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Re:The Sudden, Mysterious Exit Of A Quora Cofounder Has Sili... by anigbrowl on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @03:29PM (#4603763)
pg's goal with hacker news is to keep a high quality of discussion, and not to grow the site to more users.

True, but HN strikes me as a pretty small expense, and its existence certainly helps the growth of YC.

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Re:The Sudden, Mysterious Exit Of A Quora Cofounder Has Sili... by larrys on Tuesday October 02, 2012 @03:59PM (#4603938)
"pretty small expense"

Probably one of the reason they don't invest in upgrading the software/hardware to improve the speed. Keep friction in the experience so only the most hardy put up with the delays.

Having snappier response would encourage more comments with the resulting comments being of lesser quality.

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