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Quora is the only one of these that interests me primarily because most answers are posted by people using their actual names. Yeah it's not perfect and it has

by ryanmim 12y ago

Quora is the only one of these that interests me primarily because most answers are posted by people using their actual names. Yeah it's not perfect and it has a lot of issues, but this is a big selling point for me. There are advantages to anonymity, but there are also advantages to sticking faces onto posts. Quora should be the place for the latter, and should play that up more.

aikah 12y ago
just my opinion but the login wall totally kills Quora.just saying.Not going to log into that stuff just to read an answer. And the UI/UX hasnt been updated for years.Doesnt feel modern. Just my 2 cents about why i dont use Quora. Could have been a great tool to build E-Reputation for engineers.
- ryanmim 12y ago
  Yup, the login wall is a major PITA. Enforcing that for people who simply want to read the content is a mistake IMO. However, Quora made the decision that it would force enough signups for it to be worth it...not sure I agree, but they have more data available on the issue than I do.
- jqm 12y ago
  Exactly why I have never even visited Quora. Facebook login required? Forgitaboutit. I've never had a facebook account and never will (sure, I know you maybe can use another service...but just it isn't worth my time).
  - walterbell 12y ago
    Quora was started by ex-Facebook CTO / VP Eng, who previously lead "Facebook Platform", i.e. the login requirement now seen at Quora. However, most of the world moved on. http://pando.com/2013/07/23/move-fast-break-things-the-sad-story-of-platform-facebooks-gigantic-missed-opportunity/ http://pando.com/2013/07/23/move-fast-break-things-the-sad-s... http://www.crunchbase.com/person/adam-d-angelo http://www.crunchbase.com/person/adam-d-angelo
  - snowwrestler 12y ago
    Logging in is required to read, but you do not have to use Facebook login. I just created an account with my email address.
GabrielF00 12y ago
Quora has some really interesting content, but there's also a ton of bullshit. A significant portion of the questions I see on my feed are of the form: "how do I get into <famous school>?", "what was <famous person> like in college?", "how do I get a job at <famous company>?, "what is <class> like at <famous school>?, what is <some very specific fact> about <famous company>'s <famous product>?
- pavlov 12y ago
  Yeah, much of Quora is not unlike celebrity gossip for techies. Of course the same applies to a lot of the upvoted content on HN.
- argonaut 12y ago
  All of which are topics that most people, even reasonably intelligent people, are interested in. They may be beneath your tastes, but that does not invalidate them.

by ryanmim 12y ago

aikah 12y ago

just my opinion but the login wall totally kills Quora.just saying.Not going to log into that stuff just to read an answer. And the UI/UX hasnt been updated for years.Doesnt feel modern. Just my 2 cents about why i dont use Quora. Could have been a great tool to build E-Reputation for engineers.

ryanmim 12y ago
Yup, the login wall is a major PITA. Enforcing that for people who simply want to read the content is a mistake IMO. However, Quora made the decision that it would force enough signups for it to be worth it...not sure I agree, but they have more data available on the issue than I do.
jqm 12y ago
Exactly why I have never even visited Quora. Facebook login required? Forgitaboutit. I've never had a facebook account and never will (sure, I know you maybe can use another service...but just it isn't worth my time).
- walterbell 12y ago
  Quora was started by ex-Facebook CTO / VP Eng, who previously lead "Facebook Platform", i.e. the login requirement now seen at Quora. However, most of the world moved on. http://pando.com/2013/07/23/move-fast-break-things-the-sad-story-of-platform-facebooks-gigantic-missed-opportunity/ http://pando.com/2013/07/23/move-fast-break-things-the-sad-s... http://www.crunchbase.com/person/adam-d-angelo http://www.crunchbase.com/person/adam-d-angelo
- snowwrestler 12y ago
  Logging in is required to read, but you do not have to use Facebook login. I just created an account with my email address.

GabrielF00 12y ago

Quora has some really interesting content, but there's also a ton of bullshit. A significant portion of the questions I see on my feed are of the form: "how do I get into <famous school>?", "what was <famous person> like in college?", "how do I get a job at <famous company>?, "what is <class> like at <famous school>?, what is <some very specific fact> about <famous company>'s <famous product>?

pavlov 12y ago
Yeah, much of Quora is not unlike celebrity gossip for techies. Of course the same applies to a lot of the upvoted content on HN.
argonaut 12y ago
All of which are topics that most people, even reasonably intelligent people, are interested in. They may be beneath your tastes, but that does not invalidate them.