I noticed you get unwarrantedly defensive when it comes to negativity surrounding popular individuals or well-known companies. I say unwarrantedly because you usually write very awesome posts with lots of detail, but when you spring to the defense of the GitHub founder who fell from grace, or in this case Quora (and there are other instances I remember to some degree), you peremptorily want to end the discussion without any good reason and just issue some dismissive insults.
It never works, though. The conversations continue. People have good reason to not like Quora. They've had a user-unfriendly attitude problem, and they've been less than nice to their employees as well. I personally can't stand it when some people are treated with contempt, but I guess this sort of thing doesn't bother you or maybe you don't pick up on it.
Uhh I don't think he was defensive at all. I think he made a very good point.
I would bet large amounts of bitcoins that no VC wrote any of this, save MAYBE part of the opening. It's extremely verbose and the business analysis ultimately is a smaller part of what amounts to just a rant about the quora community.
And if you want to read that, that's great. I don't. I've read the exact same criticism of Wikipedia, Reddit, <insert social community here>. It doesn't really provide any insight I didn't know already: big social communities tend to get co-opted by people with agendas and too much time on their hand. Cool.
Talking about company strategy and why it is unlikely to be successful is interesting, and provides good salient points for the rest of us. Talking about 'rad fems' taking over Quora? Not so much.
I would have a very hard time believing that an investor wasted 5 minutes writing several paragraphs about "PC" and "social justice" and stuff like that. Like I said, I think most of this writeup makes sense only if you spend a lot of time on Quora. Who does that?
> The community is typically a pretty big aspect of a business
'The community' is an extremely nebulous term, and unlikely to be influencing any business decision, largely because any individual's perception of the community is heavily subjective and influenced by the subject of the content you consume (which can vary widely on any large, similarly nebulous site).
I highly, highly doubt 'the community' came up in any acquisition discussions of reddit or tumblr, largely for that reason and because it ultimately has little effect on their user base. People aren't leaving reddit in droves because SRS exists. If people leave quora, it won't be because 'rad fems' drove them away.
> Would you have been satisfied if there was a pie chart?
You're super cool. Wicked jab there bro. Super salty about it. Remind me to high five you next time and we can pound some natty ice and talk about how cool you are.
Weird. I know next to nothing about Quora. I was actually hoping to read a well-reasoned takedown of a company that I don't think generates all the much value. This just isn't that.
"Spring to the defense of the Github founder who left in disgrace"? Another really weird thing to have said.
It never works, though. The conversations continue. People have good reason to not like Quora. They've had a user-unfriendly attitude problem, and they've been less than nice to their employees as well. I personally can't stand it when some people are treated with contempt, but I guess this sort of thing doesn't bother you or maybe you don't pick up on it.