Zitat des Tages von Adam D'Angelo:
I think as more people use the phones to access the Internet, they have a lot less patience for trying to find things on the search engines. That is because you need to figure a lot of things out for search to work.
I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.
In the past, there hasn't been much reliable information about startups and small businesses available online. It's information that's really valuable, and it's information that people want to share.
A lot of people really like to answer questions, and they really enjoy sharing their knowledge. Especially people who have valuable knowledge.
We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what's high quality and what's not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There's a lot of technical challenges in that.
The more questions and answers we get, the more useful Quora is.
I think a lot of what the iPad app is going to be used for is just reading the best content on Quora. It really helps the whole system run because people who are writing answers can get this very wide distribution to a large audience of readers.
Anything you want to know, you go to Quora and get it. And at the same time, give people a platform that is easy to use for sharing the knowledge.
The area we define as what Quora's good at is long-form text that's useful over time, and where you care about who wrote the text. Not that you need to be friends with them, just that they're someone trustworthy.
Wikipedia is kind of extreme, where a very, very small group of people contribute pretty much everything.
Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.
Lawyers and other professionals are using Quora to build their reputation and build their bonafides.
Blogs are easy to start, but unless the author is famous, it takes years to build a following.
