Over the past few months, I’ve been spending more and more time on Quora, the popular questions-and-answers platform.
If you’ve never used it (to either write answers, ask questions or simply read what people are talking about), it’s essentially a much cleaner, well-informed and easier-to-use Yahoo! Answers.
I’m sure the company’s founders, including a former CTO at Facebook, don’t care for that comparison, but at its core, it’s people asking questions and others responding.
They also have a Reddit Ask Me Anything type offering called Sessions, where anyone of note can come in and answer questions from people interested in them or their area of expertise.
While there can be pockets of low-quality questions and answers, Quora does a decent job at showing you things you’re interested in and burying the stuff you’re not.
Obviously, I enjoy writing and talking about personal finance and automating your finances, so it’s no surprise the bulk of my writing on Quora focuses on that area.
Some of the ideas and topics I’ve written about there crossover to posts here on Automatic Finances, but many have a new angle or focus on a specific question posed.
If you’re interested in reading some of my more popular (or my favorite) answers, check them out:
- Which celebrities are known for living below their means?
- I’m able to invest $1500 of my monthly take home pay. Would it be wise to put all of it into a low cost index fund like Vanguard every month?
- What habit/decision has saved you a large/huge amount of money?
- How do billionaires see $100K or $1M? Do they still consider it a lot of money?
- Why are index funds one of the best management options?
- “I have what other wealthy people will never have. Enough.” What did John Bogle mean by this quote?
- How can one hedge against a significant loss in Vanguard’s Total Stock market Index Fund?
You can also check out my full profile (and list of answers).
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