To me it became unbearable after it became flooded with people trying to add content without bringing any actual insight. They'd largely reuse existing materials or top google/wikipedia results and used certain style that became annoying to me (I wonder if others also started noticing the 'quora-style' answers)
I feel like all the good people disbanded as that happened. I noticed answers became increasingly anecdotes that looked like a blog post in the style: “10 years ago I was working with my father, when I noticed…”. It’s been years I simply ignore Quora when it shows up in a search cause I k ow it will be the same generic garbage as those SEO websites.
I remember asking for the scientific basis for the EPA's recommendations on UV exposure. I had this idea an actual scientist or someone who's done relevant research might answer. All I got were spun versions of the citeless blurb on the EPA's website. That was when I knew Quora was dead.
(kind of an aside after this point)
Meanwhile, ChatGPT (via Phind) just keeps giving me answers on the efficacy of sunscreen at blocking UV light. Nothing on what research went into deciding how much UV is too much. I want to know what actually makes UV 11 or UV 5, or why UV 2 is considered safe. It's the first time it's been 100% useless. I can't seem to get it to stick to the actual question no matter how I phrase it.
Maybe it's one of those ass-pull recommendations where no one really knows. I know people who sunscreen religiously and still got skin cancer, and people who don't get much sun who got it.
Thats a great question because recently I searched similar things when trying to learn about the risk of UV with kids. All sources basically concludes any direct exposure to the sun is bad for you (not just kids) because UV is inherently harmful and vitamin D can be gotten other ways.
Either this is overstated or everyone is behaving very recklessly. Maybe a mix of both. But more details on these levels would be good. I also wonder if they assume direct sunlight or if actual cloudiness is baked into the daily index values.
