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I also live in NYC. I go on Quora a lot, and have contributed a decent amount of content, but I do feel that there is a lot of hype around it. The quality of the content is very good for some things (Machine Learning), for others (The Sopranos), not so much. I enjoy going on and reading content, but I cant see a situation where the site is ever mainstream.

One thing that really surprises me is how much some people think the speed of the site matters to the average user. I think the technology they built is amazing, as a software engineer, I am constantly impressed with everything they are doing. I have recommended the site to most of my non-tech friends and they laugh when I try to explain how cool that technology is (I even taught a few of them what Comet is). For the site to become mainstream, I think assumes most people are actually interested in reading/creating quality content - but that is the minority.




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