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> Quora has never, in my memory, provided any value to the internet.

In the very early years of Quora, quite a lot of answers there were written by experts in their area.

I'll never forget when I read the question, "Who is the mayor of San Jose?" on Quora, and the answer was "Joe Bloe is the mayor of San Jose. Source: I'm Joe Bloe, mayor of San Jose."

Reading that defined Quora in my mind for the next few years.

>Reading that defined Quora in my mind for the next few years.

Because he was an impersonator? Or because he really was Joe Bloe?

Appears there was never a Joe Bloe. [0]

It's also whimsical of Quora because there are many "San Jose" locations.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Jose,_California

It was a made-up name for the example, since a. I don't remember the exact year; and b. I'm not sure it was San Jose -- it was some city in the bay area, but maybe not San Jose. Chuck Reed was mayor from 2007 to 2015, and I don't see him on Quora, so probably it was some other city.

Who knows? I harbored a 10% skepticism that Quora astroturfed the question. That was just the first example like that I found, in the early days questions like that were common. That should have either removed my skepticism or driven it to 100% :-)

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