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Think maybe they're feeling a little heat from Quora? I'm not saying Quora is competing with them right now, but this seems like a pretty well-timed pre-emptive strike.

Glad to see it though, I use Stack Overflow way more than I use Quora.

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Doesn't quora target a different audience than stack overflow? Stack overflow goes for more long tail questions for people who program while quora goes for general questions?

Stack Overflow may focus on people who program, but through Stack Exchange they are trying to diversify into Q&A for any topic. It seems inevitable there will be some overlap with Quora, and right now it looks like they're in a land-grabbing phase.

Here's how Joel Spolsky of StackOverflow positions it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2140871

well, not exactly -- you can't do ANYTHING on Quora as an anonymous user. On a Stack Exchange site, you could always ask and answer as an anon user. Now you can suggest edits, too.

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