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> I noticed you get unwarrantedly defensive Uhh I don't think he was defensive at all. I think he made a very good point. I would bet large amounts of bitcoin

> I noticed you get unwarrantedly defensive Uhh I don't think he was defensive at all. I think he made a very good point. I would bet large amounts of bitcoins that no VC wrote any of this, save MAYBE part of the opening. It's extremely verbose and the business analysis ultimately is a smaller part of what amounts to just a rant about the quora community. And if you want to read that, that's great. I don't. I've read the exact same criticism of Wikipedia, Reddit, <insert social community here>. It doesn't really provide any insight I didn't know already: big social communities tend to get co-opted by people with agendas and too much time on their hand. Cool. Talking about company strategy and why it is unlikely to be successful is interesting, and provides good salient points for the rest of us. Talking about 'rad fems' taking over Quora? Not so much.

cloakandswagger 12y ago
The community is typically a pretty big aspect of a business running a community answers site. Would you have been satisfied if there was a pie chart?
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- bronbron 12y ago
  > The community is typically a pretty big aspect of a business 'The community' is an extremely nebulous term, and unlikely to be influencing any business decision, largely because any individual's perception of the community is heavily subjective and influenced by the subject of the content you consume (which can vary widely on any large, similarly nebulous site). I highly, highly doubt 'the community' came up in any acquisition discussions of reddit or tumblr, largely for that reason and because it ultimately has little effect on their user base. People aren't leaving reddit in droves because SRS exists. If people leave quora, it won't be because 'rad fems' drove them away. > Would you have been satisfied if there was a pie chart? You're super cool. Wicked jab there bro. Super salty about it. Remind me to high five you next time and we can pound some natty ice and talk about how cool you are.
  - cloakandswagger 12y ago
    >Super salty about it. Yes obviously you are
tptacek 12y ago
I would have a very hard time believing that an investor wasted 5 minutes writing several paragraphs about "PC" and "social justice" and stuff like that. Like I said, I think most of this writeup makes sense only if you spend a lot of time on Quora. Who does that?

cloakandswagger 12y ago

The community is typically a pretty big aspect of a business running a community answers site. Would you have been satisfied if there was a pie chart?

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bronbron 12y ago
> The community is typically a pretty big aspect of a business 'The community' is an extremely nebulous term, and unlikely to be influencing any business decision, largely because any individual's perception of the community is heavily subjective and influenced by the subject of the content you consume (which can vary widely on any large, similarly nebulous site). I highly, highly doubt 'the community' came up in any acquisition discussions of reddit or tumblr, largely for that reason and because it ultimately has little effect on their user base. People aren't leaving reddit in droves because SRS exists. If people leave quora, it won't be because 'rad fems' drove them away. > Would you have been satisfied if there was a pie chart? You're super cool. Wicked jab there bro. Super salty about it. Remind me to high five you next time and we can pound some natty ice and talk about how cool you are.
- cloakandswagger 12y ago
  >Super salty about it. Yes obviously you are

tptacek 12y ago

I would have a very hard time believing that an investor wasted 5 minutes writing several paragraphs about "PC" and "social justice" and stuff like that. Like I said, I think most of this writeup makes sense only if you spend a lot of time on Quora. Who does that?