Why do people delete their Quora answers?

People share a lot of sensitive material on Quora – controversial political views, workplace gossip and compensation, and negative opinions held of companies. Over many years, as they change jobs or change their views, it is important that they can delete or anonymize their previously-written answers.

Why does Quora block the Wayback Machine?

In their robots.txt file, they elaborate on why they block the Wayback Machine, claiming they do it to protect their writers. People share a lot of sensitive material on Quora – controversial political views, workplace gossip and compensation, and negative opinions held of companies.

Why doesn’t Quora archive their content?

Quora could do literally nothing, and the Internet Archive would actively preserve the work of their millions of users for the future, but they’ve chosen to exclude their site from being archived. In their robots.txt file, they elaborate on why they block the Wayback Machine, claiming they do it to protect their writers.

What are Quora’s long-term prospects?

Nearly ten years after its founding, Quora’s long-term prospects are still uncertain. They’ve raised over $225 million in four rounds of funding, most recently an $85 million Series D in April 2017 at a $1.7 billion valuation.

What happens when Quora shuts down?

When Quora shuts down, and it will eventually shut down one day, all of that collected knowledge will be lost unless they change their isolationist ethos. Back in 2012, Adam D’Angelo wrote, “We hope to become an internet-scale Library of Alexandria.” As long as Quora keeps boarding up the exits, we may see it end the same way.

What happens if you say something not nice on Quora?

As soon as you say anything that could be perceived as “not nice” (which for the record is an extremely elusive criterion that is clearly open to interpretation) you will get a warning from the Quora moderation (been there, done that) and once you accumulate multiple warnings you’ll get banned. And that’s not even the best part.

Why does Quora not have an API?

All of Quora’s value is derived from the answers provided by its users, and they go to great lengths to make a well-designed platform for finding and replying to questions. But they do everything they can to make sure you can’t get those contributions back out. No public API.