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Quora was already ruined and pretty much worthless for a very long time. When a query on google has quora, I hardly ever click on it as I know a) it won’t answe

Quora was already ruined and pretty much worthless for a very long time. When a query on google has quora, I hardly ever click on it as I know a) it won’t answer the question most likely b) I walk into this incredibly confusing ux experience.

The_Colonel 2y ago
Same. I really dislike how you open one question and it sort of mixes in answers to different questions. New reddit UI does something similar.
- harryp_peng 2y ago
  Because sometimes no one actually answered that question, quora just publishes many titles to index to google.
- ulrikrasmussen 2y ago
  Engagement optimization. 5% of users might happen to see something that will keep them on the site, but 95% are confused and waste their time. Sites only optimize for engagement these days.
- darth_avocado 2y ago
  This has been one of my biggest gripes with Quora, even if user answers are useful, I’m not seeing them, which defeats the whole purpose of the site.
dimator 2y ago
I actually blacklist the entire domain from kagi search results.
wraptile 2y ago
I used to be an active Quora contributor and that platform is not worth saving. It kept getting worse and worse to the point where it's entire existance is just confusing.
weinzierl 2y ago
Quora was doomed from the start. When StackOverflow started the founders and the early community put a lot of thought and energy into not becoming one of the niche expert exchanges that already existed at that time. Now, Stackoverflow failed, but not by repeating the mistakes that already had been made. That's not something that could be said about Quora.
- bananaflag 2y ago
  Why do you say SO failed? I thought it was quite successful.
  - wokwokwok 2y ago
    It was quite successful. (past tense)
    - bigfudge 2y ago
      I fear you might be true. I do worry though that a big reason LLMs are good and answering tech questions is that they’ve read SO
  - weinzierl 2y ago
    Maybe I am too harsh, and measured by its usefulness[1] it is not really a failure. I was involved in the early SO community and I think it is failure compared to what it could have been. [1] However small that may be, even I would have a hard time to argue that it is useless or irrelevant.
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The_Colonel 2y ago

Same. I really dislike how you open one question and it sort of mixes in answers to different questions. New reddit UI does something similar.

harryp_peng 2y ago
Because sometimes no one actually answered that question, quora just publishes many titles to index to google.
ulrikrasmussen 2y ago
Engagement optimization. 5% of users might happen to see something that will keep them on the site, but 95% are confused and waste their time. Sites only optimize for engagement these days.
darth_avocado 2y ago
This has been one of my biggest gripes with Quora, even if user answers are useful, I’m not seeing them, which defeats the whole purpose of the site.

dimator 2y ago

I actually blacklist the entire domain from kagi search results.

wraptile 2y ago

I used to be an active Quora contributor and that platform is not worth saving. It kept getting worse and worse to the point where it's entire existance is just confusing.

weinzierl 2y ago

Quora was doomed from the start. When StackOverflow started the founders and the early community put a lot of thought and energy into not becoming one of the niche expert exchanges that already existed at that time. Now, Stackoverflow failed, but not by repeating the mistakes that already had been made. That's not something that could be said about Quora.

bananaflag 2y ago
Why do you say SO failed? I thought it was quite successful.
- wokwokwok 2y ago
  It was quite successful. (past tense)
  - bigfudge 2y ago
    I fear you might be true. I do worry though that a big reason LLMs are good and answering tech questions is that they’ve read SO
- weinzierl 2y ago
  Maybe I am too harsh, and measured by its usefulness[1] it is not really a failure. I was involved in the early SO community and I think it is failure compared to what it could have been. [1] However small that may be, even I would have a hard time to argue that it is useless or irrelevant.

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