Quora

So, I was talking about that I was going to maybe boast about "how my face as a Laotian is different from others in my ethnicity, especially how I feel like I look Kawaii even as a Southeast Asian", and I get a rather racist "anti-Asian" answer that doesn't clearly explain exact genetics and chemistry and such and instead he insulted and threatened me as his answer! Now I'm too mortified to go to this site anymore and after checking out the ratings of this site here on sitejabber, at least I don't feel all alone giving complants about this unmoderated problematic website and y'all on sitejabber were right! I mean, I will upload the evidence whenever I'm brave enough to, since I was threatened by that same user on that site. Before that, it was an okay site; even the comparison between both Korean pop groups, they gave me a rather satisfying answer than right after I asked about why my genes are this and that.

I left Quora after a year. I had even been named among the 2018 top writers. And then I discovered that the website is full of troll profiles, some of them very well built up, some of them even among the top writers. The area I wrote about was psychology and there were people spreading total non-sense that is in absolute contrast to all the 'official knowledge' out there - like making up their own definitions of codependency, psychopathy - spreading non-sense and somehow not only getting away with it but actually getting a lot of views and high ranking. If you say on Quora that someone is saying something that is non-sense - you will be censored because you are breaching Quora's policy of being nice and respectful, which essentially means that everyone can say whatever, claim they are whoever and get away with it. Quora officially claims they require people to register with their real names but I would love to know how this is being ensured. I am now trying to figure out how to filter Quora from my Internet searches since I don't want to contribute any traffic to this and I am quite disappointed that Google is actually pushing Quora up. It certainly is not the new Wikipedia.

For the record,

https://www.quora.com/profile/Mathias-Holzfeller

This is my account on Quora. This account is not very popular. It is not extremely grandiose, and it does not attract much attention.

But Quora has an iron grip on the posters of its content, and the moment you step out of line from the viewpoints that the website holds, they hammer down on you like an oppressive regime. Do you accidentally criticize the wrong person or group of people, such as the moderators, the criminals of the inner city, or leftists? Congratulations, your answer has been collapsed. Did you repeal said collapse with a well-reasoned response? Congratulations, your repeal was rejected within five minutes.

Have you espoused viewpoints that fall anywhere right of center-left? Congratulations, your account has a Quora moderation tick on it now. Your comment has been censored and you are not allowed to reply to the same answer again. Have a good day.

Do you believe that you should be able to debate against someone with hard truths rather than having to tip-toe through the debate, all while your opponent calls you names like "Whitey," "Nazi scum," "fascist pig," "misogynist $#*!bag," etcetera? Congratulations, your comments have been removed and your account is banned. Your opponent who called you all of these names and by all means has violated Quora's policies? No, they get to keep their comments and posts.

Too many times. This has happened to me too many times.

I will keep writing on Quora, but you bet that I will never, ever recommend this website to anyone else.

I was contributing to Quora in the narcissist section, because I was in a relationship with a covert narcissist for 8.5 years and thought I could help others from my experience. I had commented on a few posts by some shady characters:

1. A mobile/online self proclaimed expert on narcissism who met his life partner, a DID w/23 different personalities, on Quora and has links to his website trolling for clients on Quora complete with testimonials and zero credentials.
2. A Machiavellian/Sociopath/Narcissist (enough said?)
3. A state registered nurse that was clueless

So, my account was suspended by a moderator, because I was using an initial for my last name since I joined 6 months ago. Quora has a policy of using your real full name that is visible to everyone using the site, which includes some seriously demented freaks. As recently as two days ago, Quora sent me a notice about site safety, but I figured I was pretty safe just having an initial for my last name. The Quora profile page offers you the opportunity to have your full name, address, employment, web page link and whatever, which I consider pretty unsafe.

I decided to put my last name in and it takes me to a page with the link to edit my name and the same page are comments about what people think about the name policy, which includes discussions on having a fake name and Quora has no means of verification, seriously.

So, I deleted my account and will start up a fake one, because there are some very credible posters and you can follow them without being seen by the trolls or freaks.