| I found quora a few times through google, and i HATED them because i could only see answer 1. I HATED QUORA soo much. After signing up, I realised that its much more than just a QnA website. Quora is a great place to find interesting discussions about a wide variety of topics. The QnA part is mostly an excuse for domain experts to blow you away with interesting content. its a community where experts can discuss interesting topics in their field, and I believe the "google spam" thing is helping keep the community this way for 2 reasons: 1. People coming from Google are expecting a "yahoo answers" type of website (public opinion, not expert advice). They want their answer and they are out. If they could see all the results, the trolls (of which there are many) they would probably be tempted to signup with a fake account, just to add their throll-y whimsical answer or comment and never return. 2. If you go through the pain of being on-boarded, you probably care about the topic enough to become an engaged member of the community. Which will help maintain the quality of the website. |