Quora. It is a question and answer social network available since June 21, 2010. It is a network to obtain and share knowledge, a platform in which to ask questions and connect with other people who will provide an answer. It is an online service where people can ask questions on different topics and receive answers
Summary
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- 1 Mission
- 2 Founders
- 3 Operation
- 4 Advantages
- 5 Source
Mission
Their mission is to share and grow the knowledge that exists in the world. People who have the answers to most of the questions that people want to know generally know much more than what is available on the internet.
Founders
Jointly founded by Adam D’Angelo (former Facebook CTO) and Charlie Cheever, in March 2010 it received funding from Benchmark Capital, with a seed capital of $ 86 million.
Functioning
The Quora service allows you to ask questions and give answers. Users can comment on questions and rate them with positive or negative votes. If you write a question, other people answer them if they want to, some people vote for or against what is answered or if interesting questions or answers are written, they gain followers.
Once registered using the Facebook, Twitter or Gmail accounts, all the friends that are in the chosen social network and that are on Quora are automatically followed.
It has options that allow you to edit profiles, as well as on the main page: you have the option of looking at the questions already asked, adding questions, friends’ activities, among others.
Advantage
- To gain followers, a good profile is created to increase visibility on the network.
- It works in its English version like a blog.
- Allows you to configure a specific page for a brand
- Can be used as a research tool
It has its counterpart among android apps .
