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> On Quora, you can follow not only people, but topics and questions. It defines the world by your interests, not just the people you may know or admire. This i
by narkee 16y ago
> On Quora, you can follow not only people, but topics and questions. It defines the world by your interests, not just the people you may know or admire. This is a powerful concept and is not limited to Quora (both Twitter and Facebook also want to own the interest graph), but Quora is designed from the ground up to expose and help you explore your interests.
So, like sub-reddits? A lot of people compare Quora to StackOverflow and derivatives, but I see more of a resemblance to reddit, if you keep only self-posts.
- jw84 16y agoIt's all derivative of forum software. Thread, post, reply, notify, user, profile, follow. If Reddit has an interest graph built on a social graph with a Twitter graph and a map to find all these graphs then they too can be the media darlings of Silicon Valley. But, wait, they slayed Digg, is that not good enough of a narrative in 2010? Quora has now momentum, I think that's going to get them over the hump more so than anything else. When Steve Case is on your site commentin', that's at least worth $1MM in valuation right there.
- kmfrk 16y agoNah, topics are tags; a question can have several topics, whereas a reddit thread can only belong to one category. (reddit terminology is not my forté.) On the negative side, I feel like some evil search engine optimizer when I plaster my questions with topics.