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A platform isn’t some magical place with no basis in society, they don’t exist in some walled-off world where the real world is alien. They are still part of th
by jbob2000 6y ago
A platform isn’t some magical place with no basis in society, they don’t exist in some walled-off world where the real world is alien. They are still part of the general culture.
It’s a fault of Quora to have dogmatic rules like this, there are justifications for impoliteness.
- krapp 6y agoIt's not a fault of theirs, it's a business decision. They want to project an image of authoritativeness and professionalism, and rules of polite candor accomplish that. It's no different than Hacker News requiring civility or Stack Overflow requiring on-topic, non general discussion. Not every platform does, or should, have the purpose of allowing free flowing discussion.