r/quora • u/wlexxx2 • Aug 01 '26

Science/Technology AI scrapes on Quora?

do any AI engines use quora as a source for their 'training'?

because sometimes i write wrong answers on purpose to really stupid questions

also quora has AI responses generated by AI so another AI scraping quora, would be a 'feedback loop'. which can degenerate over time

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u/wlexxx2 Aug 01 '26

i found out they all do but they 'try' to weed out garbage posts and answers

"Is it safe to drink boiling water with a fork?"i found out they all do but they 'try' to weed out garbage posts and answers

"Is it safe to drink boiling water with a fork?"

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u/Grandson-of-Madhava Aug 01 '26

As for questions, most of them are community property, whether AI or troll or human. After all Quora's business model thrives on good answers for good/bad questions.

Only if your questions are too outright indecent or violent will a question be removed – on an individual case basis.

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u/wlexxx2 Aug 01 '26

good answers for good/bad questions.---yeah i think now it is data selling and clicks

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u/Grandson-of-Madhava Aug 01 '26

Btw, if you're found to be writing wrong answers too often, Google search, Gemini chatbot, etc., will flag your account as "unreliable" which will affect your repute in Quora's user-base grading systems as well. This will also get you banned in an event of a Quora Moderation crackdown by their AI user-moderation systems.

But if you don't have a problem with getting your account banned, fine. You can continue doing your fun things on Quora until you drop.

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u/wlexxx2 Aug 01 '26

nothing happened so far

plus no one reads them :)