{"id":1997,"date":"2015-10-31T21:52:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-01T01:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digital.hbs.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/quora-capturing-the-intelligence-of-the-world\/"},"modified":"2015-10-31T21:53:10","modified_gmt":"2015-11-01T01:53:10","slug":"quora-capturing-the-intelligence-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"hck-submission","link":"https:\/\/d3.harvard.edu\/platform-digit\/submission\/quora-capturing-the-intelligence-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Quora \u2013 Capturing the Intelligence of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Quora is a question-and-answer website created, edited, and organized by its community of users. It was started in June of 2009 by the former CTO of Facebook. The website has been open to public since 2010.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur mission is to share and grow the world\u2019s knowledge,\u201d says founder Adam D\u2019Angelo.<\/p>\n<p>They don\u2019t reveal the user metrics of the website and that is the one question you won\u2019t be able to find on Quora. D\u2019Angelo says, \u201cUsage numbers don\u2019t reflect quality and user experience, which are what\u2019s important to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What is most impressive to me about this crowdsourcing Q&amp;A site is its simplicity and substance. Distinguished people such as Larry Summers, President Barack Obama, Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Mark Cuban, Ashton Kutcher and more actively use this forum to answer questions. This translates to very high quality content and enhances the user experience of those who are going to this site for the questions. The bar for credibility (expert knowledge) and quality (well-written posts) are very high.<\/p>\n<p>How do they manage the crowdsourced information and maintain the level of quality?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Personalization engine using statistics, math, and machine learning to show you the most relevant questions and content<\/li>\n<li>Developing an algorithm to determine and rank user quality<\/li>\n<li>The \u2018Upvote\u2019 feature adds credibility to answers that are recognized by other users, and higher upvotes increases the visibility of your answer. The best answers will still go on top, the worst answers get shoved off the page<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0administrative team actively filter answers that are deemed to be of low quality &#8211; \u00a0not relevant, identical or &#8216;jokey&#8217;. One Quora admin team states, \u201cAs an admin my job is to keep the integrity of the site intact.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Users are verified using their name and identity, which increases the reputation gain or loss of bad content posted<\/li>\n<li>You can at any time \u2018Ask A Question\u2019 and invite specific people to answer your question<\/li>\n<li>Quora credits force a level of quality that everyone benefits from. You try to write better answers so you can get more credits and ask more questions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>People use Quora because it gives them validation and connections, through the social recognition for their expert knowledge as well as their contribution to the community that they are learning from.<\/p>\n<p>Quora creates value by engaging individuals to share their\u00a0opinions and personal experiences, and recognizing them as an invaluable part of human knowledge. \u00a0Quora attracts a great number of &#8220;brightest and best&#8221; in certain subject areas, which attracts even more as they talked Quora up in their respective spheres of influence.<\/p>\n<p>It has raised $141m to date its investors include Peter Thiel, Y Combinator, Tiger Global and Benchmark. \u201cThe main thing we are going to do with the money is\u00a0make sure Quora lasts forever,\u201d says Marc Bodnick, head of business operations. \u201cWe are permanent, a prominent library, and we will stay independent forever. The company intends that for the long term and to not be acquired. So we will keep most of this money as insurance.\u201d The path to monetization does not seem clear, although the most likely path is advertising or an entry into the education space.<\/p>\n<p>Through its UX design, core community values, admin diligence, critical mass of quality contributors and evaluators, Quora draws out our very best as we reflect on our experience to provide appropriate answers to a learner&#8217;s questions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quora is a question-and-answer website created, edited, and organized by its community of users. It was started in June of 2009 by the former CTO of Facebook. 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