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The Tale of Quora (D'Angelo's Scoble Rage)

Quora Rage

The true story of Adam D'Angelo's horrible product sense.

10:53 PM Jun 16 2012

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Scoble's Quora answer to why Scoble is not on Quora is like Inception.

Can I get an Amen?

11:07 PM Jun 16 2012

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Old news, I know, but I wanted to document the history of Quora in the noble medium of Rage comics.

11:03 PM Jun 16 2012

You have a true talent or this.

It's fascinating to re-read Scoble's Is Quora the biggest blog innovation in 10 years?

11:09 PM Jun 16 2012

Yes, it is interesting. A little piece of history from the days of Quora hype :)

The piece by Suster linked in that article is also interesting, though there's a lot of overlap in what they say:

  • good SEO
  • upvoting / game mechanics
  • following topics

As time goes by, I'm increasingly convinced that both people and topics are too big to follow in a high-velocity system. Well, perhaps not for you, who is capable of consuming content straight from the firehose!

But for ordinary mortals, I think it really is the intersection of topic and person that you want to be the fundamental building block of your feed, NOT the union of person and topic.

11:15 PM Jun 16 2012

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Also, trolls are a good thing!

The presence of trolls means that your community is alive and interesting.

11:16 PM Jun 16 2012

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Intersection of topic and person is really interesting.

Most other services pick one or another -- or, as you pointed out, both.

By the way, after working his way through Twitter, then Quora, then Google+ and Facebook subscribe, Scoble is back blogging again.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

11:22 PM Jun 16 2012

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I tweeted this convo out to @Quora and @Scobleizer. I wonder if I'll get any responses >:)

11:25 PM Jun 16 2012

*crickets*

Nothing to do here. Nope.

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12:34 PM Jul 16 2012

A "Rage Against Quora" board is hosted on Quora: http://www.quora.com/rage-against-quora

Some other rage comics about Quora: http://www.quora.com/Humor-on-Quora/What-are-some-rage-comics-about-Quora

1:51 AM Jun 17 2012

I just noticed that the source URL of this convo is:

Quora raises $50m at $400m valuation from Peter Thiel.

Well played, sir. Well played.

2:32 PM Sep 05 2012

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