Comments on: My conversation with ex-Facebook CTO and Quora co-founder Adam D’Angelo

By: maxspiker

maxspiker — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:43:14 +0000

I’m impressed with Adam’s and Quora’s long-term strategy, especially in a sea of short-term startup plays.

I’m not sure I agree with the text-based-only approach though. While presenting information visually without making it seem cluttered is a real challenge, I think text-only is a dangerous long term proposition, especially with the coming rise of gestural interfaces.

By: maxspiker

maxspiker — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 13:38:26 +0000

Agreed – I can’t think of another service whose email I read religiously, like Quora’s.

By: sjaay

sjaay — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:54:51 +0000

I created a specific Quora tag for my gmail – their emails are excellent. I end up clicking through a lot of them.

By: Liz Pullen

Liz Pullen — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:52:18 +0000

Despite being a very active Quora user in the past, I’ve rarely seen Adam or Charlie lay out their vision for its future. It sounds like they have several options they are considering and I hope it works out for them, their team and investors. ; )

By: abhay

abhay — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 10:05:01 +0000

I love Quora. You can say it a Wikipedia with views……….

By: Gina

Gina — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 13:46:26 +0000

I don’t know how many users Quora has and it’s impossible to find it out. It’s safe to say it’s not in the tens of millions. Facebook had a profit of $1B in 2011.

“For the third quarter of 2012, on a GAAP basis (the accounting standard for U.S. corporations), Facebook lost 2 cents a share versus making 10 cents a share the prior year. It lost money in the second quarter, too. In other words, Facebook lost money every quarter since its IPO on a GAAP accounting basis. Its margins were squeezed as decelerating revenues didn’t keep up with growing costs—“user growth” isn’t always a good thing—and it lost important gaming revenues.”

“In February 2012, Facebook took out a five-year revolving credit facility to borrow up to $5 billion (undrawn as of September 30, 2012). It also took out a bridge credit facility with JPMorgan to borrow up to $3 billion to pay for the stock buybacks, which it has to pay back one-year from being drawn or by June 30, 2014 at the latest.”

http://www.tavakolistructuredfinance.com/FB11262012.pdf

By: rajagopalanc

rajagopalanc — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 06:18:28 +0000

LinkedIn answers – they really lost the initiative

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:24:49 +0000

Thanks Hanne

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 05:23:59 +0000

Same for me Jonathan. Pretty awesome email newsletter

By: Ronit

Ronit — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 02:24:33 +0000

It would be great if you can come up with the exact details like FB’s profit, Quora’s user base etc. I am also wondering what is exactly their business model.