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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 1 hour later, 7 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,255,351
@previous (E)
Was it? What happened? Did they start a partnership with facebook or something? The only Quora I've known is the one with endless low-quality boomer answers, which are always in the form of a wall of text that never answers the question. Search engines like google seem to love this stuff.
It's almost like stackoverflow for the 50+ year old and up crowd. They've got all the conceit, condescension, and ignorance just in a different flavor.
Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 2 years ago, 30 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,255,355
@1,255,352 (E)
lol maybe. Makes me think of an alternative theory: the search algorithms have learned to intentionally give low-quality results so people have to spend more time searching, translating to more chances to show ads. The results can't be too low-quality, though, or people will give up or find a different search engine. Quora and stackoverflow find the optimal balance of vaguely appearing to answer the question, but ultimately be entirely vacuous.
Anonymous A (OP) double-posted this 2 years ago, 6 minutes later, 8 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,255,356
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lol who was that? I could see that happening with wikipedia. Their technical articles are among the worst writing I've ever seen. Math and physics articles being the worst offenders.
Take a random journal article in math or physics, the more obscure the better, and remove the abstract, introduction, and conclusions sections along with any prose that doesn't have at least one equation. Make sure to remove any sentences that define your variables or describe anything about the notation or formalism. Now you have the typical wikipedia math/physics article. Bonus points for having few, if any, references.
And I found this stuff in a list of why Quora will fail:
He was asked his question on Quora:
“I am one light years away from Earth what should I do to get back to earth?”
Professor Walter Lewin responded “Pray”
And because of this answer he was slapped with a ban on Quora.
Can you imagine this?
Can you believe AN MIT PROFESSOR was slapped on the wrist BECAUSE he gave an answer?
How does it feel being slapped on your wrists repeatedly by some moderator who reacts to a group of trolls because you refused to dance the dance with them?