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Basically all of social media is like this. You provide content to Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, whatever because you want people to see it. There is an
by ALittleLight 5y ago
Basically all of social media is like this. You provide content to Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, whatever because you want people to see it. There is an edge case where you make money by getting famous, but usually people are just doing it for attention, same way they are for anything else. Why do people write answers on StackOverflow, Quora, whatever? They want people to read their answers and think they're smart.
- dv_dt 5y agoI wonder if there is a curated collection of stats somewhere on the lifecycle numbers on social media ventures?
- iechoz6H 5y agoAdmittedly this is one explanation, another could be that people simple like helping others.
- Mezzie 5y agoSome people like the puzzle/challenge aspect as well. Plus somebody asking something you know the answer to reinforces that your decision to retain that information has value. I'm a librarian. We answer a lot of questions.
- prashantsengar 5y agoAnd sometimes you don't know the answer to the question before you start writing, but in the process you learn something new.
- Mezzie 5y agoAnswering questions I don't know is the BEST.
- redis_mlc 5y ago[dead]