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Facebook Fossils from Mashable
Facebook Fossils from Mashable
Are all Answers sections struggling to survive -
Interesting to see that Facebook retired its “answers” in late 2012.
LinkedIn “retires” “answers” on 31st January 2013.
Just Viadeo and Quora that are the only mainstream social networking sites that still have this as a particular feature.
Improved Answer Ranking: Follow-Up
This is how LinkedIn should have dealt with their "Answers" forum.
Post by Shreyes Seshasai:
Improved Answer Ranking: Follow-Up
My conversation with ex-Facebook CTO and Quora co-founder Adam D’Angelo
To say that I have had a contentious relationship with former Facebook chief technology officer Adam D’Angelo’s three-year-old startup Quora would be an understatement. I've had my reasons for disagreeing with some of its policies relating to the content. Don’t get me wrong -- I loved Quora before being turned off but now I use it like the “80 percent” consumers and rarely contribute to the site.
Quora is another site that quietly does the job needed by its users very well. LinkedIn used to have an excellent Q&A section, but since LinkedIn decided to put Q&A under "More" the majority of users do not use it. I checked the other day to see that only 137 questions from LinkedIn's 200 million members were asked in a 24 hour period. There is also too much gaming and abuse by some of those answering which has lead to many of those better qualified to answer leaving the section, and in some cases the site alone for good.
Well done Quora for creating a great place to find answers.
Quora
Just thought I’d give Quora a thumbs up.
I like how it is simple, intuitive and amendable in the same way as wikipedia.
