Talk:Quora/Archive 2

Scope
Why is it important to say "an American question-and-answer website"? The audience and content generation users are international. --Mortense (talk) 21:46, 7 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I think I'm going to switch it back to American rather than international. In the context of a website, I don't think that sentence was ever intended to imply that only Americans use the site; it's simply a statement of fact based on where the site is based, which in this case, is Mountain View, California. The use of international in this context is a bit over inclusive, as it doesn't really convey any meaningful information about the site. At the very least, I would just leave the word out, leaving the sentence as: "Quora (/ˈkwɔːrə/) is a question-and-answer website...". -- Puzzledvegetable Is it teatime already?  00:21, 14 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Company articles, much like many others, have the 'nationality' of the subject in the lead sentence. This is regarding where the company was founded/is based. See Google for example - Google is used all over but is still 'American'. Much like how there are Tumblr users in (for example) Bulgaria, but our article still says "American" in the lead. ‡ Єl Cid of Valencia  talk  19:37, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Bot-generated questions

 * It's fairly obvious that Quora has resorted to this for some time and it deserves a mention. "Can I leave America to go somewhere"? "Why is Nigeria always good to run"? are clearly not questions generated by a human being. Hanoi Road (talk) 15:39, 17 April 2020 (UTC)

It isn't Quora itself. This is a result of the Quora Partners Program; users themselves set up bots to ask thousands of questions and rake in cash from the QPP. Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (talk) 02:14, 6 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks for that. There's mention of some controversy in the article, but it's not that specific. I think your info should be included in the piece. Hanoi Road (talk) 19:32, 8 September 2020 (UTC)

Not necessary. The article already makes it clear in the section about the Partner Program:
 * This program has been criticized by some member users who feel that the financial incentive has led to a mass posting of questions of an inferior quality that have corrupted the original concept of the site.

As for the QPP abusers making bots, it's rather obvious it happens if you look at the Quora profiles, but that would be original research. I can't find any secondary sources for it, and citing Quora answers themselves about this issue (many Quorans are disgruntled about this abuse) would be weird. Wilhelm Tell DCCXLVI (talk) 08:21, 10 September 2020 (UTC)


 * Noted. Thanks. Hanoi Road (talk) 22:03, 10 September 2020 (UTC)

Number of users
Total number of users (both active and monthly) could be included in "Quick facts" rather than throughout the article. 43.248.236.71 (talk) 08:16, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Bots writing answers on Quora
Maybe I was not clear. It is not that bots are just asking questions on Quora.com, but many bots are also answering these questions as well. This is not acceptable! One bot named "Stephanie", claims to have 87.1 m views and is active in 205 spaces, which of course is not possible. Quora does not have 205 spaces. (Check ref. No. 16.) Its almost as though the bot creator wants to be found out. What if Wikipedia started paying writers, and those writers started creating bots, and those bots started writing content? Besides that, I had to change my email in 2017, and Quora demanded a copy of my State issued ID before they allowed me continue writing answers, all for no pay. Using bots without revealing that they are machines, and creating false identities for them, is deceptive, at best. Bots do no research, have no experience, and can even put out dangerous misinformation. Quora caused this when they started to pay for QPP. But doing so when the company has a "real name" policy goes beyond deception. If there was a policy to disclose the answers that are being written by bots, I would have no complaint. It would only take one small sentence in this article to explain the use of bots. Something like after QPP, "some answers may be written by computers", or something like that. With all respect, Teri Draper PS: The Top Writer program ended in 2018, so you may want to edit that too. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.118.35.228 (talk) 07:35, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

== Quora Terms of Service Allow bots ==

New Quora Terms of Service, issued 12-11-2020, clearly state that bots are allowed. See section 4.d Please add this to you article. Thank you.

Actually, some Quora users do have more than 87 million views. Believe it or not, some have much more than that of legit content views. Joe Eggett (talk) 18:34, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Top writers
Perhaps in this article there should be a list of most viewed or most followed writers since Quora is widely regarded as the best question and answer site. Joe Eggett (talk) 05:32, 13 July 2021 (UTC)

Describe a diffucult decision that you once made
Help me 84.54.66.211 (talk) 18:14, 21 November 2021 (UTC)

Change of logo
Kindly update logo of Quora as to their new logo 146.196.34.20 (talk) 11:22, 25 November 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): MNApoorva, Saifalharthi.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 07:38, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

Optional to read
Quora has been adding more and more to make it so logged out users can barely even access the site. Recently they have now made it so that you can only see ONE question before being forced to sign in. PER MONTH. This may be false but it was the case for me, i might need verification. Should we just say it's Required To Read now? (This is the first time i've done something like this so sorry if i messed it up) XavierGaming53 (talk) 18:59, 30 March 2022 (UTC)
 * It's not clear what changes you're proposing to the page: could you give more detail ? ~dom Kaos~ (talk) 17:23, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
 * I think the change suggested above to make would be:
 * Infobox Registration field to read "Mixture of free and paid access to answers via subscription, registration for interaction". There is probably a more concise way to say this.
 * The source for this is that questions such as this now show top answers as being paid only.
 * The answers at the top of the page imply a subscription is required. I did note that the top upvoted answers do not in this case, however it takes quite a scroll.
 * I am unsure of the precedents here. A page such as LinkedIn shows Infobox Registration as "Required". This site often allows non-registration read access, to a point. Interaction requires a registration.
 * At this time I cannot find a similar site (inc. other Q&A websites) where this situation could be compared. Toastpaint (talk) 09:04, 5 May 2022 (UTC)

Quorans cannot edit other users' questions anymore.
That long-standing feature has been removed as of June 2023 or earlier. Michaelmross (talk) 16:30, 17 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Back in 2018, there were some ... baity questions. I won't miss this option too much. 81.89.66.133 (talk) 09:40, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Logistics
Is steel company use 1 pl 2400:C600:3342:C618:1:0:A784:AAE2 (talk) 12:23, 7 September 2023 (UTC)

Pluming
Jet pump pressure switch AlphaAlpha1 (talk) 02:50, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

That's not the Quora I know
"Quora is a social question-and-answer website and online knowledge market...."

I know Quora as a meme site with memes covering the gamut from comedy to hatred to politics and borderline character assassination with many respondents being foulmouthed trolls and cyberbullies.

Someone needs to actually visit the site; and then, possibly change Wikipedia's description of what Quora is. 2600:8800:395:B000:964:ADCE:B322:9BC3 (talk) 05:59, 21 June 2023 (UTC)


 * What you're describing is not the Quora I know. The Quora I know is the one described in the article. LordApofisu (talk) 12:00, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Quora is strictly an echo chamber. It is both an echo chamber for left wingers and an echo chamber for Celebrities who might bring traffic to the site, even when they are simple minded celebrities being debated by subject matter experts.  Anyone who violates this is summarily banned.  It has always been this way, and is the exact opposite of "The best answer to any question" as is falsely advertised.  You have to take a controversial approach on the site to see this in action. 70.177.243.2 (talk) 15:01, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's pretty much what Quora quickly became to me.
 * When I had a fresh Quora account, it was cool: professional negotiators were answering how they once got a car at a minimal (MSRP) price and such. Must have been those "Top Writers" mentioned in the article.
 * However, within a week, the site started to bombard me with baity questions (such hot gossips I normally abstain from) so I tried to delete my account. Quora refused to delete it instantly, putting me on 14 day hold, still throwing notifications into my Google account. Considering my (mild?) Internet addiction and the levels of my procrastination, that was a nasty move on their behalf... 81.89.66.133 (talk) 12:14, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Profile deletion policy
Quora would not delete my profile immediately. Instead, it would ask me to not use the site for 14 days to make it happen. However, it would still throw "requests" to answer questions on this or that - full of people waiting for my "tit for tat" rather than an answer. This was "itching" me (see above), so I simply changed my name in the profile (a couple missplellings) and then I replaced it COMPLETELY, using some fictional character's name-surname. Lucky for me, they blocked me within hours (smiley here) 81.89.66.133 (talk) 12:10, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

"Write about yourself..." mandatory short bio
Whenever a Quora user requests for an answer, the user sees other users' names and "write about yourself..." - i.e. user's self-summaries, or short bios.

From my experience: this feature I did not think about hit me with a flurry of weird questions. Think twice before writing you're from [your country name] in your super-short bio.

* Users of Quora must have short bios for this very purpose. Short bio usually consists of either profession ("X at company W") or education ("YYYY [college/university name] [specialty]"). Selecting own origin (nationality/country) for the short bio instead may result in being recommended for too many questions that mention the country/the nation. Mentioning you're from country X in your short bio is enough to be targeted by baiters and their ridiculous questions about "popular traditions" of your country you have never heard about, that cannot be found in your hardcover 30000-word dictionary, and that no one you ask in person knows about. A troll WOULD assume the "write about yourself..." bio to be a hint to being sensitive about your country/nation if mentioned where you are from in it. Long story short: ''mentioning experience, hobby, diploma or job - probably ok. Mentioning country, nation, ethnics, religion - "trolls" _will_ use it 81.89.66.133 (talk) 12:23, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I think the reason Quora did this to me, I made a profile, depicting myself as a generic person from my country; thus leaving Quora only one hint to try and interest me: my country's hot topics. Had my bio been something like "A young person aspiring to become the leading [profession here]", I would PROBABLY receive questions relevant to [profession here] variable, not [country/nation]. 81.89.66.133 (talk) 09:53, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * For the future generations, I have just added my little insight on the matter:

Overwhelming feedback
it is possible to have TOO MANY REQUESTS to answer, if you didn't focus on one topic to talk about in your profile. A user should abstain from being too vague about oneself. 81.89.66.133 (talk) 12:14, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Pro-Israel slant
Quora has been accused of having a very pro-Israel bias. The article states that there has been anti-Jewish sentiment there, which is possible (although I personally have noticed little myself), but how does that differ from most every mainstream forum, including for example, Reddit? Reddit has had at least just as many controversial communities there, some might have been recently quarantined, yet others come into existence unnoted on a near-monthly basis. I will also note that regardless, the Jewish community on Quora is both active and growing, there are hundreds of thousands of both U.S. and Israeli Jewish users there on a daily basis. Some of the most successful and high-earning Quorans are Jewish-Americans, in fact, some of them regularly monetized. Celia S. Friedman for example has over 38k followers there and growing. 
 * Ironically, Quora has also been noted to have a very pro-Israel bias, compared to other popular forums such as Reddit and Twitter for instance (which are typically more pro-Palestinian or at least more balanced), and indeed lots of Israel-related answers are usually highly upvoted. Many Arabs and Muslim users of Quora in fact see the opposite, and believe that Jewish users' views generally far outweigh theirs in both reach and popularity on the website. See here: Oboenola39 (talk) 05:51, 12 November 2023 (UTC)