Quora

Quora is a question-and-answer site where questions are asked, answered, edited and organized by its community of users. Its publisher, Quora, Inc., is based in Mountain View, California. The company was founded in June 2009, and the website was made available to the public on June 21, 2010. Users can collaborate by editing questions and suggesting edits to other users' answers. Contents • 1 History • 2 Operation • 3 Reception • 3.1 Anonymity concerns • 3.2 Privacy concerns • 3.3 Posterity • 3.4 Top Writers Program History [ ] Quora was co-founded by two former Facebook employees, Adam D'Angelo, and Charlie Cheever. D'Angelo resigned from his position at Facebook in January 2010 to create Quora. He said that he and Cheever were inspired to create Quora because "we thought that Q & A is one of those areas on the internet where there are a lot of sites, but no one had come along and built something that was really good yet." Quora's base of users grew quickly in December 2010. Quora had an estimated 100 million monthly unique visitors, as of March 2016. In June 2011, Quora redesigned its website, in order to make information discovery and navigation easier. Quora released an official iPhone app on September 29, 2011, followed by an Android app on September 5, 2012. In September 2012, Quora announced that co-founder Charlie Cheever was stepping back from a day-to-day role at the firm, although he would continue in an advisory role. In January 2013, Quora launched a blogging p...

And with such a wide-open space of Q&A content, the potential for “greatest hits” questions are damn near endless. Thus, here are 10 of our favorite Quora questions ever asked: What are the most surreal places to visit? We love this [very popular] Quora thread because it’s based upon literally thousands of user-generated responses. The editors compiled a master list of the best and most frequently talked about places—from Pakistan’s Kaghan Valley, to a rotted out nuclear missile silo— and made them the first post in the thread. If you want real-world answers provided by travelers who actually know from experience, this is a wondrous traveler’s dream. What are some realistic ways to get rich in 5 years? Not a single man among us would ever turn down the possibility of amassing sizeable wealth. Not because we’re greedy or materialistic, but because the only thing better than having money is, well, having more money. Dozens of people responded to this query, and of the respondents—who included millionaires, investors, TIME people of the year, and other random Internet-types—most suggested options like being frugal and investing, while others suggested things like affiliate marketing programs, mobile commerce businesses, and investing in smaller high quality companies with good ideas. Is there life after death? Holy shit. We honestly have no idea what’s going on here, but we’re currently reading every single word. God? Is that you, God? Really though, this thread goes through ...

Quora is a Q&A platform that empowers people to share and grow the world’s knowledge. People come to Quora to ask questions about any subject, read high quality knowledge that's personalized and relevant to them, and share their own knowledge with others. Quora is a place to share knowledge and better understand the world. * Ask a question and get helpful answers * Follow topics and browse quality content * Learn from credible people with first-hand knowledge * Answer questions and share your knowledge with the world Have questions, problems, or feedback? Visit quora.com/contact We’re always working to improve your experience on Quora through new features and improvements across the product. It’s important for us to invest in making sure our app runs smoothly. This update includes several under-the-hood improvements and small bug fixes to improve the performance of the app. iawaf , 07/18/2022 Quora is Good but could be Better Quora is a question-and-answer forum that allows members to ask questions that other members may attempt to answer. The best responses to the questions are from people that have first-hand knowledge of the topic in question, though anyone may choose to respond. Quora encourages members to list their education, work, degrees or titles and other qualifications, to inform readers of their background in responding. That can be helpful, as it indicates the basis of knowledge that informs the respondent’s answers (though I find that common sense can...