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"Really don't get all the Quora hate on HN." I'm not sure what's hard to get exactly. How would you like it if Google forced you to sign in to search and then
by Steko 14y ago
"Really don't get all the Quora hate on HN."
I'm not sure what's hard to get exactly. How would you like it if Google forced you to sign in to search and then one day told the whole world what you were searching for? Yes they backtracked on the latter but it's fucking ridiculous that it would have even went live in the first place. It makes me never want to sign in to Quora again. And since you can't even browse the site effectively without signing in, the whole thing is useless.
- wilfra 14y agoEvery platform has things about it which are not perfect and every startup makes mistakes. Many on HN seem to be either completely unaware of or purposely ignore all of the other amazing things about Quora, and that's a shame.
- Steko 14y agoI'm ignorant of a lot of things. I liked Quora a lot and I agree everyone makes mistakes. Unfortunately they made the kind of mistake that isn't easily forgiven or recovered from so it's going to take a extraordinary effort on their part to earn that trust back.
- rhizome 14y agoThe founders are ex-Facebook, they know what kinds of features they're making before they launch them. I wouldn't be so quick to allow them the garage-startup space to make these kinds of mistakes. Consider the source, fruit of the tree, and all that.
- wilfra 14y agoAgreed. Like Facebook, it's a great product created by people who have made some questionable privacy decisions. However whenever Facebook is discussed on HN 95% of the comments are not negative. I'm not saying Quora is perfect and above criticism, but there are a lot of great things about it and its not so bad as to warrant the extreme and near-absolute criticism it gets on HN.
- codezero 14y agoGoogle doesn't need you to sign in because they already know exactly who you are, that should bother you a little more if you ask me.