One of Our Best Websites Died While No One Was Looking
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The once-thriving site used to answer our most specific questions. But users are fleeing.

“Why Do So Many Music Venues Use Ticketmaster?” “What’s It Like to Train to Be a Sushi Chef?” “How Do Martial Artists Break Concrete Blocks?” If you were looking for answers to such questions 10 years ago, your best resource for finding a thorough, expert-informed response likely would have been one of the most interesting and longest-lasting corners of the internet: Quora.

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    10 months ago

    I think that’s because Quora paywalls responses from volunteers, preventing others from seeing them unless they pay a subscription. Pretty scummy.

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      192·
      10 months ago

      I wouldn’t call it scummy, just bad business, give people one premium answer per week, so they know the quallity and at incentivised to pay.

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        10 months ago

        It is though, because they gamed search engines well enough to frequently be in the top results yet never had an answer you could see. Annoying as fuck