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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago

How Quora Died: The site used to be a thriving community that worked to answer our most specific questions. But users are fleeing.

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How Quora Died: The site used to be a thriving community that worked to answer our most specific questions. But users are fleeing.

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alyaza [they/she] ( alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to TechnologyEnglish · 3 years ago
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One of Our Best Websites Died While No One Was Looking
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    i think it’s been gliding on the entropy of its original value for a long time at this point (it was founded in 2009)—certainly i can’t remember a time where it was useful, but then i only first encountered it in like 2016.

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