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That is a quite essential step for something like this. Take for example Twitter. If you signup for Twitter and don't follow anyone, it is going to be a pretty
by james33 13y ago
That is a quite essential step for something like this. Take for example Twitter. If you signup for Twitter and don't follow anyone, it is going to be a pretty useless service to you. Same thing with Quora and many others, you need to have a starting point to see the value and start actually using it.
- natejenkins 13y agoI might be a special case but I signed up for Twitter just so I could keep an eye on who is tweeting about my company and make an occasional reply. I don't follow anybody and wouldn't have finished the signup process if I was forced to follow someone. I find it a pretty great solution for real-time customer service, both as a founder and as a customer, but I don't want to hear everything anyone has to say unless they're a good friend of mine and in that case they are on Facebook. For notable people, if I care at all what they have been up to I will go to their blog, and for a real-time event I will simply search for it on Twitter. The awesome thing about Twitter is they let me use their service exactly how I want to and don't force me to do anything else, like randomly click 5 topics I couldn't care less about. I wish Quora were similar in that respect.
- james33 13y agoIs there a Quora use-case I'm missing? What is the scenario where you wouldn't want to follow topics on Quora? Granted, I haven't been on Quora much over the last year, so things could have changed.
- samuelhulick 13y agoI think the issue people are encountering is trying to read an article linked from elsewhere (e.g. Twitter) and having to go through the full onboarding process to read it.