I vehemently disagree. You could say the same of HN, Reddit or any other site. The value is in the users and the content. Where else on the internet can you ask any sort of question and expect high quality responses?

Yahoo Answers has terrible answers. Reddit is full of trolls. HN is technology only and requires a lot of effort to get attention, most submissions die at one or two points. StackExchange's model is great for technical and highly specific questions, but its approach doesn't work well for the sort of questions Quora does.

Where else on the internet can you ask and get great responses to these questions?

- How can I explain SQL injection to my grandmother? http://www.quora.com/SQL-Injection/How-can-I-explain-SQL-inj...

- How can Delhi be made safe for women? http://www.quora.com/New-Delhi-India/How-can-Delhi-be-made-s...

- What should I do to get over my fear of public failure? http://www.quora.com/What-should-I-do-to-get-over-my-fear-of...

- Is there a physical, theoretical limit to how accurately one can measure the speed of light? http://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-physical-theoretical-limit-t...