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Re:Layoffs hit Quora by codingslave on Friday January 24, 2020 @08:55PM (#22144131)
yeah I also think their machine learning is terrible. Their recommendation engine was so bad that I unsubscribed, it was completely overfit.
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Re:Layoffs hit Quora by thrwaway69 on Friday January 24, 2020 @10:47PM (#22144515)
It used be alright but their noise factor has increased a lot since half a decade ago.

Before that, Quora felt like a small community similar to HN. They had founders and executives answering questions. They were still spamming email afair but not as aggressively as today and it didn't have what is x + 3 = 10?

I deleted it after I reached a million answer views from a sudden growth. The users that moved in completely destroyed the whole thing.

That day, I learnt acquiring users via heavy marketing or SEO may not be a good decision for a community. They are better as spectators or consumers.

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Re:Layoffs hit Quora by codingslave on Friday January 24, 2020 @10:53PM (#22144537)
I think they panicked a bit and went with high growth strategies that ruined the integrity of the platform
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