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>Why provide free services to billionaires? Also why I never saw the point of sites like quora. Why are all these "subject matter experts" spending countless h
by bubblethink 7y ago
>Why provide free services to billionaires?
Also why I never saw the point of sites like quora. Why are all these "subject matter experts" spending countless hours writing free content for a platform that is ultimately locked in and going to either a) Be infested with ads or b) Going to charge money (like the publishers' racket in scientific publishing).
- Joe-Z 7y agoAt least for Quora (or rather StackOverflow for me) I could understand it as satisfying a need to be in a community of experts and exchange ideas on more fringe topics. Also it‘s probably a good thing to put on your resume if you have amassed sufficient fake internet points ;) Amazon reviews however... you‘re just a drop in the ocean and there‘s certainly no community. Thus you‘d have to pay me if you want me to engage in this.
- derekp7 7y agoIt could also be used to improve your technical writing abilities. Doesn't really matter that you have submitted review number 5397, the effort that you put into writing a persuasive argument is valuable to you in itself.
- linuxftw 7y agoIn the case of Stack Overflow, it's a great place for organic linking to your own content. "You can do xyz in order to accomplish this task. Source: <link to my content>" BAM. Just translated internet points into $0.002
- wool_gather 7y agoYou'll get marked as a spammer if you do this too much or in the wrong way.
- AznHisoka 7y agoFor some people, I think it satisfies a human need to sort of brag about your knowledge. For other people, it's simply a way to market their website/product by linking to their site when answering a question.