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Thanks for checking it out. The key difference isn't so much what you can't do with Quora, but rather what you don't do. People don't use Quora as a place to ask specific people questions.

We're interested in optimizing Q&A around thought leaders and experts. Quora works well for finding the right answer to a question - we're interested in finding out a diversity of opinions.

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"We're interested in optimizing Q&A around thought leaders and experts. Quora works well for finding the right answer to a question - we're interested in finding out a diversity of opinions." What you said there means everything to me and would have convinced me to spend more than 10 seconds on your site. What you said on your about page means nothing to me. "Askolo wants to create a space where knowledge is easily accessible. Users can use their Askolo accounts to find out more about others and to share their thoughts."

good answer. I actually would rather ask specific question to a specific person trying to capture their brain, rather than shooting my question into the ocean of internet. if you execute properly, this may be big. think email versus twitter - twitter wins on so many level because people can always "let go" conversation and never been spammed with questions, versus email when once given out, a popular individual would have to quickly change it before drowning in spa,. this way if some tech celeb (or any celeb in that matter) is willing to answer questions, he/she may signup to your site and say "hey im ready to answer, ask me a questions".

best luck to you!

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