Comments on: Quora For Business, Not Social Media Hipsters

By: Ilene Rosenblum

Ilene Rosenblum — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:38:52 +0000

This is the best explanation of Quora and how to leverage it (and most fun blog post about it) that I’ve ever come across. I use it every now and then when exploring a particular topic. I really like the user interface. While I get quality answers from LinkedIn with professionals who I can later easily connect with (by adding as a connection), there is so much garbage on LinkedIn Answers (and don’t get me started with Yahoo!).

By: David Wilks

David Wilks — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:05:56 +0000

There can be no doubting the quality of content at Quora. That quality will, in my opinion, guarantee it a continuing role in it’s chosen space.

Which brings me to your concern, Jamie. No, and again IMHO, the market isn’t crowded. Segmentation allows space for everyone. It is simply a question of placing a value on your audience and the value – in community terms – they place on you. In fact, I’m betting the field today will look pretty empty when we look back two or three years from now.

By: Jamie Fairbairn

Jamie Fairbairn — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 10:44:18 +0000

I’ve not used Quora much myself but can see it definitely has uses for businesses.

My main concern around this and other new social (in my view) platforms is that there are too many new kids on the block appearing and I think we’re already close to saturation point.

There are only so many of these platforms businesses can spend time on every day and as people start to realise (yes I used the English spelling!) this, they will become more selective and a lot of these ‘bright young things’ will fall by the wayside. I’m not necessarily saying Quora will be one of them but there will come a point when people say enough is enough.

By: Janet Aronica

Janet Aronica — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 02:06:56 +0000

I use Quora for blogging ideas too! It helps you recognize people’s pain points. If you write to appeal to a pain point then it’s going to be a much for valuable (and shared) post than if you offer something that’s “oh this is nice to know” content. I guess I’m noisy on other social media platforms but on Quora I’m pretty much a lurker for right now, looking for ideas.

By: Eryck Dzotsi

Eryck Dzotsi — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 22:06:56 +0000

I am an irregular user of Quora, and what I can say thus far is that it provides more intelligent answers than some of the things we use to see on Yahoo! Answers.

By: Vlad Rascanu

Vlad Rascanu — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:11:18 +0000

Quora is NOT user friendly at all so I’m not surprised that you don’t see it as a website for social media hipsters. However, Quora is good if you want to establish yourself as a guru in one industry.

By: arslan

arslan — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 08:58:01 +0000

Thanks for this article Lisa.
After a few hesitations at the beginning, I ended finding Quora very interesting with a rare high quality writings and a minimalist cool interface. I’m using it a lot and can’t wait for an official mobile app, now…
As you mentioned it, this have a to do with the work of Quora Staff who can keep spammers away and make a lot of efforts to bring a quality experience… but for how long ?
As long as I dont see a clear business model, this question will remain open and keep me a little bit skeptical about the future of this rich Q/A site.

By: Aussiewebmaster

Aussiewebmaster — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:53:53 +0000

Not impressed by Quora at the moment – if they make some changes to user interface could get behind it, but right now it seems too much a trendy toy for the techoratti

By: Lisa Barone

Lisa Barone — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:33:11 +0000

Who said we were talking about you? I was talking about people in general. :)

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:43:22 +0000

What makes you think I dismissed Quora without evaluating it? Because I disagree with you? I see.