So, the Quora software sent me this question about windows and bugs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nOy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Quora also has a weird (and I think ultimately unsustainable) business model: They pay people to ask attention-getting questions, but not to write the answers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(I’ve twice been solicited by Quora to become a paid question-writer (it doesn’t pay much); but they want the answers for free.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Welcome to the wonderful world of clickbait, where provocative questions count more than accurate answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Permalink: https:\/\/langa.com\/?p=3421<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n COMMENT \/ QUESTION<\/strong> on THIS ITEM?<\/strong> See the<\/em> Comment box<\/strong> at bottom of this page!<\/em> Quora.com — it’s a question\/answer forum of unvetted, wildly-varying content quality — uses software to determine who sees which questions. The Quora software knows I’ve written about operating systems. And it knows I’ve written about Windows in particular. And it knows I’ve written about bugs in software. 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