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Just conjecture on my part, but this seems like it will help keep the Quora ecosystem content quality high. Any Quora user that is even slightly active will alw
by ericdykstra 15y ago
Just conjecture on my part, but this seems like it will help keep the Quora ecosystem content quality high. Any Quora user that is even slightly active will always have enough credits to use the site without having to think about them, but people who just ask, maybe not always good questions, and don't continue in any meaningful way might hesitate before posting the 5th iteration of the same question.
the real killer feature of credits though is being able to get access and attention from people you don't know. It's easy enough to ignore emails from strangers or at replies on twitter, but getting asked to answer on Quora gives a bigger social obligation. Like "hey not only does this guy want to know my opinion, but he thinks lots of other people will, too".
I think Charlie and Adam are building a great platform and great community at Quora. Bravo.
- simonw 15y agoI've been noticing a sharp uptick in bad questions in my Quora feed recently (questions that are poorly spelled, difficult to understand or just exhibit a lack of thoughtfulness) - maybe this change is Quora's way of encouraging people to think a little harder before posting their questions.
- potatolicious 15y agoQuora sent me a daily digest email this afternoon, where the highlighted question was "What's it like to be in a bar fight?" I figured that was the jumping the shark moment, if I'm not too late to it already.
- simonw 15y agoYeah - I'm fed up of all the "What does it feel like to..." and "Which Quora users like to" questions. Haven't figured out how to get them out of my stream yet.
- keeptrying 15y agoThere's been a recent surge in users I believe. I've seen the same thing. And this new feature isn't a big change. Previously when u as ken a question then the only way to how it to others was y paying wih credits for that feature. They've just taken one step out. The quality of e questions is a Function of new users who don't realize that quora requires well formatted questions. They will either learn or they won't be able to add anymore as they will run out of credits. Quoras incentives align so that the most popular answer gets to the top and also answers by celebrity get to the top - this one problem with the present incentives.
- sumukh1 15y agoLooks like that what they were going for: "This is not a monetization product for us. The goal of this is to make Quora better"