Comments on: Medium and Quora aren’t the rebirth of content farms — they’re more like curation engines http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/29/medium-and-quora-arent-the-rebirth-of-content-farms-theyre-more-like-curation-engines/ The economics of digital content Fri, 24 May 2013 02:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Kevin Horne http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/29/medium-and-quora-arent-the-rebirth-of-content-farms-theyre-more-like-curation-engines/#comment-198849 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 19:58:14 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223868#comment-198849 Maybe LinkedIn’s “Thought Leader” content series doesnt technically qualify as “content farmage,” but reading advice from Richard Branson on how to run your business successfully by “being happy” and taking your meetings on Necker Island would look just as appropriate on eHow…

]]> By: Nick Barron http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/29/medium-and-quora-arent-the-rebirth-of-content-farms-theyre-more-like-curation-engines/#comment-198695 Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:09:49 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223868#comment-198695 I’ve been testing Quora’s blog platform since it launched last week. While the first post was just republishing what I had from my self-hosted blog, I’ve started testing a different strategy in which I post a question and answers from different folks who I think provide good answers.

As the blog is aimed at entrepreneurs, the questions are those I often hear asked by founders. The answers come from experienced entrepreneurs, or at least founders experienced in the specific question.

It’s certainly a play on the Q&A format of Quora, and in some ways it’s content curation. The content is just quotes, but it gives busy entrepreneurs a chance to contribute to a blog without having to do the writing. And I’m testing to see if readers find the content valuable.

Plan to do a review of the platform, my test and results in a week or two.

Oh, and the blog is http://helpreneur.quora.com.

]]> By: simonhamer http://paidcontent.org/2013/01/29/medium-and-quora-arent-the-rebirth-of-content-farms-theyre-more-like-curation-engines/#comment-198546 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:24:34 +0000 http://paidcontent.org/?p=223868#comment-198546 Reblogged this on Simon Hamer and commented:
Certainly a subject that will be discussed, with #LIQA disappearing and Facebook’s questions gone, these sites certainly have less competition.

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