{"id":693,"date":"2010-12-30T12:28:36","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T19:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/?p=693"},"modified":"2010-12-30T12:36:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-30T19:36:26","slug":"how-to-use-quora-to-find-and-share-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techiewhizkid.com\/how-to-use-quora-to-find-and-share-information\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Quora To Find and Share Information"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/81.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/81.jpg?resize=649%2C87\" alt=\"\" width=\"649\" height=\"87\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to <a title=\"Quora - Wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Quora\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a> &#8211;<\/p><div class=\"7a7853692f91f1c3aa9fe870b4069c5d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- techiewhizkid_link_1 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8372396756447573\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9242151396\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"link\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>Quora<\/strong> is an online <a title=\"Knowledge market\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Knowledge_market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">knowledge market<\/a>, founded in June 2009, launched in private beta in December 2009, and made available to the public on June 21, 2010. Quora aggregates questions and answers to many topics and allows users to collaborate on them. Quora was co-founded by <a title=\"Adam D&#039;Angelo\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Adam_D%27Angelo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Adam D&#8217;Angelo<\/a> (<a title=\"Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>&#8216;s former <a title=\"Chief technical officer\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chief_technical_officer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTO<\/a>) and <a title=\"Charlie Cheever\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Cheever\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charlie Cheever<\/a>. In March, 2010 Quora received funding from <a title=\"Benchmark Capital\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benchmark_Capital\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Benchmark Capital<\/a>, valuing the start-up at a rumored $86 million.<\/p>\n<p>In essence, Quora is an online information market. People post questions, people give as  well as receive answers. It\u2019s a social network focusing on knowledge  sharing. There\u2019s a lot to this place and we\u2019ll be talking all about it  today.<\/p>\n<p>Quora has been around for a while now. Since it\u2019s inception in 2009 and  public release around 6 months ago, much has been said about the power  of Quora.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also been used a lot, especially by a quite a few important  people in the tech world and also various other fields, coming out and  answering questions about themselves and their companies, professions,  area of expertise and so on.<\/p>\n<p>Professional bloggers are even using Quora to find information as well as leads. For instance, a recent article on <span style=\"color: blue;\">Flickr<\/span> was covered on TechCrunch this weekend with information sourced from Quora. Read that article <a href=\"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2010\/12\/25\/flickr-instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4>Why Quora<\/h4>\n<p>What sets Quora apart from other Social network and Q &amp; A sites? There\u2019s three reasons I can think of just off the top of my head.<\/p>\n<p>1. You not only get to see and \u201cLike\u201d the profiles of experts in a  field of your interest, you get to see them in action, providing their  insights, opinions and advice. You don\u2019t have to visit their personal  blogs to hear what they\u2019ve got to say!<\/p>\n<p>2. You don\u2019t have to follow people if you don\u2019t want to. Find a topic  of your choice? Simply follow that. Or better yet, you can follow even  just an individual question and see where it goes. And also receive real  time updates. This is fantastic to keep clutter levels really low.<\/p>\n<p>3. Questions are not normally answered anonymously. Most people are  logged in with their profile information, so the credibility of each  answer posted is automatically ascertained.<\/p>\n<p>Heard a lot about Quora but haven\u2019t gotten around to trying it out yet? Well, read on and we\u2019ll get you all set to go! <!--more--><\/p>\n<h4>Getting Started<\/h4>\n<p>To begin with, navigating around the Quora interface can be a tad confusing. So we\u2019ll take you step-by-step into how to get started.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Step 1: Create an account<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/14.jpg?resize=348%2C291\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"291\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can use either your <span style=\"color: blue;\">Facebook<\/span> or Twitter account to get started. Alternatively, you can use your <span style=\"color: blue;\">email<\/span> as well.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Step 2: Set up your profile<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/23.jpg?resize=331%2C198\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"198\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Quora helps you find and follow friends from your Facebook and Twitter  Networks. Skip this step if you like. Topics that might be of your  interest\u00a0are also suggested for you to follow.<\/p>\n<p>On your profile page, you can add a headline about yourself describing your expertise.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Step 3: Choose topics to follow<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>You can find topics of your interest by simply <span style=\"color: blue;\">searching<\/span> for them. For instance, I like to keep up with information about Facebook, so I did a search for that:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/32.jpg?resize=318%2C226\" alt=\"\" width=\"318\" height=\"226\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The auto suggest feature shows me related topics. I chose the first  one. Going into it, I found a variety of questions related to Facebook,  and I have an option to follow it.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/41.jpg?resize=561%2C326\" alt=\"\" width=\"561\" height=\"326\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you choose a few topics to follow, questions from these show up on your home page under the <strong>\u201cBrowse\u201d <\/strong>Tab.<\/p>\n<p>You will also find Topic Suggestions right under the search box on your Home page.<\/p>\n<p>Another way to find topics of interest is to check out what your  friends are following. Most likely, you will find stuff of your choice  there as well.<\/p>\n<p>Follow these three steps to get started with Quora and gain from its rich user and information base.<\/p>\n<h4>Asking a Question<\/h4>\n<p>Using Quora, you can either post a question to an individual or to the community in general. We\u2019ll take a look at how to do both.<\/p>\n<p>The search box at the top of the Quora page also serves as a place to ask a question. So you just type it out there and add.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/51.jpg?resize=421%2C195\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"195\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As you can see, the question I posted  already exists, so I can just follow that instead. Great for avoiding  duplicates. If you have a previously un-asked question, you can simply  go ahead and ask it.<\/p>\n<p>You can ask any individual a question, by simply going to their profile page on Quora.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Here\u2019s Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s profile, where anyone can ask him a question.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/61.jpg?resize=524%2C163\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"163\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no guarantee of receiving an answer though!<\/p>\n<h4>Answering a Question<\/h4>\n<p>You can answer any of the open questions listed under the \u201cAnswer\u201d tab on the Home page.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tnerd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/72.jpg?resize=364%2C149\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"149\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also add answers to specific questions and topics that you are following.<\/p>\n<p>Participate Without Answering<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t feel like taking the plunge  just yet and answering questions, you can choose to simply vote for the  answers you find most useful.<\/p>\n<p>You also have options to comment on an  individual answer, thank the person for the answer, or give feedback if  you find the answer less helpful.<\/p>\n<p>So now you have all the basics you need to get started with Quora! 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