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Think maybe they're feeling a little heat from Quora? I'm not saying Quora is competing with them right now, but this seems like a pretty well-timed pre-emptive
by jarin 16y ago
Think maybe they're feeling a little heat from Quora? I'm not saying Quora is competing with them right now, but this seems like a pretty well-timed pre-emptive strike.
Glad to see it though, I use Stack Overflow way more than I use Quora.
- zitterbewegung 16y agoDoesn't quora target a different audience than stack overflow? Stack overflow goes for more long tail questions for people who program while quora goes for general questions?
- jsankey 16y agoStack Overflow may focus on people who program, but through Stack Exchange they are trying to diversify into Q&A for any topic. It seems inevitable there will be some overlap with Quora, and right now it looks like they're in a land-grabbing phase.
- jdp23 16y agoHere's how Joel Spolsky of StackOverflow positions it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2140871 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2140871
- codinghorror 16y agowell, not exactly -- you can't do ANYTHING on Quora as an anonymous user. On a Stack Exchange site, you could always ask and answer as an anon user. Now you can suggest edits, too.