Rest of the Day: Quora Deters Spam and Harassment by Restricting Anonymous Usage
Quora is a useful site that is also filled with interesting and sometimes bizarre questions and answers from all walks of life. But crowdsourcing all questions and answers invites anonymous users to play with the system, so they take steps to limit anonymity. About this and much more in today’s news.
- Now, if you want to use Quora anonymously, all of your content will be reviewed before it is shown on the site. Anonymous users will also no longer be able to vote or comment to restrict people from creating multiple accounts and abusing the system or sending inappropriate messages to other users. [TechCrunch]
- Amazon enters the bra market. The online store will launch its own line of affordable bras in the US following the launch in Europe under the Iris & Lilly label. They intend to compete with larger brands by lowering their prices to just $ 10 per bra. The bras are expected to be on sale in the next few weeks. [Wall Street Journal]
- Valve is ditching Steam Greenlight, which allowed users to vote on small games added to the store. They’ll replace it with a new admissions process called Steam Direct that won’t rely on votes, so it won’t feel like a popularity contest. [Kotaku]
- It’s now a little easier on Twitch to find streams that you really want to watch. A new beta feature called Communities sorts streams by topic and also helps streamers find audiences with public groups organized around specific activities. [Twitch]
- Samsung’s latest Chromebook is a surprisingly strong contender as a laptop for everyday use. It even has a small stylus and a touchscreen and converts into a tablet. And now that Chrome OS supports Android apps, it’s much more versatile than previous Chromebooks. [Gizmodo]
- Facebook will let you send your friends Valentine’s Day cards next week. [The Next Web]