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Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by baddox on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @03:57AM (#8728307)
I'm more surprised that people still visit Quora, let alone browse it.
Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by adwn on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:05AM (#8728331)
> I'm more surprised that people still visit Quora [...]

Would you care to explain? (I'm genuinely curious)

Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by brador on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:08AM (#8728345)
If you're not signed up and in it doesn't show the content. It's the old expertsexchange style bait and switch trick.
Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by whyleyc on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @05:43AM (#8728591)
If you're on Chrome just install this extension to disable the login prompt and allow you to view Quora without a login:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/block-quora-login-...

Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by Netminder_EE on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:56PM (#8737272)
Emphasis on the word "old". Experts Exchange doesn't do that, and hasn't for quite a while now.
Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by rtpg on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @09:10AM (#8729182)
pretty sure expertsExchange required a paying subscription, whereas Quora is free. Plus cookies mean I'm not signing in every page.

(I mean free as in money, I am OK giving Quora ad dollars and building a social profile of myself)

Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by Netminder_EE on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:58PM (#8737280)
Nope. I've been an EE member since 1999 and have never given them a cent. Some parts of the site are only accessible to Premium Services customers, but it's not all that difficult to earn them -- so no money out the door.
Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by baddox on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:08AM (#8728344)
It was hyperbole. I obviously didn't believe that literally zero people browse Quora. I just mean that the site feels essentially dead to me. Ever since Google apparently killed their results, I haven't seen any links to a Quora post. I also don't hear any updates about the company, which used to be a regular occurrence around here a couple of years ago.
Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by bmajz on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:17AM (#8728374)
I'm subscribed to their email digest. It manages to hook me just about every time with some delightful content. Go figure.
Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by endriju on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:33AM (#8728419)
I second that. Every time Quora digest appears in my mailbox it manages to grab my attention for couple of minutes at least.
Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by jnbiche on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @05:46AM (#8728598)
Thirded. I feel like an idiot for it, but I do click and read the Quora digest links in my email. They've got an excellent recommendation system set up for that (SVD?).
Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by LukeFitzpatrick on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @04:49AM (#8728463)
I think Quora is awesome for finding content related to what I do - being startups. Most of the answers I read on there are of high quality, just like HN.

I've had startups PM me for advice, feedback, done Skype chats etc. I always try to help people when I can as I was once in their shoes. People have also helped me out too.

I dig anything related to tech, I enjoy using HN and Quora, and I feel - by only limiting yourself to one service, limits your knowledge. That's why I use both.

The sign in thing with Quora, did really bug me at the start, same goes for the dirty thing Facebook Messenger did - once, you can get over that, you might actually enjoy it.

Back on topic, Uber is everywhere in the news!

Re:San Francisco and L.A. sue Uber by hsod on Wednesday December 10, 2014 @12:51PM (#8730540)
A lot of people on HN feel it is their duty to punish companies whose business practices do not line up with their personal ethos.

This manifests itself as off-topic, intellectually dishonest comments whose main purpose is to push an agenda, not to engage in real discussion.