According to Wikipedia "Quora is a question-and-answer site where questions are asked, answered, edited and organized by its community of users. Its publisher, Quora, Inc., is based in Mountain View, California. The company was founded in June 2009, and the website was made available to the public on June 21, 2010.[4] Users can collaborate by editing questions and suggesting edits to other users' answers.[5]"
To me, Quora is a web 2.0 tool that allows users to ask questions to drive the converation, and dictate exactly what
they learn. The quora community then
answers as their expertise allows, and the funny thing is, many of them seem to be, or are in fact experts. It is not often that I scroll through the comments/ replies and find people who are not qualified/ do not know what they are talking about attempting to answer questions here. They are qualified to answer these questions and spread their
knowledge with questioning users and lurkers alike, and if you don't like it,
or you think you can do better, you can add your answer too...which only
leads to a more complete and well rounded understanding, I suppose.In theory at least. It sounds too simple, and yet it is not a chaotic failure yet. Which may be the most amazing part.
The idea of users posting questions, and random people with answers contributing them in an online community is not new. If you haven't had a chance to check out Yahoo Answers yet, you may enjoy it, but may find some of the answers participants contribute to be sub-par, or just plain bad advice. This low-quality information is harder to find on Quora (at least in my opinion.)
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-differences-between-Quora-reddit-and-Yahoo-Answers
For example, one Quora user asked what sets these Q & A sites apart from eachother.
Have you used Quora before? If so, what was your experience like, and how did it vary from previous strategies you used or other communities you turned to to answer questions?
https://techcrunch.com/2012/12/08/the-underachiever/
ReplyDeleteHere is an article that is mildly critical of Quora.
Kahla,
ReplyDeleteI like that you talked about Quora. The name sounded familiar, but I wasn't sure where I had heard it. Often when I do searches in Google, it is one of the top results as are Yahoo Answers. I have to agree, Quora generally tends to produce better answers. I like that in the first article you shared, one of the founders of Quora answered the question!
Bruce, That is exactly how I found Quora too!
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