and 13 edits removing tags and changing the question to be something completely different from what it was. In other words, it can be abused.
- kathyannov 16y agothanks for letting know about Quora
- retube 16y agoHi Ben - a couple more questions: what kind of APIs do you envisage? And what sort of plugins?