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The area we define as what Quora's good at is long-form text that's useful over time, and where you care about who wrote the text. Not that you need to be friends with them, just that they're someone trustworthy.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: About Area Care Define Friends Good Just Need Over Someone Text Them Time Trustworthy Useful Where Who Wrote You

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I really like knowledge and reading books and just generally immersing myself in information.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Books Generally Information Just Knowledge Like Myself Reading Reading Books Really

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The Internet was supposed to allow anyone to set up a web page and share their knowledge with the world. But in practice, it's too difficult and takes too long, and almost no one does it.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Allow Almost Anyone Difficult Does Internet Knowledge Long Page Practice Set Share Supposed Takes Too Up Web World

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We're more interested in someone writing a really great answer that's going to be read by thousands or tens of thousands of people over the next few years as it stays on Quora and as it gets distributed on the Internet.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Answer Distributed Few Gets Going Great Interested Internet More Next Over People Read Really Someone Stays Tens Tens Of Thousands Thousands Thousands Of People Writing Years

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There's a lot of information that has been in peoples' heads and hasn't gotten onto the Internet. Even as the Web has gotten really big, there's just been this gap. So we made Quora as a general place for people to share knowledge of all kinds.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Been Big Even Gap General Gotten Heads Information Internet Just Kinds Knowledge Lot Made Onto People Place Really Share Web

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On Quora, you're not answering questions because you want to get points or because you have nothing else to do.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Answering Because Else Get Nothing Points Questions Want You

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I've really enjoyed starting Quora from the beginning. It's really nice to have a new start to things.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Beginning Enjoyed New Nice Really Start Starting Things

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You have to get comfortable giving up control, and you find people who do things better than you do. Quora now does better with the team we have built.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Better Built Comfortable Control Does Find Get Giving Giving Up Now People Team Than Things Up Who You

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Focus on the long term, and always do what's right to grow the company and not make short-term decisions. And outlast everyone one.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Always Company Decisions Everyone Focus Grow Long Long Term Make Outlast Right Short-Term Term

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In 2007 I was at Facebook, and we looked at some of the social networks in Asia, and they were full of games.

~Adam D'Angelo

Topics: Asia Facebook Full Games Looked Networks Social Social Networks Some Were

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: Unknown

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