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It's also what's going to kill the site. Which is a pitty, because it fits a good niche, between Stack Exchange which needlessly restricts the questions that ca
by joelthelion 12y ago
It's also what's going to kill the site. Which is a pitty, because it fits a good niche, between Stack Exchange which needlessly restricts the questions that can be asked, and Yahoo Answers which is just too low quality.
Personnal message to the HN crowd: if you start a Quora clone that is more open, quite a few people might switch. I think I would, if the site works well enough.
- jobvandervoort 12y agoWhat will kill the site exactly? I don't see that many problems with advertisement as a monetization strategy. That has worked well for Google, Facebook, etc. I struggle to think of an alternative method of scaling something like this, other than donations (Wikipedia). If you want to target everyone, ads are your best bet. edit: the point is having to log in, rather than the advertisement, that'll kill the site. I'm not sure about that choice either, but similar arguments apply.
- jpatokal 12y agoThat "needlessly" is very debatable. There's a reason you don't want to allow questions "Who's better, Republicans or Democrats?" or "What's the best laptop?", and it's arguably one of the main reasons Stack Exchange isn't a cesspool like Yahoo Answers is.