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While i agree with the thrust of the post, the argument is severely undercut at the point where the author writes that Quora's problem is that it doesn't solve

While i agree with the thrust of the post, the argument is severely undercut at the point where the author writes that Quora's problem is that it doesn't solve a problem, and then immediately turns to observation that twitter doesn't solve a problem either, and is wildly successful. This is not cogent writing :P

sgdesign 15y ago
True, that was not very well written. I meant to say that not solving a well-defined problem is not always a death sentence (see: Twitter, Reddit, etc.), but that it's still not a very encouraging sign.
- WalterSear 15y ago
  Twitter arguably solved a problem we didn't know we had. Reddit - that solved a problem we did have, same problem as HN does.
- knowtheory 15y ago
  yeah, i think that you should probably leave that point out unless you have a good way to connect having an obvious purpose and success.
- jsavimbi 15y ago
  > Twitter didn’t solve any real problem I automatically discounted your entire argument based on those six words. If you're still unable to see the problem that Twitter solved, then you shouldn't be writing about tech, media or related.
  - 1va 15y ago
    Ok. I'll bite: What problem do you feel Twitter solved?
    - jsavimbi 15y ago
      To date, it's the most reliable, worldwide accesible, short-messaging, real-time propagation system that we've developed. Hands down, it has no competition. Not radio, not TV, not satellite communication and certainly not through any corporate-owned mouthpiece. It discounts trends, rumors, celebrity-induced Mass Sociogenic Illness or cheap propaganda. It solved the problem of truthful dissemination through independent social verification. If you did no not know that there was a problem with the truth as it was delivered to us prior to 2009 (which is when Twitter got its wheels) then you are one ignorant summbitch. Downvote for stupidity.
      - redthrowaway 15y ago
        >then you are one ignorant summbitch. Downvote for stupidity. You couldn't have answered the question without that bit?
      - catshirt 15y ago
        ah yes how did we forget. thanks to twitter all the information we receive is unfiltered from the source and no one lies.

sgdesign 15y ago

True, that was not very well written. I meant to say that not solving a well-defined problem is not always a death sentence (see: Twitter, Reddit, etc.), but that it's still not a very encouraging sign.

WalterSear 15y ago
Twitter arguably solved a problem we didn't know we had. Reddit - that solved a problem we did have, same problem as HN does.
knowtheory 15y ago
yeah, i think that you should probably leave that point out unless you have a good way to connect having an obvious purpose and success.
jsavimbi 15y ago
> Twitter didn’t solve any real problem I automatically discounted your entire argument based on those six words. If you're still unable to see the problem that Twitter solved, then you shouldn't be writing about tech, media or related.
- 1va 15y ago
  Ok. I'll bite: What problem do you feel Twitter solved?
  - jsavimbi 15y ago
    To date, it's the most reliable, worldwide accesible, short-messaging, real-time propagation system that we've developed. Hands down, it has no competition. Not radio, not TV, not satellite communication and certainly not through any corporate-owned mouthpiece. It discounts trends, rumors, celebrity-induced Mass Sociogenic Illness or cheap propaganda. It solved the problem of truthful dissemination through independent social verification. If you did no not know that there was a problem with the truth as it was delivered to us prior to 2009 (which is when Twitter got its wheels) then you are one ignorant summbitch. Downvote for stupidity.
    - redthrowaway 15y ago
      >then you are one ignorant summbitch. Downvote for stupidity. You couldn't have answered the question without that bit?
    - catshirt 15y ago
      ah yes how did we forget. thanks to twitter all the information we receive is unfiltered from the source and no one lies.