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I have asked a bunch of questions on HN, and, like, actually gotten really good answers to them. Same with stackoverflow. Just because there are people on quora

I have asked a bunch of questions on HN, and, like, actually gotten really good answers to them. Same with stackoverflow. Just because there are people on quora that answer questions well doesn't mean that they don't partake in questionable business practices and that you can find the answers elsewhere.

Tycho 14y ago
HN is not a Q&A site, neither is Reddit. StackOvereflow is focussed on narrow topics (and moderated by Nazis). That leaves plenty of room for a site like Quora which is oriented around finding answers to questions you have on any serious topic. Other sites might have better matereial when you do a direct comparison, but that's like saying a book of essays by Richard Feynman is always more interesting than looking the same topic up in Encyclopedia Britannica.
- chris_wot 14y ago
  Who knew that Nazis were so good at keeping question and answer sites so well moderated? I doubt even Godwin would have known.
- rat87 14y ago
  Reddit is not a Q & A site but sometimes very good questions and answers pop up. Particularly in the http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience subreddit.
- philwelch 14y ago
  > HN is not a Q&A site, neither is Reddit. That hardly seems necessary. Any generalized discussion site can answer Q&A, since that's just a discussion format. That isn't true the other way around, hence the StackOverflow nazis.
- singular 14y ago
  > HN is not a Q&A site, neither is Reddit. True, but both have Q&A 'modes', e.g. Ask HN and IAmA AMA.