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The same story was making the rounds yesterday from Quora. http://www.quora.com/Programming-Interviews/Whats-the-hardest-bug-youve-debugged/answer/Dave-Baggett

• kghose 13y ago
  This was a fascinating read. Thanks.
• teej 13y ago
  I'm surprised this story didn't credit Quora as the original published source. I imagine that's possibly because Gamasutra reached out directly to Baggett or he decided himself to cross-post the story after its success on Quora. I find the phenomenon of Quora posts becoming "real" articles quite fascinating. I've actually been "published" in Slate and Forbes online just for spending some time writing answers.
  • codezero 13y ago
    I'm guessing he ran it on Quora to see if it would gain any traction, and since it did, either submitted it to Gamasutra or was asked by them to publish it there. Since it's his answer, he can reproduce it anywhere he wants without crediting Quora as a source (since he's the source here), though it'd be sweet if he gave Quora a nod :)
    • dmbaggett 13y ago
      Should have done that. Updated.
      • codezero 13y ago
        Thanks :)
  • BenderV 13y ago
    Using Quora (or Reddit) is really a smart first move. It allow you to find interresting question/subject that you could answer (which is not trivial). It also allow you to directly reach a base of interested reader. Kind of what HN does for ideas/start-up. I wonder if this also exist for other type of markets (product, music, ...) ...
    • eru 13y ago
      You can put your music on YouTube.
      • drawkbox 13y ago
        Soundcloud
        • BenderV 13y ago
          See...not exacly. Because, If I create an account on Soundcloud, put some awesome music that I created, what will happen ? Nothing. Same for Youtube. I would have to be detected by someone with a huge number of followers to take off. If I make an awesome post on start-up or about an experience, and I post it and HN, I could go from 0 to lots of good (read "targeted") traffics. If I make a great anwser on Quora, I could go from nothing to lots of readers.
          • visakanv 13y ago
            the trick is to start with something that people are already interested in- this is why youtube artists start by doing covers of popular material, which gets the audience interested. do an interesting cover, do something relevant, exciting, quirky, funny, compelling.
          • drawkbox 13y ago
            That can happen. But on soundcloud you also get followers, replays, loves etc. I find artists there all the time I would never find anywhere else. myristica is one: https://soundcloud.com/myristica/into-the-night https://soundcloud.com/myristica/into-the-night or this: https://soundcloud.com/myristica/beyond-the-glow https://soundcloud.com/myristica/beyond-the-glow so good. I'd say anything good is built slowly, iteratively, each fan/follower appreciated and eventually you keep putting content on as many channels as you can, one will pick up or hit some sort of momentum and you run with it. New artists are discovered all the time on Soundcloud. I can't live without BLOOD BROS. I have shipped tons of product to this: https://soundcloud.com/maddecent/blood-bros-iii-back-in https://soundcloud.com/maddecent/blood-bros-iii-back-in Not against Quora in anyway, I like it, get traction however you can wherever you can and especially places where people are looking for what you make.
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  • NAFV_P 13y ago
    <<I find the phenomenon of Quora posts becoming "real" articles quite fascinating.>> I'm assuming that before they become real, they exist in an indeterminate quantum state?
  • brown9-2 13y ago
    Looks like it credits quora now.
• nervousvarun 13y ago
  Noted...though this link has the advantage of not being behind a login-wall.