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My opinion on Quora is totally different (note, I have no interest, nor I think my point of view is right or wrong, simply different). I don't 100% support the
by ecesena 12y ago
My opinion on Quora is totally different (note, I have no interest, nor I think my point of view is right or wrong, simply different).
I don't 100% support the idea of putting a barrier before content, but I understand their need to grow in terms of registered users (i.e. users for whom they have email or social account). It's a mere strategy for fast growing, a sort of compromise that they chose to do. I don't see this particularly different from the initial Reddit's strategy of fake posts to grow the community (from an ethical point of view, is hiding content so different than creating fake one?). My hope is that this will be just the initial strategy for acquiring users.
- overgard 12y agoKind of a dumb strategy in my opinion. A lot of times I'll see a post on quora I want to share on facebook or whatever, but I don't because I know I'll just be irritating my friends when they see a "Signup to read this article" page.
- ecesena 12y agoI agree, it seems to conflict with sharing. However, for 1 person like you that thinks about not sharing, I'm sure there are many that will share without thinking. Moreover -on this point I'm totally sure- if you force users to signup vs you leave the option, no matter how good is your landing page, you will have more signups with the first option. The point would be to understand how many share they lose vs how many signup they still get, but I guess the math is on their side (note: I'm assuming the most important metric here is number of signups, which is totally an assumption).
- koreth1 12y agoThe links from their "Share" feature bypass the login wall (though only for the specific piece of content you link to).
- waqf 12y agoI don't 100% support the idea of robbing banks, but I understand the need to obtain money quickly. It's a mere strategy for fast profits, a sort of compromise that the defendant chose to do. My hope is that this will just be their initial strategy for acquiring money, Your Honor.
- ecesena 12y ago:) I see your point and I described what I think is the rationale behind. Yet, I believe there's a pretty big gap between hiding some content (that, btw, Quora owns) and robbing a bank. I believe the comparison between hiding content and creating fake one is more fair...