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Meta Note I'm not sure if its the software or the OP who added the "?share=1" parameter but thank you for including it in the link. The flag makes reading quo

Meta Note I'm not sure if its the software or the OP who added the "?share=1" parameter but thank you for including it in the link. The flag makes reading quora possible. If HN doesn't add this parameter by default I think it would be a worth while upgrade to the site. Lots of great content is locked in quora otherwise.

readerrrr 12y ago
Since quora has problems in the money department, how is their competitor Stack Exchange maintaining profit?
- kaoD 12y ago
  Probably not being obnoxious to their potential users.
- serf 12y ago
  I don't know any numbers, but it seems as if Stack Exchange is far more popular, especially as an information database for employees and students. Quora has the opportunity to do the same, but I think the specific stack exchange communities offer a better partition between topics. Quora does it's best to show you targetted questions/comments, whereas StackExchange sites just throw you wherever you showed up (which, if by search, is usually a better choice) A good example : I once answered a fringe question about the Dalai Lama on Quora, now many of the questions i'm tasked with giving answers to are spiritual in nature, and of absolutely no interest to me. It's the same search bubble problem that YouTube/Google runs into occasionally. Things like that make me prefer more 'basic' sites like StackExchange networks.
- morgante 12y ago
  Stack Exchange made the brilliant move of having disparate communities with a defined (and passionate) audience for each. This makes selling targeted advertising much easier. Ex. Stack Overflow is probably one of the best places to reach developers with job ads—hence they can charge a lot more for that than generic display ads. This is all pure speculation, but I wouldn't be surprised if Stack Exchange's RPU would be 10x Quora's.
serf 12y ago
shared (share button'd) quora links add the parameter. copy-pasted hard-links don't. quora defends the design by saying that it's their way of piping user-specific content. I agree, it's super irritating and results in information being locked for those that don't know how to go around it.
KhalilK 12y ago
OP here. I've added it manually, been using that 'trick' for quite some time to get around their "social" integration.
ufmace 12y ago
What does it normally do? I gave up and created a Quora account a while back. Even on Incognito, though, hitting the link without the share on it looks normal and doesn't do anything particularly annoying.

readerrrr 12y ago

Since quora has problems in the money department, how is their competitor Stack Exchange maintaining profit?

kaoD 12y ago
Probably not being obnoxious to their potential users.
serf 12y ago
I don't know any numbers, but it seems as if Stack Exchange is far more popular, especially as an information database for employees and students. Quora has the opportunity to do the same, but I think the specific stack exchange communities offer a better partition between topics. Quora does it's best to show you targetted questions/comments, whereas StackExchange sites just throw you wherever you showed up (which, if by search, is usually a better choice) A good example : I once answered a fringe question about the Dalai Lama on Quora, now many of the questions i'm tasked with giving answers to are spiritual in nature, and of absolutely no interest to me. It's the same search bubble problem that YouTube/Google runs into occasionally. Things like that make me prefer more 'basic' sites like StackExchange networks.
morgante 12y ago
Stack Exchange made the brilliant move of having disparate communities with a defined (and passionate) audience for each. This makes selling targeted advertising much easier. Ex. Stack Overflow is probably one of the best places to reach developers with job ads—hence they can charge a lot more for that than generic display ads. This is all pure speculation, but I wouldn't be surprised if Stack Exchange's RPU would be 10x Quora's.

serf 12y ago

shared (share button'd) quora links add the parameter. copy-pasted hard-links don't. quora defends the design by saying that it's their way of piping user-specific content. I agree, it's super irritating and results in information being locked for those that don't know how to go around it.

KhalilK 12y ago

OP here. I've added it manually, been using that 'trick' for quite some time to get around their "social" integration.

ufmace 12y ago

What does it normally do? I gave up and created a Quora account a while back. Even on Incognito, though, hitting the link without the share on it looks normal and doesn't do anything particularly annoying.