One of Our Best Websites Died While No One Was Looking
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The once-thriving site used to answer our most specific questions. But users are fleeing.

“Why Do So Many Music Venues Use Ticketmaster?” “What’s It Like to Train to Be a Sushi Chef?” “How Do Martial Artists Break Concrete Blocks?” If you were looking for answers to such questions 10 years ago, your best resource for finding a thorough, expert-informed response likely would have been one of the most interesting and longest-lasting corners of the internet: Quora.

  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzEnglish
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    5 months ago

    If you were looking for answers to such questions 10 years ago, your best resource for finding a thorough, expert-informed response likely would have been one of the most interesting and longest-lasting corners of the internet: Quora.

    I disagree, the best place for such answers used to be Reddit, and Stack Exchange for the techy stuff. Quora always felt like cancer for some reason and I never really used it.

    • ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Here’s hoping at some point search engines will return Lemmy links when people look for answers, but we’re not there yet

      • Russ@bitforged.spaceEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Kagi now has a lens for focusing results from the Fediverse, I’ve seen it pull Lemmy links before!

      • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        5 months ago

        search engines are thoroughly crap right now. Abandon all hope that they will become better.