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Tag Archives: Quora alternatives
What Happened to Reddit? API Changes, Shadowbans, Bots, and Community Decline
“Ask David!” Question:
“First it was Quora, and now it's Reddit. It just sucks and feels dead. Why?? It seems like real human interaction has been totally replaced by bots, heavy moderation, and shadowbans. Is there any real alternative left for building an online community where you actually control your content and culture?” -Ex-Redditor
You're not imagining it, and you definitely aren't the only person saying it.
Spend five minutes browsing tech forums, creator communities, or independent discussion boards and
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Posted in AI, Ask David!, Social Networking, Technology in the News
Tagged ai, Alexis Ohanian, bots, building online community, community management, me we too, organic discovery, quora, Quora alternatives, reddit, reddit alternatives, reddit sucks, shadowban, social network, spam filters, Steve Huffman
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What Happened to Quora? Building a Q&A Site That Won’t Sell Out Your Users
Quora has become a cautionary tale for the modern developer. It is still technically online, but the platform has been hollowed out from the inside. What was once a destination for expertise has devolved into a cluttered space of bot-generated questions, AI-regurgitated answers, and an intrusive volume of ads that make the site nearly unreadable.
From a development and management perspective, this wasn’t an accident or the result of a hostile takeover. Despite raising hundreds of millions to stay independent,
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Posted in Ask David!, Business, Social Networking, Technology in the News
Tagged ad-farm, ai-scaling, avoid bot spam, building a Q&A site, community engagement, community moderation, digital autonomy, high-quality knowledge sharing, how to build a Q&A site, Q&A platform development, quora, Quora alternatives, Quora decline, scrapbooks app, seo, short-term revenue, social hub architect, social network, social network software, user retention, user-generated content, web development
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Looking for Reddit and Quora alternative
Ask David
What open and diverse discussion web forums are better than Reddit (and Quora)? Those have been overrun by spam and by overboard moderation at the same time.
The best one I've found right now is Me We Too. Fun fact: It's built on UltimateWB!
What I really like about Me We Too is that you can actually connect with people there - not just read posts and argue with strangers. You know how you feel a connection
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Tagged better than quora, better than reddit, community websites, discussion forums, diverse viewpoints, forum websites, me we too, mewetoo, online communities, online discussion, open discussion, quora, quora alternative, Quora alternatives, reddit, reddit alternative, reddit alternatives, social network, social networking, web forum
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