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Quora is clearly doing this so that they rank highly on Google and get clicks. What surprises me is that Google doesn't seem to care, despite their stance that

Quora is clearly doing this so that they rank highly on Google and get clicks. What surprises me is that Google doesn't seem to care, despite their stance that "Using automation—including AI—to generate content with the primary purpose of manipulating ranking in search results is a violation of our spam policies." https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-search-and-ai-content https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2023/02/google-sea...

itsoktocry 3y ago
>Quora is clearly doing this so that they rank highly on Google and get clicks. Quora is garbage and always has been. For a while people thought it was going to be the place where smart insiders provided great answers. Then it turned into another spammy Q&A site that forces you to log in..because VCs need their money.
- joelthelion 3y ago
  For a short period of time it was indeed a good place to get answers from knowledgeable people, and they allowed a wider range of questions than Stack Exchange, which was nice. But it's been complete garbage for several years now. The space is ripe for disruption :)
  - FartyMcFarter 3y ago
    Yeah I used to be delighted every time I received the weekly digest in my email. Nowadays I still read it ocasionally, but it's mostly garbage unfortunately.
  - iteratethis 3y ago
    The disruption needed is to keep it small and focuses on quality. Every platform that has its "eternal september" ends up ruined in the way you describe.
    - joelthelion 3y ago
      For Quora, they made an active decision to destroy the nice credit economics system that was in place and push garbage, sensational questions and answers. It doesn't have to be that way.
- garfieldnate 3y ago
  Back in 2013 or so Quora was absolutely amazing, flowing with content so fascinating and enriching that I had to unsubscribe from updates because I would just spend my entire day reading there. I was sad to come back many years later and find it mostly overtaken by ads and spam.
- joshspankit 3y ago
  It feels like it’s time for Quora to sunset. It had it’s moment and that moment was glorious, but now as Dr. Kelly Starrett says “You can’t make a bad position good by shoving it in to a good position. You have to start over.”
KRAKRISMOTT 3y ago
Quora's boss seats on Open AI's board.
- SergeAx 3y ago
  Source?
  - surfingdino 3y ago
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D%27Angelo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D%27Angelo
- berniedurfee 3y ago
  Follow the money
htrp 3y ago
Do as we say not as we do.
weevil 3y ago
Both services gain from not actually enforcing this policy.

itsoktocry 3y ago

>Quora is clearly doing this so that they rank highly on Google and get clicks. Quora is garbage and always has been. For a while people thought it was going to be the place where smart insiders provided great answers. Then it turned into another spammy Q&A site that forces you to log in..because VCs need their money.

joelthelion 3y ago
For a short period of time it was indeed a good place to get answers from knowledgeable people, and they allowed a wider range of questions than Stack Exchange, which was nice. But it's been complete garbage for several years now. The space is ripe for disruption :)
- FartyMcFarter 3y ago
  Yeah I used to be delighted every time I received the weekly digest in my email. Nowadays I still read it ocasionally, but it's mostly garbage unfortunately.
- iteratethis 3y ago
  The disruption needed is to keep it small and focuses on quality. Every platform that has its "eternal september" ends up ruined in the way you describe.
  - joelthelion 3y ago
    For Quora, they made an active decision to destroy the nice credit economics system that was in place and push garbage, sensational questions and answers. It doesn't have to be that way.
garfieldnate 3y ago
Back in 2013 or so Quora was absolutely amazing, flowing with content so fascinating and enriching that I had to unsubscribe from updates because I would just spend my entire day reading there. I was sad to come back many years later and find it mostly overtaken by ads and spam.
joshspankit 3y ago
It feels like it’s time for Quora to sunset. It had it’s moment and that moment was glorious, but now as Dr. Kelly Starrett says “You can’t make a bad position good by shoving it in to a good position. You have to start over.”

KRAKRISMOTT 3y ago

Quora's boss seats on Open AI's board.

SergeAx 3y ago
Source?
- surfingdino 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D%27Angelo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_D%27Angelo
berniedurfee 3y ago
Follow the money

htrp 3y ago

Do as we say not as we do.

weevil 3y ago

Both services gain from not actually enforcing this policy.