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Quora Guide

The document provides an overview of the key features and sections available to users on the Quora platform, including: 1) The user's feed which displays recommended answers and allows upvoting, sharing, commenting on, and downvoting answers. 2) Questions recommended for the user to answer, along with options to answer, follow, pass on, share, or request answers from others. 3) A digest section with top stories curated for the user. 4) The ability to ask new questions and share links. 5) Search and filter options to find questions, topics, profiles, and spaces. 6) Following section to see updates from accounts followed. 7

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Quora Guide

The document provides an overview of the key features and sections available to users on the Quora platform, including: 1) The user's feed which displays recommended answers and allows upvoting, sharing, commenting on, and downvoting answers. 2) Questions recommended for the user to answer, along with options to answer, follow, pass on, share, or request answers from others. 3) A digest section with top stories curated for the user. 4) The ability to ask new questions and share links. 5) Search and filter options to find questions, topics, profiles, and spaces. 6) Following section to see updates from accounts followed. 7

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HOME

1. FEED - As soon as you log into your quora profile, you’ll


see answers recommended for you by Quora according to
the topics and spaces you follow.That’s what you refer to
as your feed.
Here you can:

Upvote - If you like an answer you can upvote to support it.

Share - Share it with your followers or the spaces you follow with a
description about it.

Comment - Write what you feel about it or some a cross-question that


you want to ask.

Downvote - If you find any answer violent or destructive in any sense


you can downvote it

Share - You can share the question directly on Facebook and Twitter.
You can copy the link to share on other social media platforms.
You can also embed the answer and paste it onto your own
website by copying the code provided by quora.
Translate Answer - Translate the question and answer to a
language you know.

Bookmark - Mark and save the answer to one place to see it later
directly from your profile.

Suggest edits - You can suggest edits to someone else's answer.


If you want you can also add a short explanation for each edit
you make.

Edit Question and Source - Make changes to the question and


you can also put a link in the option available to clarify the
question.

Thank - An appreciation to the one who helped you in getting the


answer to your question.
Downvote Answer - If you find any answer violent or
destructive in any sense you can downvote it

Downvote Question - This is to get rid of low quality


content. This will help Quora to eliminate such content
from the platform.

Log - Here you can see the edits that have been made to
an answer by its author.

Report - You can declare it as Harassment, Spam,


Doesn't Answer the Question, Plagiarism, Joke Answer,
Poorly Written, Unhelpful Credential, Bad Image, Factually
Incorrect, Adult Content
Downvote Post - If you find any post
Downvote Share - If you find any share violent or
violent or destructive in any sense you can
destructive in any sense you can downvote it
downvote it
2. QUESTIONS FOR YOU - Now these are questions suggested
by quora for you to answer.

Here you can:

Answer - Write your answer to the question.

Follow - Follow it if you have the same question as well. You will be
notified when someone answers it.

Pass - Pass the question if it’s not relevant according to your


knowledge. It will also help Quora know what’s relevant for you
and you will be suggested accordingly.

Share - You can share the question directly on Facebook and Twitter.
You can copy the link to share on other social media platforms.
Request - Request someone who you
think can answer the question well.
Answer Anonymously - Answer the question without revealing
your identity, useful while writing controversial answers.

Translate Question - Translate the question to a language you


know

Answer Later - With this, you can save the question in the drafts
to answer it later.

Follow Privately - You can also follow it privately so that nobody


can know your identity in the list of followers of a question.

Notify About Edits - Get notified about the edits made in the
question

Edit topics - Add topics that are related to your question. With
this, the question reaches out to more people. So, there’s better
chance for it to get answered.

Edit Question and Source - Make changes to the question and


you can also put a link in the option available to clarify the
question.
Downvote Question - This is to get rid of low quality content.
This will help Quora to eliminate such content from the
platform.

Merge question - This is to merge a question to a similar


question to avoid unnecessary repetition

View Log and Stats - Here you can see the number of
followers a question has and also get to know who they are.
You can also find the edits that have been made to a
question by other quora users

Report - You can report a question to quora as harassment,


spam, insincere, poorly written, or incorrect topics.
3. Quora Digest - These are the top stories segregated by
Quora for you. You see this at your home page with the
Heading “From Your Digest”. You also get it through your
mail.
4. Ask a Question - As soon as you click on “What is Your
Question or Link?”...

Here you simply ask your question. You may add a link of video, blog or any
resource to add some context to your question if you want.

You can ask your question as a public, limited or anonymous identity. Do go


through the details of these options.

To share a link with your followers or any space you choose, click here, select
where to share, put the link, say something about it and then share it.
Answering a Question
Select the text you want. Click here to make it bold.

Select and italicize the text you want.

If you want to write some points, you can number them here.

To make use of bullet points in your answer.

To use a picture in your answer.

You can select a particular text and put a link into it, simply write the link in
your answer or add a footnote where your links are numbered and displayed
at the end of your answer.

To tag yourself or anyone’s profile in your answer.

Use blockquotes to appropriately quote material from outside sources. You


should also include a link or reference to the source.

To add some code to your answer.

To add some maths to your answer using LATEX code.

To undo and redo while writing your answer.


5. SEARCH

Here, you can search for your questions, a topic which you
want to follow or know about, someone’s profile or a space
you want to be a part of. If you haven’t yet followed Sadhguru
on Quora, do it right now. You can also filter out your search
results with the various options available.
6. SOME ADDITIONAL FEATURES

You can discover more spaces and people as well.


You may see about upcoming sessions and some ads.
FOLLOWING
Here you will get the answers, shares and stories of only the
people you follow. As in the home page, you will get
recommendations of spaces and people to follow.
ANSWER SECTION
Questions for You - According to the topics you follow, Top
questions are recommended by Quora for you to answer.

Answer Requests - You can answer the questions requested to you


by someone.

Answer Drafts - Here you can edit your published, unpublished


answers, and also answer those questions you had saved to
answer later.

You can add more topics that you know to find more questions that
you can answer.
SPACES
Here you can see the spaces that you follow. You will also get
recommendations of more spaces from Quora which you can
follow if you want.

On clicking a particular space:

Follow - Follow to become a space member.

Share - Share the space on facebook, twitter or any other social


media platform.

Mute - You can prevent the space’s content from appearing in


your feed.

Report - You can report about the space to Quora in case of


Harassment, Spam, Not in English, Bad Image, Adult Content,
Factually Incorrect
Invite - You can invite more people to join.

Highlights - Turn on notifications for the posts you want. Turn it off
if you don’t want to be notified.

Main - You can see the posts shared on this space.

Sort - Here you can arrange the posts so that the recent posts
come first or the top posts are shown first.

Submissions - Here you can see all the posts that you have
shared on this space.

Questions - Here you can see the questions asked to this space.
You can answer them if you want.

People - Here you can see the space members along with their
position.

Search - You can search for the space member you are looking
for.

“Want to be a contributor? Apply Here!” - Click here if you want to


contribute to the space content
To write an answer on a space/ To post something on the
space/ To ask a question on the space
Rule - This Space's admins and moderators will review your submission before it's
posted. You'll be notified if it's approved.

Click on Main.

Click on “Say something…” option.

Here you can choose whether to post or ask a question.


If you choose to post,

Write what you want to share…

The variety of options for writing text are available here. The details
of each of these options has been described before.

Note - To add a heading, click here.

If you choose to ask a question,

Write your question and add a link to give context if you want
Profiles

Follow - To follow the one who you want

Notify Me - You will get notified about any new answer


posted by the person you follow

Ask Question - Ask a question to the person. Put a link with


your question to add context.

Mute - Muting one’s profile will prevent their activity and


answers from being shown at your feed.

Block - You can block someone from sending you direct


messages on Quora.

Report - You can report about a user in case of Harassment,


Content is Spam, Plagiarism, Fake Name, Question Policy.
Profile - Here you will see all the answers and shares on
different spaces made by the person.

Answer - Here you will see the answers written by the


person

Questions - the questions asked by the person

Shares - The answers shared on different quora spaces.

Posts - The posts that you have submitted on a quora


space.

Followers - Here you will see all the followers of that person.

Following - the people whom the person follows

Edits - Here you will see the edits that has been made by
the person to any Quora content whether his own or
someone else’s.

Activity - All the activities that a person has done on Quora


except for the activity done anonymously and in dm.

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