Comments on: Is Quora Blocking Access by Facebook Employees?

By: ladyontime

ladyontime — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:03:28 +0000

Ive been using http://bit.ly/bJwmma . It uses a better method than blocking social media sites because it only monitors sites like Facebook in working hours. People/Employees still have the option to use it for a breather or during lunch breaks so its really unecessary to block it. Sometimes they use it for work too in helping reach decisions.

By: ithinkimcute

ithinkimcute — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 03:42:11 +0000

This software http://www.timedoctor.com/1 is better than blocking Facebook because it only monitors Facebook on work hours. Team members can use it on lunch breaks. Plus some employees might need Facebook for work so it’s stupid to block it.

By: bupbin

bupbin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:28:54 +0000

Mathew, do you know if this is still going on or was there a response to your post?

By: Early Facebook Employees’ New Project Quora Opens to the Public

Early Facebook Employees’ New Project Quora Opens to the Public — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 22:51:06 +0000

[...] Facebook itself is developing a Q&A system and is rumored to be engaged in a back-and-forth war of IP blocking between its employees and Quora’s. We’ve heard that there’s more animosity than [...]

By: kellybriefworld

kellybriefworld — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:06:33 +0000

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By: Après Twitter puis Friendfeed Facebook veut faire du Foursquare et du Quora - blAblAwEb - le blog de Stephane Zibi - Blog LeMonde.fr

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:50:17 +0000

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By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:12:41 +0000

Thanks, Joseph. It's true that both Ben and Makinde mentioned that some users could access Quora from the Facebook network, but also said that many others couldn't. And thanks for the pointer to that other question -- maybe Facebook is retaliating?

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:03:29 +0000

Hi there, this story is not quite right. Many Facebook employees can access Quora from the corporate IP – see comments by Makinde Adeagbo and Ben Maurer (both Facebook employees) on this question (“I’m on the corporate network and can access Quora now.”).

http://www.quora.com/Is-Quora-blocking-traffic-originating-from-Facebook's-corporate-IP-space-If-so-why-If-not-how-did-this-rumor-start

Second, you should mention that Facebook is also blocking Quora employees and Quora users from using Facebook Questions and has kicked some of them out. See this link:

http://www.quora.com/Who-on-Quora-is-using-Facebook-Questions-and-what-do-they-think

By: Mathew Ingram

Mathew Ingram — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:20:21 +0000

No need to apologize -- happens to us all :-)

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Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:53:49 +0000

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