Okay so, despite me not really wanting to use this website as a bash against Quora, the harsh truth is that this website did come into existence because of Quora's shameful moderation tactics (thanks, Quora!)

However, I have noticed a trend that is in no way a coincidence.

Now, despite me spending the majority of my internet based time each day on this site here, looking through posts, checking up on new members, making sure all is in order; I do check up on Quora from time to time still (though I'm not sure of why, if I'm being honest. Perhaps just to see if I've been banned yet.)

And I've noticed that usually satisfying notice, "Your answer to [insert question here] has been sent to 1000+/2000+/3000+ people in the Quora digest!" on more than just a few of my answers.

Now despite this notice seeming to promise incoming Quora based fame, it very rarely gets me more than two extra upvotes to an answer, and I honestly have no idea by which standard they select answers to be featured in the digest since every one of my answers that have made it there have had under 50 upvotes, some barely crossing 10 (with the exception of one answer that had over a hundred at the time of gaining digest territory.)

Now, take into contrast my most popular answers which have, by far, been the most controversial. Not one of these popular answers have made it to the digest (if they weren't already banned.)

I could take this one of three ways.

1, Quora is rewarding my "normie" answers with the promise of views in hopes that I don't warrant getting myself banned again with something controversial (very, very out there, I doubt moderation pays that much attention to individual users. Plus, I'm not exactly a powerful voice on Quora to begin with, I deserve no bribery to keep from lashing out.)

2, Quora picks the most recent answer from good or highly upvoted questions to put in the digest, regardless of the answers popularity or quality (pretty likely. Again, I have no idea how they pick for the digest.)

3, It's random, or they pick answers with the least downvotes. It has nothing to do with my "controversial opinions."

I'd like to play pretend for just a second and imagine that maybe number 1 is true, that I and others are threatening sources of information that need to be bribed into silence. Even if an answer is banned, it could still be seen a thousand times over, further influencing open minds. The Quora moderators, knowing they are defenseless against the millions who are already suspicious of their intentions, bite their nails in anxiety as they select the least defiant answers from these presumed "right wingers" as a bribe to encourage safer content that requires less attention.

"Maybe he'll stop posting pro-Trump stuff if we add his answer on Cute Cats to the digest," they wonder...

Well, that journey into imagination land was fun :)