Quora

Quora is a Q&A and blogging site created by Adam D'Angelo and Charlie Cheever (two former Facebook employees) in June 2009."Adam D'Angelo". Forbes.Esth B. J. (December 16, 2022). "Quora - Forum for Questions and Answers". LinkedIn. While some Quora users support science, the site is kind of just a more formal version of the now-deceased Yahoo! Answers (so it's effectively a bit of a free-for-all). Quora used to allow anonymously asked questions, some of which concern matters of pseudoscience.
==Cranks on Quora==
*Eva Glasrud,Eva Glasrud, Quora. the biggest TERF on Quora. She is also a SWERF. She believes that transgender people are grooming minors."Should transgender people be allowed to compete in pageants for girls? Do you agree? Why or why not?". (Answer by Eva Glasrud) She believes that trans women are not real women."If trans women are real women, then why don’t straight, heterosexual males date them or be in intimate with them? What straight men here would date and marry a trans woman?". (Answer by Eva Glasrud) She also supports the famous transphobe JK Rowling, saying that J.K. Rowling supports women's sex-based rights."Do you still support JK Rowling?". (Answer by Eva Glasrud)
*Christopher Langan,Chris Langan, Quora. though he has been banned 
*Abd ul-Rahman LomaxAbd ul-Rahman Lomax, Quora.
*Daniel Kinch, who believes that a clathrate gun is going to cause global warming to such a degree that humanity goes extinct.
*Whale.to,https://www.quora.com/profile/WHALE-TO-1?q=Whale.to"Quora". mostly posts anti-vax propaganda
*Lou Liu and his Meether Concept, which appears to be somewhere between energy and matter… somehow.
*Alexander Finnegan,Alexander Finnegan, Quora. a tankie who supports Russia. He used to be saner before the Russo-Ukrainian war, but ever since that war, he became a crank magnet. He thinks that Ukraine is a neo-Nazi state, citing articles from the pro-Russian propaganda site The Grayzone."Is Ukraine truly a Nazi state as claimed by Putin?". (Answer by Alexander Finnegan) He believes that Russia is invading Ukraine to remove Nazis and Russophobes from Ukraine, that Ukraine joining NATO is a security issue, and that Ukraine deserves to be annexed by Russia."Why is Russia invading Ukraine?". (Answer by Alexander Finnegan) He also loves the Chinese dictator Mao Zedong, saying that he ended slavery in Tibet and doubled life expectancy in China."Why do many Western leftists love Mao?". (answer by Alexander Finnegan) He believes in conspiracy theories about George Soros."Do you think George Soros is trying to sabotage India by exploting the Adani debacle?". (Answer by Alexander Finnegan in Victims of American Hegemony) Alexander Finnegan also thinks that COVID-19 was engineered in a lab, that the COVID vaccine doesn't work, and that efforts to combat climate change is intended to depopulate the world."The Big Con". (Post by Alexander Finnegan) 
*Rome ViharoRome Viharo, Quora.
*Francoise Marie,Francoise Marie, Quora. a Congolese Afrocentrist. She claims that white people are exiles from central Asia,"Why do some Afghans have fair skin and European looking?". (Answer by Francoise Marie) and claims that black people are the original inhabitants of the Americas."Are blacks really indigenous to America?". (Answer by Francoise Marie) She claims that Moors are black, and that Europeans deny that Moors are black."Why would a white person do 'black face'?". (Answer by Francoise Marie) She claims that accusations of Afrocentrism are denial tactics. (Post by Francoise Marie)
*Varg Vikernes, mostly inactive.
*Jordan Peterson, now inactive.Jordan B Peterson's profile. Quora.
*Hoang Phan,Hoang Phan, Quora a Vietnamese tankie. He, like most tankies, supports Russia, and believes that Ukraine is run by neo-Nazis."Ukraine is sovereign and totally not a Nazi Pawn". (by Hoang Phang; Archived from Quora on July 1, 2023) He also denies the Bucha massacre was done by Russia."Nebenzya: Western media acknowledged the death of many residents of Bucha from the artillery of the Armed Forces of Ukraine". (by Hoang Phan; archived from Quora on July 1st, 2023) He really hates the US, so he constantly calls it "Amerikkka" and is a fan of North Korea."Myths and Facts about North Korea" (2 parts). (by Hoang Phan; archived from Quora on July 1st, 2023) He, unsurprisingly, is also a huge apologist for China.China has bad news for the US (by Hoang Phan; archived from Quora on July 1st, 2023) 
*Bo Thompson,Bo Thompson, Quora a huge conspiracy theorist who makes Alex Jones look sane. He legitimately believes in QAnon,"What finally made you start believing in QAnon?". (Answer by Bo Thompson). and is a Holocaust denier."How can I effectively fight against Holocaust revisionism and Holocaust denial?". (Answer by Bo Thompson). He hates GMO, because he thinks it causes cancer and infertility."What are GMO foods doing to me?". (Answer by Bo Thompson). He is obviously also an anti-vaxxer, believing that the COVID-19 vaccine causes infertility."What's your opinion on the COVID vaccine during pregnancy?". (Answer by Bo Thompson). He promotes alternative medicine and cites NaturalNews often; he also believes in chemtrails."Chemtrails? Any one knows about this, do you have any evidences of that?". (Answer by Bo Thompson). He also is an admin of a pro-Trump group, "Jon's political corner". 
*Daniel Renyolds,Daniel Renyolds, Quora who thinks that owning pets is akin to literal SLAVERY. And how does he want to stop this? "Culling" every domestic animal. Which is a bad idea.
*And many more. So many more.
Disturbingly, some of these appear to have a large number of followers, such as Abd ul-Rahman Lomax, though he does write about many things other than his crank ideas about cold fusion, such as religion and the Landmark Forum. He even writes some answers based in facts.
The sections with regard to conspiracy theories are somewhat biased towards conspiracy theories. The alternative medicine topics in general tend to be more in line with science, but of course there is great diversity in views among the Quora community.
===Questions===
Here is a selection of the worst Quora questions. The majority are not like this. Because a majority of Quora's users are from South Asia, these questions mainly cover topics about India, Pakistan, and other questions relevant for them.
Many bad Quora questions assume things that are often discriminatory.
=== Propaganda ===
Quora also hosts propaganda from many states, including authoritarian regimes. Particularly common are questions and answers that echo the viewpoints of the Chinese Communist Party and Putin's Russia.
== Quora Spaces ==
There are a number of spaces (AKA shared blogs, AKA echo chambers) on Quora that support lots of nonsense. The problem is that Quora doesn't ban these spaces, so there are spaces for all sorts of cranks. 
=== Alt-right/MAGA===
; War Elephant 
The "largest military, politics, and conservative space on Quora."https://www.quora.com/q/war-elephant?q=war+elephant
; It's Ok To Be WhiteIt's Ok To Be White, Quora.
Named after a meme of the same name, it does exactly what the space name says, and was created by Heather Anderson.Heather Anderson, Quora. They are Islamophobic and promote the White genocide conspiracy theory. They also defend racist regimes. One user there defends Rhodesia, saying that the farmers are defending their property. (Post by Racoon on It's OK To Be White.) Heather Anderson posted that it's white people's fault for not reproducing enough that other races are reproducing faster."It's not their fault." (Post by Heater Anderson on It's OK To Be White.) The same Quoran posted that an unspecified far-right conspiracy theory is based."In other words based". (Post by Heather Anderson on It's OK To Be White.) Another user claims that Black Lives Matter is "race-baiting gaslit bullshit"."What have white people learned from all their Black Lives Matter reading?". (Post by Tony Lewis on It's Ok To Be White.) A Quoran cites Stew Peters, saying that France is a Third World country and also cites WallStreetSilver (a racist Twitter account)."oUr gReAtEsT sTrEnGtH…………..". (Post by dipak C. on It's Ok To Be White.)
; Terry's PC-Free TopicsTerry's PC-Free Topics, Quora.
An echo chamber for conservatives to cry about many things they hate, it is run by PC-Free Terry. Better known as Terry's Evidence-Free Topics, this space is overrun by many stupid and unfunny conservative memes. One member posted that, if Hillary won, no one would know about corruption in the "Democrat communist Party".https://archive.is/MljX6 (Post in Terry's PC-Free Topics, archived from Quora on July 4, 2023.) Another Quoran there claims that UN and the Clinton Foundation are sending illegal immigrants to America, citing a tweet from DC_Draino.https://archive.is/adtlF (Post by Don. N on Terry's PC-Free Topics, archived from Quora on July 4, 2023.) Another claims that gun control is a partnership between Democrats and criminals, citing a post from Gun R US (another conservative space), saying that gun control is used to control the country."Gun Control is a partnership between the LeftLibProg (readDems) and criminals". (Post by Buck Phyden on Terry's PC-Free Topics, archived from Quora on July 4, 2023.) Canadian Deplorable reposted from Don N., saying that the CDC is a vaccine company. He was citing a quote from Robert F. Kennedy Jr.https://archive.is/mTkWG (Post by Canadian Deplorable, archived from Quora on July 4, 2023.) Don N. posted an image of Candace Owens with a caption basically saying that Joe Biden is an illegitimate president and a dictator that has used the Department of Justice to go after political opponents.https://archive.is/k4Ica (Post by Don. N on Terry's PC-Free Topics, archived from Quora on July 4, 2023.)
; Red Pill RealityRed Pill Reality, Quora. 
It is riddled with homophobia, racism, transphobia, Islamophobia, and more bigotry. Most of the posts are just reposts from Terry's PC-Free Topics and It's OK To Be White.
; Conservative SJW/Woke JokesConservative SJW/Woke Jokes, Quora. 
They are a conservative space about making memes on SJWs and wokeism. As you would expect, the memes suck.
; Pro-TrumpPro-Trump, Quora.
Exactly what it says on the tin. It is the de facto largest conservative space on Quora. A Pro-Trump contributor answered a question about Trump being peace loving, he said everyone with Trump Derangement Syndrome thinks that Trump would start World War III, that "even Trump's personality will stop a war", that Biden almost started WWIII, and that globalists want WWIII."How would liberals refute the idea that Trump is peace-loving? He said he is the first president in 70 yrs who didn't start a war, even Trump's personality will stop a war and he is the only person who could stop WWIII." (Answer by Rian Creamer on Pro-Trump, archived from Quora on July 5, 2023.) A Quoran posted an answer to a question in the space, saying that Democrats are making America communist with 45 steps."Given the radical changes that have occurred over the last decade, is it fair to say that some 80% of Americans now recognize the Democrat party as the party that will destroy America?". (Answer by Ann Kenevan on Pro-Trump, archived from Quora on July 5, 2023.) Another claims in an answer that Democrat policies cause crime because of defunding the police and George Soros."Why do Democrat crime policies increase crime?". (Answer by Jeff Alexander on Pro-Trump, archived from Quora on July 6 2023.) One user posted that the Capitol riot was fake, citing Elon Musk (well-known for his reliability).https://archive.is/nI9OA (Post by Arthur Majoor on Pro-Trump, archived from Quora on July 6, 2023.)
=== Tankies===
;The Wumao ClubThe Wumao Club, Quora. 
A space for wumaos (who are Chinese trolls hired by the CCP); as you'd expect, the space is filled with Chinese propaganda. One member posts, "the Western media will never let you know: Xinjiang people's love for their motherland & the CPC." They cite a tweet from Nina DN, a propaganda account on Twitter.https://archive.is/kfaqm (Post by Cade Elis on The Wumao Club, archived from Quora on July 7, 2023.) Bill Zhang pinned a post from a space named "China - World Leader", which says that COVID-19 is an American-engineered bioweapon. It cites a video from Gweilo 60, a pro-CCP YouTuber.https://archive.is/LdWop (Post by Bill Zhang on The Wumao Club, archived from Quora on July 7, 2023.) A Quoran reposted from Kanthaswamy Balasubramaniam that China has no propaganda, and that China is defending itself against Western propaganda (that is, mainstream media and social media).https://archive.is/17Xez (Post by Pete Okuhira on The Wumao Club, archived from Quora on July 7, 2023.)
;GeoPolitical Economy & MultipolarityGeoPolitical Economy & Multipolarity, Quora.
A Pro-Russian group run by tankies, Hoang Phan is the admin and Alexander Finnegan is the moderator. Hoang Phan posted that the Ukraine counter-offensive would fail and that Europe was being weakened by the war, citing TASS (a Russian government news agency)."French general forecasts failure of Ukrainian counteroffensive". One member posted that Biden believes that China wants to replace the US; the entire post is a copy-and-paste of a Sputnik article (another Russian government source)."Biden Believes China Wants to 'Replace US as Leading Power'". (Post by Elis on Ukraine Uncensored, archived from Quora on July 11, 2023.) Hoang Phan posted that Ukraine was going to destroy the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an attempt to create a nuclear disaster."There’s a very real chance Ukraine is about to attack the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an attempt to create a nuclear disaster. But why? 🧵". (Post by Hoang Phan on Ukraine Uncensored, archived from Quora on July 11, 2023.) Alexander Finnegan linked to his post saying that Latvians hate Russians because of prior border conflicts, that WWIII was about to happen, and that the US made COVID-19 in a lab and killed 100 million Native Americans; he then goes on to to say that US runs Ukraine through corporations, and that Putin is just a bogeyman.https://archive.is/0JStJ (Post by Alexander Finnegan on Ukraine Uncensored, archived from Quora on July 16, 2023.) Hoang Phan posted that Vietnamese-Americans (who he calls "Viet Amerikkkan") are selling out their country "just like Zelensky".https://archive.is/7HFth (Post by Hoang Phan on Ukraine Uncensored, archived from Quora on July 16, 2023.)
; Anti-Communist PropagandaAnti-Communist Propaganda, Quora.
A space for tankies to broadcast their communist propaganda (ironically enough) while they sometimes debunk propaganda from conservatives. One member denies the Holodomor, for instance.https://archive.is/7Lzji (Post by Comrade Paul Kingsley on Anti-Communist Propaganda, archived from Quora on July 14, 2022.) Cade Ellis dismisses the idea of Stalin killing people as anti-communist propaganda.https://archive.is/xvB3b (Post by Cade Ellis on Anti-Communist Propaganda, archived from Quora on July 14, 2023.) In response to a post on Ukraine Uncensored, Ellis also says that NATO did a coup in Ukraine and that it is infested with neo-Nazis.https://archive.is/8CqOL (Post by Cade Ellis on Anti-Communist Propaganda, archived from Quora on July 16, 2023.)
;Ukraine vs Russia War of 2022 A Realistic ViewUkraine vs Russia War of 2022: A Realistic View, Quora.
You'll be shocked to learn that this space doesn't actually provide a realistic view of the war. Instead, it promotes anti-West, pro-Russian propaganda. Half of the posts are from Alexander Finnegan or Cade Ellis. Alexander Finnegan links to a post by himself, saying that the OP is Satanic and Russia is the last remnant of conservative Christian values. He says that Ukrainians were going to do a massacre on February 24 and that Putin is good and honest.https://archive.is/lQkzA (Post by Alexander Finnegan on Ukraine vs Russia War of 2022: A Realistic View, archived from Quora on July 16, 2023.) Cade Ellis links to a tweet by FriendOfRussia saying that a key goal of the war (which at the late date of July 2023 is here referred to as a mere "special military operation") is to demilitarize Ukraine."How many times do these idiots need telling, the demiliterization of #Ukraine️ is a key objective of The Special Military Operation. Ukraine will be Demilitarized . Ukraine will NEVER join #NATO #StandWithRussia 🇷🇺". (Post by Cade Ellis on Ukraine vs Russia War of 2022: A Realistic View, archived from Quora on July 17, 2023.) Rozza posted a link to her post on Truth About Ukraine Conflict saying that Ukraine is a Nazi state, because Hitler occupied Ukraine."Absolute Proof Ukraine is a Nazi State." (Post by Rozza on Ukraine vs Russia War of 2022: A Realistic View, archived from Quora on July 17, 2023.) Alexander Finnegan claims that God supports Russia because Ukraine:
# "Traffics children, organs, and women."
# "There are wealthy US elites who literally worship Satan. The moral decadence of the West is clear and obvious. The open mocking of God and religion are ubiquitous in the public spaces."
# "Is filled with Nazis."https://archive.is/pD2zW (Post by Rozza on Ukraine vs Russia War of 2022: A Realistic View, archived from Quora on July 17, 2023.)
=== Conspiracists===
; Choice not CoercionChoice not Coercion, Quora.
An anti-vax space filled with conspiracy theories, frequently citing The Exposé. Roger Cook, who apparently has a PH.D in Physics, posted there that the vaccine is a bioweapon, citing an article from a fake news site.https://archive.is/FqFsy (Post by Roger Cook on Choice not Coercion, archived from Quora on July 18, 2023). A Quoran posted that life is not that normal after the COVID-19 pandemic and that They are spraying us with chemtrails to depopulate us.At present days, can we now say that we have gone back to normal life as it was before the COVID-19 pandemic? (Answer by TrollHuntr on Choice not Coercion, archived from Quora on July 19, 2023.) A Quoran posted a tweet from Paul Oosterhuis linking to another tweet by riseMelbourne saying that the vaccine killed a 38-year-old.https://archive.is/yyLoz (Post by Duncan Buckley on Choice not Coercion, archived from Quora on July 20, 2023.) A Quoran user linked to a post by him saying that the COVID-19 vaccine is meant to kill us, citing various fake news sites like: NaturalNews, StopWorldControl, NoBulart, videos from Rumble and Brighteon, The Liberty Beacon, Alex Jones video from Banned.video, The Exposé, and icandecide.org; he says that it's scientifically proven.https://archive.is/W5TQ2 (Post by Kenneth Dyer on Choice not Coercion, archived from Quora on July 20, 2023.)
A Quoran claims that Democrats are falling apart because they are "Censoring" RFK Jr. and links to a tweet by The chief nerd, a fake news account.Dems are falling apart (Post by Duncan Buckley on Choice Not Coercion, archived from Quora on July 21, 2023.)
; New real Climate ScienceNew real Climate Science, Quora.
A climate change denial space; as you would expect, it promotes a lot of conspiracy theories, run by a TL Winslow who claims to be the world's biggest climate scientist but has no degree in it. A Quora user posted that climate change is a Globalist fraud by the UN; he says that predictions are made up and that the solutions are aimed to make the middle and lower class poor — he finally links to a post by Kevin Loughrey saying that climate change is a fraud.https://archive.ph/aByz8 (Post by George Branagh on New real Climate Science, archived from Quora on July 22, 2023.) TL Winslow posted that net zero isn't green or good for the environment, citing "The Push for 'Net Zero' Isn't Clean or Green" from Heartland News.https://archive.is/1VmfE (Post by TL. Winslow on New real Climate Science, archived from Quora on July 23, 2023.) A Quoran promotes Iain Davis' climate change denialist book A Climate Emergency – Fit For A Parasite Economy.https://archive.is/haUoy (Post by George Branagh on New real Climate Science, archived from Quora on July 23, 2023.) A Quoran answered a question about why Climate Cultists claim there is climate change when John F. Clauser, a Nobel prize winner, said that it threatens the lives of billions and the economy; he answered it by saying climate change is a religion and the government is destroying culture by doing this.How do Climate Change cultists continue to claim there is man made climate change when Dr. John F. Clauser, joint recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, has criticized the climate emergency narrative calling it “a dangerous corruption of science that threatens the world’s economy and the well-being of billions of people", and has stated that "there is no climate crisis and that increasing CO2 concentrations will benefit the world”[? He criticized the prevalent climate models as being unreliable and not accounting for the dramatic temperature-stabilizing feedback of clouds, which he says is more than fifty times as powerful as the radiative forcing effect of CO2] (Answer by Bob Harvey on New real Climate Science, archived from Quora on July 23, 2023.)
; The New world order, illuminati and controlling USThe new world order illuminati and controlling US, Quora.
A conspiracy theorist space, it promotes Illuminati and NWO conspiracy theories. AMS made a post which is pinned; he says that there is child trafficking run by the governments, basically promoting QAnon.https://archive.is/axnlT (Post by AMS The New world order, illuminati and controlling US, archived from Quora on July 24, 2023.) A Quoran posted that climate change isn't real while aliens are; he links to a post on ancient astronauts space saying that "conspiracy theorist" is a snarl word to control the masses, he misinterprets U.S government documents about Unidentified Flying Objects to be aliens, and (of course) he says that the U.S. hides UFO technology.Like the globalist fake climate doomsday, their alien threat is coming. (Post by Art Colaianni on The New world order, illuminati and controlling US, archived from Quora on July 24, 2023.) A Quoran linked to a post on the "ALL GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION ! Expose All!" space saying that "Klaus Schwab must be Arrested and jailed along with the Biden’s, Gates, , Obama, Clinton’s , Bushes and many many mor subhuman scum ,"; under it is an image saying that 15-minute walk cities are disguised climate change lockdowns and are a brainchild of agenda 2030, and the image contains a link to The Exposé.https://archive.is/fnwsm (Post by Phil B. on The New world order, illuminati and controlling US, archived from Quora on July 24, 2023.) The same user linked to a post on 'Biden Obama, Klaus Schwab want to destroy America" which links to a post on "ALL GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION ! Expose All!" that links to another post which links to an answer by David Massey saying that Eisenhower would take no part in Democrat Socialism, followed up by an unfunny conservative meme.https://archive.is/hTHNS (Post by Phil B. on The New world order, illuminati and controlling US, archived from Quora on July 24, 2023.)
==Quora and news==
Some Quora answers are republished on news sites, especially The Huffington Post and Fatherly. Quora also has news articles embedded in its feed. Romper and POPSUGAR Moms are especially prevalent, though occasionally serious news sites insert articles into a feed. The vast majority of these come from a position based in fact instead of pseudoscience.
==Bullshit generator==
As of 2023, answers generated by ChatGPT now come to the top of many pages.What is Chatgpt, and how is it useful? Quora (archived from 25 Dec 2023 01:13:14 UTC). ChatGPT is known to be a computer version of a bullshit artist."Just How Accurate Is ChatGPT? A look at whether ChatGPT is the ultimate bullsh*tter." by Matt Grawitch, Psychology Today, 2023 February 6
== Other ==
* According to robots.txt in its site, Quora has excluded the Wayback Machine from their website. As we all know, the best way to advance knowledge is to obstruct archival attempts, as well as restrict access attempts (like Twitter nowadays).In Twitter's case, you can use this code with uBlock Origin to bypass this.
==Quora and RationalWiki==
Quora has a topic on RationalWiki.RationalWiki Quora. For the most part, the questions have to do with comparing RationalWiki, what people think of RationalWiki, and biases in RationalWiki. Some of the cranks listed above, such as Abd ul-Rahman Lomax, Rome Viharo, and Christopher Langan, regularly post in the topic, though some people there try to defend RationalWiki. RationalWiki is occasionally cited on Quora in response primarily to questions about crank views, itself, and religion. Viharo's "The Attack of David Gerard's 50 Foot Troll Farm" website can be found cited in a few different answers. On the other hand, Quora is sometimes cited on RationalWiki, such as on Wind Turbine Syndrome.
==See also==
*Reddit
==Notes==
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