Month: March 2017

Banned:

• Muhammed Hussain
  • No reason given

Deactivated:

• User [Br*oke T*ylor]
  • Statements:
    • User’s answer to What made you quit or might make you quit Quora?

Withholding Answers:

• Michael Masiello
  • Statements:
    • Michael Masiello’s answer to Can one write one’s own epitaph for the Necrologue blog?
    • Michael Masiello’s answer to What do you hate about Quora as of March 2017?
    • Profile message:

I’m watching this insubstantial pageant, but I’m done writing answers, at least for now. I’ll comment on stuff. PM me if you want to talk, and you know me to talk to. Especially do so if you want to know how to reach me. You never know when Quora will ban me, or you, after all.

Darla Benz, Pegah Esmaili, and Sophie Dockx in the span of a week. Enough is enough.

Quit:

• Mike Jackson
  • Statements:
    • PM
    • Epitaph:

No idea what straw finally broke the camel’s back. I’ve certainly never set out to deliberately anger, incense or embarrassed anyone, but whatever I said, I regret nothing. This is a privately owned website, the owners can regulate it as they please, but some of the ‘delicate little flowers’ using Quora would be well served to grow a thicker skin. And moderators/TPTB would do well to look out for outside attacks from individuals (Reddit users) who’ve decided they hate Quora/Quotas. Well, that’s my final rant; I’ll just cap it off with a quote from one of my favorite cheesy ’80’s movies (Highlander). “It’s better to burn out than to fade away!” ‘Bye, all and thank you, Nick, for channeling this Necro-message from beyond the Quora grave.

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EDIT: Premature; will not count in stats. See comments.

Quit, Deactivated:

• Vaughn Yanko
• Statement: Profile message:

I think I’m going to leave Quora soon. Doxx threats as well as very questionable moderation decisions are just pushing me too far to the “I don’t know if I want to do this anymore” side. As great as this site is, the cons are starting to outweigh the pros.

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Quit:

• Sumit Chaudhary
• Statement: I am leaving Quora! by Sumit Chaudhary on Sumit Chaudhary’s Blog!

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Banned:

• User
• No reason given

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Banned (16 Jan 2017):

• David Greene
• Sock puppet

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Quit, Deactivated, Changed Name, Deleted Answers:

• User [J*mie B*rth]
  • Statements: Profile Message:

I will be deleting my Quora account soon. It’s been fun everyone. But it’s also been addictive and time consuming. I realized that I was ignoring other important things in life, like my health and family, in order to scroll for hours on end through Quora.

And, as a former smoker, I know that the best way to quit something is to completely cut it from your life.

So thank you to you regular upvoters of mine… You know who you are. If you’d like to stay in touch, and I haven’t already given you my email address, message me and I’ll give it to you.

Reducing Participation:

• Lara Novakov
  • Statements: Quora by Lara Novakov on My (sometimes) weird thoughts

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Banned:

• Sophie Dockx
• Reason Given: None
• Statement: Hiphopian Eulogy for our Friends in Exile, written by Sophidocles of Amversa by Nick Nicholas on The Still-Alive Poets Society

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Banned:

• Aboulqasem Kouhyar
• No reason given
• Abbas Ibrahimzadeh
• No reason given

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Banned:

• Pegah Esmaili
• No reason given

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Edit Blocked:

• Somnath Mishra

Banned:

• John Smith
• Repeated name changes without verifying

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