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Re:AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – l... by smcin on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:43PM (#43213403)
Quora was fantastic back around 2011. It did provide value. That has been decreasing gradually as the site declined.

No you don't have to pay on Quora to get answers; that's incorrect. Having said that, these days most questions languish without good, or often any, answers. The only ones that get traffic from humans are in what Quora calls Spaces, i.e. a group for Q&A around a certain topic, and/or a certain point of view.

Re:AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – l... by aleph_minus_one on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:44PM (#43213423)
> No you don't have to pay on Quora to see answers; that's incorrect.

Some authors decided to join the Quora+ program where you do have to pay to see some of their answers.

Re:AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – l... by smcin on Friday February 28, 2025 @06:54PM (#43213557)
I know that. There's nothing forcing you to join Quora+ premium subscription to see a small subset of answers. I wouldn't. Most Quora users don't. It's not necessary.

The vast majority of Quora posters are unmonetized, and if you can't find figure out how to use Quora to get quality answers among them (e.g. figure out which Spaces to join to get traction), you might as well equally consider which Medium/Substack/Patreon to subscribe to than the not-at-all-necessary Quora+. I'd much rather that 90% of any subscriptions I paid went to sponsoring human writers.

Re:AI is killing some companies, yet others are thriving – l... by smcin on Saturday March 01, 2025 @03:56PM (#43223602)
Quora 2011 = Treehouse 2020.

An invite-only community with a lot of specialist knowledge.