Quora

Quora is aan information platform that allows people to share knowledge through question-and-answerits (Q&A) platform which allows people to share knowledge through its question and answer format. Through it'sits forum, users can ask questions, answer questions, and debate those answers. Further, questionsQuestions and answers are arranged basedby ontopic, topics allowingand users tocan follow topics they are interested in, or to query to the database and surface relevant conversations. Quora also offers itself as a research tool whichthat allows users to create social networks and follow topics of interest;. Quora also worksintends to focus on high-quality questions and answers through user votes, which are used to help highlight accurate information. Quora also offers users a personalized feed onof answers to questions they have asked, or to questions on topics they are interested in.

Quora was founded in 2009 by CEO Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

In 2018 Quora announced the company had been hacked, with the names, email addresses, passwords, and questions asked of 100 million users compromised. The company engaged in a process of notifing affected customers and engaging in a digital forensic process. Further, the company noted they did not - at the time - gather sensitive information of users, which would limit the potential impact of the hack.

Quora has developed its platform's user base aroundAt the time of its launch, withQuora a focusfocused on developing a base of intelligent and committed participants, and has continued to interest its users through useful and interesting content personalized to individual usersindividuals through its feed. Further, the platform is accessible to all, based on Quora's desire to democratize knowledge, and is run entirely by its user community. Users post questions and answer those questions, and other users in the community can up-vote or down-vote thosethe answers (similar to other popular social forums). and theThe answers with the most up-votes are highlighted and viewed the most.

In 2021, Quora launched a program to allow users to earn money from their content on the platform. With what the company is calling Quora+, users pay $5 per month (or a $50 one -timeone-time payymentpayment) to access paywalled content, and 95 percent of the subscription payments are then to be distributed to the content creators posting to the platform, according to Quora.

In 2018, Quora, in 2018, introduced a new feature, called Spaces, where users were offered a chance tocould curateform collections and form communities around shared interests and tastes. SpaceSpaces werewas developed to allow people to curate interesting answers anand links about specific areas of interestsinterest; an area where uses could organize their own writing into different sections; or where usesand could curategather a community of people in a space where they could have sharedshare conversations with each other.

Quora also introduced business focusedbusiness-focused solutions where businesses could use the Quora platform for advertising, including to useusing the question and answerQ&A format to build brand awareness and credibility, to help drive traffic to a website or related marketing content in order to increase conversions, or to target and convert on leads looking for solutions a business offers. The Quora for Business also introduced advertising onto the platform, where a business''s name and description is populated beneath a related question and answer.

In 2023, Quora unveiled a new artificial intelligence chatbot, named Poe, for public access. The chatbot was buitlbuilt on generative AIgenerative AI tools, such as ChatGPT and Claude, and allows users to ask questions, to which it generates responses. Poe was initially available through the company's iOS app, and was intended to offer users a chance to interact with AI chatbots, and for the developer of generative AI chatbots to use Quora's platform to reach users. Further, the chatbot was built to work much like the wider Quora platform, with users offered a chance to share model outputs with other users, similar to up-voting popular answers.

Much like other chatbots, Poe allows users to ask questions, have it write code, or offer the user advice. And Poe shares the same features and limitations of other ChatGPT or Claude-based chatbots. However, Poe does offer users the chance to select between chatbots, making it a more fully-featured AI offering. Users are restricted in the amount of questions they can ask Poe a day, with Quora oferingoffering a subscription for unrestricted access.

In 2018, Quora announced the company had been hacked, with the names, email addresses, passwords, and questions asked of 100 million users compromised. The company notified affected customers and engaged in a digital forensic process. Further, the company noted they did not, at the time, gather sensitive user information, which limited the potential impact of the hack.

In 2018, Quora's reported $8 million on revenue.

Quora is a question-and-answer (Q&A) platform which allows people to share knowledge through its question and answer format. Through it's forum, users can ask questions, answer questions, and debate those answers. Further, questions and answers are arranged based on topics allowing users to follow topics they are interested in, or to query to the database and surface relevant conversations. Quora also offers itself as a research tool which allows users to create social networks and follow topics of interest; Quora also works to focus on high-quality questions and answers through user votes which are used to help highlight accurate information. Quora also offers users a personalized feed on answers to questions they have asked, or to questions on topics they are interested in.

Quora was founded in 2009 by CEO Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

In 2018 Quora announced the company had been hacked, with the names, email addresses, passwords, and questions asked of 100 million users compromised. The company engaged in a process of notifing affected customers and engaging in a digital forensic process. Further, the company noted they did not - at the time - gather sensitive information of users, which would limit the potential impact of the hack.

Quora has developed its platform's user base around the time of its launch with a focus on developing a base of intelligent and committed participants, and has continued to interest its users through useful and interesting content personalized to individual users through its feed. Further, the platform is accessible to all, based on Quora's desire to democratize knowledge, and is run entirely by its user community. Users post questions and answer those questions, and other users in the community can up-vote or down-vote those answers (similar to other popular social forums) and the answers with the most up-votes are highlighted and viewed the most.

In 2021, Quora launched a program to allow users to earn money from their content on the platform. With what the company is calling Quora+, users pay $5 per month (or a $50 one -time payyment) to access paywalled content, and 95 percent of the subscription payments are then to be distributed to the content creators posting to the platform, according to Quora.

Quora, in 2018, introduced a new feature, called Spaces, where users were offered a chance to curate collections and form communities around shared interests and tastes. Space were developed to allow people to curate interesting answers an links about specific areas of interests; an area where uses could organize their own writing into different sections; or where uses could curate a community of people in a space where they could have shared conversations with each other.

Quora also introduced business focused solutions where businesses could use the Quora platform for advertising, including to use the question and answer format to build brand awareness and credibility, to help drive traffic to a website or related marketing content in order to increase conversions, or to target and convert on leads looking for solutions a business offers. The Quora for Business also introduced advertising onto the platform, where a business' name and description is populated beneath a related question and answer.

In 2023, Quora unveiled a new artificial intelligence chatbot, named Poe, for public access. The chatbot was buitl on generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude, and allows users to ask questions to which it generates responses. Poe was initially available through the company's iOS app, and was intended to offer users a chance to interact with AI chatbots, and for the developer of generative AI chatbots to use Quora's platform to reach users. Further, the chatbot was built to work much like the wider Quora platform, with users offered a chance to share model outputs with other users, similar to up-voting popular answers.

Much like other chatbots, Poe allows users to ask questions, have it write code, or offer the user advice. And Poe shares the same features and limitations of other ChatGPT or Claude-based chatbots. However, Poe does offer users the chance to select between chatbots, making it a more fully-featured AI offering. Users are restricted in the amount of questions they can ask Poe a day, with Quora ofering a subscription for unrestricted access.