Comments on: Is Quora Ready for Pop Music?

By: JackCC

JackCC — Tue, 24 May 2011 23:19:25 +0000

she will be, just got to keep trying till she nails a good hit

By: free iPad 2

free iPad 2 — Tue, 24 May 2011 17:19:25 +0000

she will be, just got to keep trying till she nails a good hit

By: amanda peyton

amanda peyton — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:26:37 +0000

I think that there's a big difference between a "broken home", which exists at every level of the socio-economic spectrum (there are many a rich kid with alcoholic parents who ignore them), and "street" which I believe suggests no formal training in music/arts. Nicki attended the High School of Performing Arts which surely gave her some advantage (peer and industry connections, for example) in the music world at a young age.

The point is not that Quora is completely devoid of these topics so much as it the discussion on these topic is not as rich and analytical as their tech counterparts.

Thanks for reading!

By: amanda peyton

amanda peyton — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 16:22:09 +0000

that's definitely the hope! thanks for reading.

By: Adam Bossy

Adam Bossy — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 02:36:09 +0000

“Maybe Quora’s not ready for pop music quite yet, but when they do get there I’ll be waiting.”

I'm not sure how you came to this conclusion from the well-thought-out answer to the Nicki Minaj question you linked to, but I think the likelihood of your question being answered is simple: will somebody containing the insight to respond stumble upon it?

Of course, the seeds are in the Silicon Valley network and spread outward, but the information isn't limited to tech questions. As your Nicki Minaj question has shown (as well as similar ones I asked about Drake http://www.quora.com/Why-is-Dr... and Lil' Wayne http://www.quora.com/Why-is-Li...), Quora's community possesses a sufficient breadth of knowledge to satisfactorily provide a wide range of answers. They aren't quite as prolific as Silicon Valley-specific questions (see http://www.quora.com/Google-Re... for an example), but they one day will be.

By: More Informed

More Informed — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 01:53:50 +0000

First of all Nicki came from Trinadad and Tobago into a broken home in Queens in New York and basically raised herself. That's about as hood as they come.

Please get your facts straight and know what you are talking about before you write articles like this please.

Second of all Nicki just chose to go the more popular music route. She can rap and has harder songs she just chose, wisely in my opinion, not to go that route. Rap is much deeper than the gangsta stuff that just gets the most negative (read: memorable) press.

Third of all Quora has plenty of pop music anaylsis maybe just not as much popular RAP music analysis. The Lady Gaga question for instance http://www.quora.com/Why-is-La...

Fourth this one anecdote not a systemic thing.

By: Headbiznatch

Headbiznatch — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:23:16 +0000

you smell bad.

By: evbart

evbart — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:34:41 +0000

I've been asking a lot of questions about skiing, and I've been getting decent answers. I compared these answers to the answers I've received from ski specific forums, and they are on par….

The jury i still out, but so far I'm liking Quora for some things beyond tech

By: Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:42:38 +0000

“The accusation that Quora is simply a “Silicon Valley Playground” is, I believe, not entirely true. But could it be that the tech world so insular that we have made the naive assumption that every industry is as narcissistic and analytical as ours?”

Hah, brilliant!

By: Asdfasdf

Asdfasdf — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:41:45 +0000

What the $uck are you talking about? This is a perfect example why we should limit freedom speech