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Growth · March 16, 2010

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Review my startup: Quora, a topic based question and answer site

Link to sign up: http://quora.com/hackernews Quora is a question and answer site focused on getting really high quality, authoritative content on any topic that people are interested in. The big idea is to try to get every question page to be the best possible resource for anyone who wants to know about the answer. One way to think about it is as a cache for the research that people compile by searching the web or asking others. The feeling you get when you see a Wikipedia article and you think "Oh, that's going to have all the information I want about that" is the feeling we want to create…

Review my startup: Quora, a topic based question and answer site launched on March 16, 2010 with 55 votes, #3 of 22 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was not reachable when checked in September 2026.

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In plain words

Quora is a question and answer website that collects high-quality, authoritative content across any topic. Users can ask questions, provide answers, and vote on content to create comprehensive reference pages for different subjects. The platform aims to function as a searchable repository of compiled research and expert knowledge, similar to Wikipedia but covering a broader range of topics. Users sign up with a Facebook account, ask and follow questions of interest, answer others' questions, and vote on responses.

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In the maker’s words, at launch

Link to sign up: http://quora.com/hackernews Quora is a question and answer site focused on getting really high quality, authoritative content on any topic that people are interested in. The big idea is to try to get every question page to be the best possible resource for anyone who wants to know about the answer.…

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