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Why is it hard to see who the poster of a question is on Quora?

11th October 2010

My answer to Why is it hard to see who the poster of a question is on Quora? on Quora

This is probably my favourite thing about Quora, and one of the reasons I think it’s so much more interesting than other Q&A sites.

Questions on Quora don’t “belong” to anyone—in fact, once they have been added other community members can edit them to clarify their wording etc. As a result, you can think of Quora as a sort of infinite space where every possible question has already been asked... they just need topics added so that people can find them!

This is Why is it hard to see who the poster of a question is on Quora? by Simon Willison, posted on 11th October 2010.

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