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Quora’s first acquisition is Arab Spring instigator’s Q&A site Parlio
- _RPM 10y agoDoes anyone know how Quora plans to make money?
- rabidonrails 10y agoApparently "...[Quora] is finally preparing to earn some revenue through advertising after 7 years of riding its venture capital."
- AznHisoka 10y agoAdvertising. They're loaded with search traffic. Loyal direct visits not so much. Anyone in Quora, refute me if you want.
- siquick 10y agoTheir personalised email digest is outstanding so I would expect this to drive a lot of return visits.
- rajacombinator 10y agoThey've been running some "sponsored question" type things recently. Interesting idea, not sure how scalable.
- ank_the_elder 10y agoYou should open this as a question on Quora.
- maceo 10y agoPlease, cut it out with the bullshit. This guy played a negligible role in the Arab Spring. The only reason he received the media attention he did was because he held a prominent position at an American company. Calling him the Arab Spring's instigator is an insult to Egyptian activists and organizers, not to mention the revolutionaries in Tunisia.
- noobie 10y agoAs a Tunisian, this.
- pbarnes_1 10y agoWait, I thought Twitter was the Arab Spring instigator! No, it was Facebook... oh wait... random Q&A site ;)
- Pintok 10y agoTake a fucking look around. How many people in prominent positions in well known companies open their mouths when there is a obvious stink in the air? I have massive respect for the guy.
- noobie 10y agoHe wasn't trying to look down on the guy. He just pointed the obvious; calling this guy the Arab spring instigator is far-fetched.
- Pintok 10y agoI don't think so at all. His posts and calls to rally where catalysts that were required.
- noobie 10y agoYes but he did not instigate the Arab spring. The success of the Tunisian revolution is what set the Egyptian uprise in motion. He did his part yes but he did not initiate the Arab spring.
- philtar 10y agoThe actual instigator: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed_Bouazizi Fuck a prominent position. He doesn't have a prominent position, and every single large exec would open their mouth when their entire country is being destroyed. Fuckin' hell HN. As an Arab, I'm severely disappointed that everyone forgot the reason the Arab Spring started was because a 26 year old burned himself alive because he couldn't afford to live. Not some social media savvy guy from google.