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Doesn'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 gene
by zitterbewegung 16y ago
Doesn'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