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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)
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)
Not necessary. The article already makes it clear in the section about the Partner Program:
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)
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)
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)
[1]== 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)
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)
Help me 84.54.66.211 ( talk) 18:14, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Kindly update logo of Quora as to their new logo 146.196.34.20 ( talk) 11:22, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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)
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)
That long-standing feature has been removed as of June 2023 or earlier. Michaelmross ( talk) 16:30, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
Is steel company use 1 pl 2400:C600:3342:C618:1:0:A784:AAE2 ( talk) 12:23, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Jet pump pressure switch AlphaAlpha1 ( talk) 02:50, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
"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)
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)
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)
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)
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. [1]
This is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
Archive 1 | Archive 2 |
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)
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)
Not necessary. The article already makes it clear in the section about the Partner Program:
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)
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)
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)
[1]== 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)
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)
Help me 84.54.66.211 ( talk) 18:14, 21 November 2021 (UTC)
Kindly update logo of Quora as to their new logo 146.196.34.20 ( talk) 11:22, 25 November 2021 (UTC)
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)
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)
That long-standing feature has been removed as of June 2023 or earlier. Michaelmross ( talk) 16:30, 17 June 2023 (UTC)
Is steel company use 1 pl 2400:C600:3342:C618:1:0:A784:AAE2 ( talk) 12:23, 7 September 2023 (UTC)
Jet pump pressure switch AlphaAlpha1 ( talk) 02:50, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
"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)
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)
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)
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)
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. [1]