I think it died when they started paying people For answers. People asked the most stupid questions just so they can be the top answers
this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2024
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The UI being one of the worst does not help.
I disagree, quora at the beginning was a place to find quick answers to a lot questions on many different themes, a bit like reddit. But it rapidly became full of "pro replier" just like the Microsoft forums and it was unbearable, then, my 2 cents, it was confusing because of subscription, layout, suggested q&a totally unrelated to the topic I was looking for and a lot of questions that nobody would ever even post on /No Stupid Question (I don't want to judge, but for a lot of them it was easier, faster and you'd get an immediate answer with a plain Google search)
Quora still has answers to some old math problems so it's not all that useless.
I worry that it will abruptly die one day and we'll lose that. Perhaps someone should be archiving good quora information lol.
I was very active on Quora a decade ago. In fact, they wanted to make me a partner and pay me for my contributions. I was unable to do it due to a Conflict of Interest policy at work. I can see it was a wise decision in reflection.
Interesting read. Thanks.
The internet sucks ass