Parents' Guide to

Quora

By Erin Brereton, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 13+

Vast Q&A site is fun to explore, but info can be unreliable.

Website https://www.quora.com/
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Based on 12 parent reviews

TommyTunes
TommyTunes Adult
August 16, 2018
age 18+

Adult Content is accessible to children

13 an up, yet your kids can access adult content. Also, they use their "be nice an respectful" policy to censor any information the moderators don't agree with. Their mission is not to spread knowledge and information (as they claim), but, to keep their side of the narrative on the front page. Which includes a hate for religion, god and conservatives.

This title has:

Too much sex
Too much swearing
4 people found this helpful.
tlozsecretsound
tlozsecretsound Adult
August 5, 2022
age 17+
It’s full of pseudo intellectuals that think that somehow their “refined” opinions make them superior to the everyone else, all under the guise of being educational.
1 person found this helpful.
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  • Personal information is not sold or rented to third parties.
  • Unclear whether personal information are shared for third-party marketing.
  • Personalised advertising is displayed.
  • Data are collected by third-parties for their own purposes.
  • User's information is used to track and target advertisements on other third-party websites or services.
  • Unclear whether this product creates and uses data profiles for personalised advertisements.
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What’s It About?

QUORA is a community-based Q&A site. Users post questions on essentially any topic they're curious about, and other users provide the response. During registration, users are asked to identify five areas of interest to follow on a regular basis. Choices include a variety of subjects: everything from business to writing to history and dating. Registered users can post or respond to questions, post reviews, or add a blog about a topic. They can also follow other users and send them messages through the site.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (12 ):
Kids say (34 ):

Most of Quora's content is submitted by users; they even wrote much of the site's basic FAQ information. There's no regular screening process in place to confirm all information posted on the site is correct, and the site relies on users to designate helpful responses. That system doesn't always provide the best level of quality, and it can make finding a complete, accurate answer complicated at times.

But Quora does have some selling points: Its format gives users a chance to learn about a wide variety of topics (according to Quora, there are currently posts about more than 250,000), and some authoritative sources post responses, according to Quora -- including CEOs and journalists. Quora can be a place for people to pose simple questions and share personal experiences. However, parents may want to let kids know that some things they read on the site may not be factual.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about evaluating user-submitted information. How can you tell if a response that someone posted on a website is accurate?

  • How many sources should you check to make sure a piece of information is true? What words or phrases might indicate that an item is someone's opinion, instead of being a fact?

  • What's the best way to respond if someone posts a sarcastic or unfriendly response to your question? Should you reply to that user's post at all?

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