Adam DAngelo Quora Cofounder and CEO Former CTO

Adam D’Angelo • Quora, Co-founder and CEO • Former CTO of Facebook • High school friend of Mark Zuckerberg, Co-founder & CEO of Facebook • Computer Science, graduate of Cal. Tech with 4. 0 GPA • Owner of 10, 000+ programming awards • One of 6 people in the world to have good ideas (according to Zuckerberg)

What is Quora? • Quora is whatever people think it is • Quora is a tool for sharing knowledge, as opposed to information • Quora is not Wikipedia • Quora is not just for asking or answering questions • Quora is not a business – yet • Quora is not a technology platform • Quora isn’t just for the web (Roush, 2013)

Quora’s Key Policies for Users • • • Be nice and respectful Make the page more helpful to someone who wants to know the answer Use real names They will collapse answer that are not okay They will protect individuals They will delete questions The community will have control of questions There are guidelines for adding images and videos to answers and reviews There are policies on sex-related content, humorous answers, and reuse of Quora content

A Good Answer on Quora • Answers with more upvotes are ranked higher. • Answers with more downvotes are ranked lower. • A vote from a user who has written good answers in the past carries more weight (both upvotes and downvotes). • Answers written by users who have written good answers in the past will be ranked higher. • Votes from people detected to be gaming the system (vote collusion, spam, bullying, etc. ) will be ignored or minimized. This is also against policy and may result in a ban. • Whether a user is an admin or reviewer does not affect the scores in this system (Watters, 2011).

Not A Business • Quora has investors, including most recently Y Combinator • Quora pays its employees • Quora does not have a way to generate income • Quora does not have a plan to monetize • Quora has had a business operations leader since 2011 • D’Angelo claims Quora is “playing a long term game”