We want Quora to last forever…– Adam D’Angelo
We want Quora to last forever, and in order to last forever, it’s going to need to have revenue. One of the best things about ads is that you don’t need to exclude anyone.
On Quora, you’re not answering questions because …– Adam D’Angelo
On Quora, you’re not answering questions because you want to get points or because you have nothing else to do.
Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base …– Adam D’Angelo
Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We’re not just interested in people answering their friends’ one-off questions.
Most of the stuff that people look at on Quora …– Adam D’Angelo
Most of the stuff that people look at on Quora today was not written in the last month. You write something really good, and maybe it’s the definitive answer on the Internet for the next 10 years. Maybe it’s only a year, but not like a tweet, where it’s only relevant for a day or […]
When you look at Yahoo Answers…– Adam D’Angelo
When you look at Yahoo Answers, there can be a lot of garbage. But if you’re careful about the rules and supporting good contributions, over time you can get better and better, like Wikipedia.
We need to build systems that can automatically …– Adam D’Angelo
We need to build systems that can automatically figure out what’s high quality and what’s not, and encourage users to contribute high-quality content. There’s a lot of technical challenges in that.
The more questions and answers we get…– Adam D’Angelo
The more questions and answers we get, the more useful Quora is.
I think a lot of what the iPad app is going to be …– Adam D’Angelo
I think a lot of what the iPad app is going to be used for is just reading the best content on Quora. It really helps the whole system run because people who are writing answers can get this very wide distribution to a large audience of readers.
In 2007 I was at Facebook…– Adam D’Angelo
In 2007 I was at Facebook, and we looked at some of the social networks in Asia, and they were full of games.
Questions and answers is a big space…– Adam D’Angelo
Questions and answers is a big space, and there are lots of possible systems that you can create for different goals.