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How to Become a Quora Killer

Posted on 09. Jul, 2010 by hotlou in Work

Those that read my post about the new News Feed feature that Facebook is testing for users with few friends will be pleased to see this form: Apply to be a Facebook beta tester.

RIP Quora

It’s an application to become a beta tester for new Facebook feature that Facebook claims “will be as exciting as Facebook Photos and Facebook Events.”

To apply, you must submit one GREAT question and answer. It’s easy to presume that Facebook has its crosshairs squarely focused on Quora (which only opened to the public a couple weeks ago) and is recruiting soldiers for its Quora-killing army.

It makes sense. Facebook is in the biggest business there is: Identity. And while Quora and other Q&A sites require time and consistency to build up credibility/authority/equity, why not use the credibility you already have today with your identity because your friends know you’re a electrical engineer, a mommy blogger, or a Saved by the Bell trivia super freak?

And in this Facebook vs Quora article from bnet (that coincidentally includes the screenshot of the News Feed test I shared a couple weeks back), it’s clear this has been on the horizon for some time now.

With that, here is my application question: What was your favorite Quora moment?