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I'd love it if someone would make something that would let me see answers past the first without creating an account. Presumably it could be done with an extens

by pg 14y ago

I'd love it if someone would make something that would let me see answers past the first without creating an account. Presumably it could be done with an extension plus a database of accounts a la (or even from) Bugmenot. Incidentally, does anyone know why Quora wants to force me to create an account? They can already use cookies to tell which pageviews are from the same user. What difference does it make if there's a username and password associated with them?

pixelcort 14y ago
Maybe this has to do with the default for new accounts to be included in the "these people viewed this page" feature. Maybe because of that no one wants to log into their account in fear of sharing what they view, so this requirement is to reverse the trend of users logging out as a result of that fear?
jpeterson 14y ago
Higher user count => more $$$
- pg 14y ago
  How do they make more money if my pageviews are associated with an account?
  - niggler 14y ago
    They can show more registered users. I imagine they will turn around and show investors the inflated count when they raise more money ...
    - citricsquid 14y ago
      I was thinking the same, but don't investors look into the companies they're investing in, investigate the statistics and information the company provides? I would think that investors would see the people have to sign up and realise the registration numbers are artificially inflated.
      - lowboy 14y ago
        You would think, but I imagine some will be swayed by the numbers even if they do think about that.
  - johnrob 14y ago
    I think getting you to sign up is the start of a process that culminates with you inviting all of your contacts. The username/password step is just the top of the funnel.
    - pg 14y ago
      Ah yes, that could be it. I don't think I would advise a startup to do that though. If you have to be that heavy-handed to make it spread, what that really means is that the site isn't good enough.
  - EGreg 14y ago
    Once you have an account, they can start contacting you, and increase the probability of you participating/contributing content/inviting your friends.
Wingman4l7 14y ago
BugMeNot already has an official Firefox extension, FWIW: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugmenot/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugmenot/
niftylettuce 14y ago
pg: did you mean auto-opening the other answers that were "collapsed"? -- b/c it looks like they allow us to see past the first now normal example: http://www.quora.com/Asana/Why-does-Asana-host-its-DNS-with-Godaddy http://www.quora.com/Asana/Why-does-Asana-host-its-DNS-with-... example w/popup: http://www.quora.com/Asana/Why-does-Asana-host-its-DNS-with-Godaddy?ref=fb http://www.quora.com/Asana/Why-does-Asana-host-its-DNS-with-... need something to recursively open all comments too?
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by pg 14y ago

pixelcort 14y ago

Maybe this has to do with the default for new accounts to be included in the "these people viewed this page" feature. Maybe because of that no one wants to log into their account in fear of sharing what they view, so this requirement is to reverse the trend of users logging out as a result of that fear?

jpeterson 14y ago

Higher user count => more $$$

pg 14y ago
How do they make more money if my pageviews are associated with an account?
- niggler 14y ago
  They can show more registered users. I imagine they will turn around and show investors the inflated count when they raise more money ...
  - citricsquid 14y ago
    I was thinking the same, but don't investors look into the companies they're investing in, investigate the statistics and information the company provides? I would think that investors would see the people have to sign up and realise the registration numbers are artificially inflated.
    - lowboy 14y ago
      You would think, but I imagine some will be swayed by the numbers even if they do think about that.
- johnrob 14y ago
  I think getting you to sign up is the start of a process that culminates with you inviting all of your contacts. The username/password step is just the top of the funnel.
  - pg 14y ago
    Ah yes, that could be it. I don't think I would advise a startup to do that though. If you have to be that heavy-handed to make it spread, what that really means is that the site isn't good enough.
- EGreg 14y ago
  Once you have an account, they can start contacting you, and increase the probability of you participating/contributing content/inviting your friends.

Wingman4l7 14y ago

BugMeNot already has an official Firefox extension, FWIW: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugmenot/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bugmenot/

niftylettuce 14y ago

pg: did you mean auto-opening the other answers that were "collapsed"? -- b/c it looks like they allow us to see past the first now normal example: http://www.quora.com/Asana/Why-does-Asana-host-its-DNS-with-Godaddy http://www.quora.com/Asana/Why-does-Asana-host-its-DNS-with-... example w/popup: http://www.quora.com/Asana/Why-does-Asana-host-its-DNS-with-Godaddy?ref=fb http://www.quora.com/Asana/Why-does-Asana-host-its-DNS-with-... need something to recursively open all comments too?

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