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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by manigandham on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @12:45AM (#18596656)
Quora is all user-generated content that they monetize. They actually pay users to post questions (but not answers).
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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by vardump on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @03:06AM (#18597325)
Is that why question quality is so low there?
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Re:Quora User Data Compromised by manigandham on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @03:30AM (#18597496)
Yes. The strategy is to generate SEO for every possible question someone could ask on Google and then link it to Quora.

It had amazing content in the early days and still has great answers but the sheer number of nonsensical or slightly tweaked but endlessly repeated question is driving away writers. Paying people to post these questions is just backwards.

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