Re:Quora User Data Compromised
by PascLeRasc on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @11:02AM
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Can I ask why you wanted to view Quora's content so much? They flood Google search results but I've never seen a single substantial answer on there - it's like an off-brand Stack Overflow with an even worse "I know programming so I'm smart about every subject" problem.
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My experience with Quora answers has been that they are blatant ads from people working on different companies.
Just search for anything like "what is an open source alternative to X" and the results will be a lot of people trying to justify why their Y paid option is a good solution for your problem.
I quickly stopped using Quora after finding the answers consisted solely of scam software (just didn't work), adware or stolen & rebranded software.
It seems to be popular with scammers and they have taken over.
In other areas it seems like it's people working on their craft of writing fiction, notably erotic fiction. Questions like "What's the naughtiest thing you've done at work?" generate those kind of responses. Which is fine, just don't expect me to believe it really went down like that.
Re:Quora User Data Compromised
by manigandham on Tuesday December 04, 2018 @03:20PM
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They have a lot of great anwesers, especially by experts in the field. In the early days around 2011, I would spend hours just reading everything I could on the site.
These days the growth has masked all the good stuff with a layer of spam and general crap that’s hard to get past. Inevitable consequence of growing users but it has been managed poorly.