The big Quora question: What’s it good for?
The question-and-answer site is getting a lot of buzz, but is it really useful? Commentators weigh in on what it is, and what it could be.
By Matt Wilson | Posted: January 14, 2011

For an online tool meant to answer questions, Quora sure has raised a bundle of them. Among those questions: What is it? How is it different from other question-and-answer sites, such as Yahoo Answers , Answers.com or Formspring ? If anybody can edit it, doesn’t that make it similar to Wikipedia ? And, most important, what can I get out of using yet another social media tool? Blog reactions have been mixed. Some are unsure of its utility , some trumpet it
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