> There's nothing technically noteworthy about the idea or the platform. Don't quite agree, I think their real-time update system excellent and sets them apart

> There's nothing technically noteworthy about the idea or the platform. Don't quite agree, I think their real-time update system excellent and sets them apart. It definitely (IMO) makes the site more addicting. Not that it couldn't be written by competitors of course I don't disagree that Quora is overhyped though, they seem be Techcrunch's pet company of 2011.