[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":334},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-1197146":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":9,"maker":10,"posted_at":11,"year":12,"points":13,"comments":14,"rank_in_year":15,"shown_in_year":16,"top":17,"tier":18,"category":19,"subcategory":20,"format":21,"keywords":22,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":34,"aspects":35,"strip":43,"post_text":44,"what":45,"said":55,"maker_in_thread":178,"shape":190,"grid":193,"attempts":301,"same_week":302,"maker_shows":32,"maker_hidden":325,"reader_version":326,"card":327},"1197146","Review my startup","Quora, a topic based question and answer site","title","Show HN: Review my startup: Quora, a topic based question and answer site",null,"ccheever",1268782522,2010,55,43,33,370,9,"notable","web_saas","question and answer site","web_app",[23,24,25,26],"question and answer","q&a site","topic based questions","authoritative answers","roasted",-0.274,{"positive":30,"neutral":31,"mixed":32,"critical":33},6,5,3,14,28,{"design":36,"privacy":38,"idea":40,"execution":42},{"positive":37,"critical":32},1,{"positive":37,"critical":39},10,{"positive":37,"critical":41},0,{"positive":37,"critical":37},[32,32,41,37,37,41,37,41,32,41,37,32,37,31,37,41,41,37,37,37,37,32,37,31,32,41,37,31,41,41,32,41,37,31,41,31,41,31,41,37],"Link to sign up: http:\u002F\u002Fquora.com\u002Fhackernews\n\nQuora is a question and answer site focused on getting really high quality, authoritative content on any topic that people are interested in.\n\nThe big idea is to try to get every question page to be the best possible resource for anyone who wants to know about the answer.  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Things are responsive, actions have weight, and it's just…",{"id":66,"by":67,"text":68},"1197230","fuzzmeister","This is very well made, great job. A few things: - Why do I have to choose the best square thumbnail picture? Facebook already provides you with pic_square through their API. -…",{"value":70,"source":59,"evidence":71},"Easy to use and addictive",[72,76],{"id":73,"by":74,"text":75},"1197192","pibefision","Quora rocks. It's a great product, i'm using it a lot. Once you start to using, it's addictive.",{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"1197403","earle","Adam: Site is good, easy to use. Fix your e-mail validator (you can, afterall have a domain name that starts with a number). The facebook only signup thing is a bit of a hiccup…",[81,104,112,116],{"value":82,"source":59,"evidence":83},"Mandatory Facebook login is a barrier and raises privacy concerns",[84,88,92,96,100],{"id":85,"by":86,"text":87},"1197190","Zak","No. Facebook already has enough of my data inside its walled garden. It's not getting control of my logins to other services. Add another signup method and I'll give your site…",{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"1197216","apowell","This is a valid concern. I'm not too keen on connecting my Facebook account to things either. This may be an incredibly cool product...but I wouldn't know. I'm not clicking that…",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"1197394","plinkplonk","I got an invite to Quora from a friend of mine a few months ago but the need for the FaceBook id was a killer. As long as they have this requirement, I won't use the product. Too…",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"1197610","charliepark","I've seen Quora referenced a bunch lately, and have been excited to try it out. The design (from the outside) looks really good, and I suspect that your team has crafted a really…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"1198371","teyc","I'll explain what the problem with FB sign-in is. Remember Eric Ries's IMVU, where people didn't want to link their IM accounts to IMVU because they don't want to endorse a piece…",{"value":105,"source":59,"evidence":106},"Feed and tagging system is cluttered and confusing",[107,108],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},"1197435","luchak","In approximately inverse order of importance (sorry about that): * Misc.: - Don't like using my Facebook account. * UI: - Always find myself hunting for the \"follow\" button. -…",{"value":113,"source":59,"evidence":114},"Too few substantive answers compared to features",[115],{"id":109,"by":110,"text":111},{"value":117,"source":59,"evidence":118},"Email notifications are excessive",[119],{"id":120,"by":78,"text":121},"1197444","In follow up, I'm now receiving e-mails notifications about people following me on your site! There are some major identity issues here. Are you a social network? 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Are you gonna let search engines index answers?",{"value":151,"source":59,"evidence":152},"How does it differ from Stack Exchange?",[153,154],{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"1197325","kylec","Your service sounds awfully lot like Stack Overflow\u002FStack Exchange, which seems to work just fine without the need to \"verify\" users or require users to login via Facebook. Why…",{"value":159,"source":59,"evidence":160},"How do you get people to answer questions?",[161],{"id":162,"by":163,"text":164},"1197389","phatbyte","I like it, seems very cohesive and simple. May I ask how do you got people making questions and answer them ? 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