"This is definitely a coincidence. Microsoft just launched the MSN portal last year, and Yahoo launched a similar portal My Yahoo right after.
Quora has always been committed to providing users with better services. The paid question and answer function is based on the previous Quora function and is a new function developed by combining a certain reward mechanism.
To be honest, I don't take Yahoo Q&A seriously. Maybe Yahoo is doing very well in the fields of portals and personal Internet navigation, but in the field of Q&A community, Quora is not afraid of any opponent.
Quora became popular all over the United States very quickly when it was first launched. At that time, I had a private chat with Bill Gates, and he said that Microsoft was also trying to develop its own knowledge question and answer community. What I said was, you can come. "
Zhou Xin showed great confidence on the show, and viewers who later watched the TV show had a new understanding of Zhou Xin.
Previously, the media from Silicon Valley to New York had all portrayed Zhou Xin as a taciturn Chinese genius.
This kind of image is not flattering for Amerikan in any era. Before, he needed to grow up in a wretched way, but now that he is becoming more mature, Zhou Xin knows that he has to reshape his image in the minds of the public.
That's why he participated in a program like The Charlie Rose Interview. Zhou Xin thought about how to express himself on the program before coming.
This is similar to the fact that the public image of future generations of entrepreneurs must be set by themselves and then created by the entire team.
The most famous person should be Steve Jobs, who always wears Issey Miyake's simple black sweater and jeans, tying himself to the depth of innovation.
Charlie Rose also did not expect that a genius from China would be so arrogant. He asked: "So in fact, your character has never been afraid of any challenges, and you dare to face any challenges.
I'm curious, when Yahoo is promoting its upcoming trivia community, do you feel like your ideas are being plagiarized? Do you think Yahoo’s behavior is wrong? "
Zhou Xin said without hesitation: "No."
“Because Q&A communities are model innovations, model innovation cannot ask competitors not to do this.
Just like online forums, after the earliest BBS online forum came out, it was impossible to ask others not to develop online forums.
If you can do this, this is actually a monopoly. Regarding model innovation, more companies will enter this field, which will put pressure on the leading companies and promote new innovation and better user experience.
This is also an important source of vitality for Silicon Valley.
On the contrary, I am very happy to see a big player like Yahoo enter the market. He will help us educate users about what a trivia community is. Then after these users know what a trivia community is, they will know about the best trivia community in the world. It's Quora.
In the end, they will fall into the arms of Quora. "
After Zhou Xin finished speaking, he grinned. As a person who returned to 1998, it was difficult for him to regard Yahoo as a real competitor.
Although after entering this era, Yahoo can be seen almost anytime when surfing the Internet, but knowing the inevitability of history, it is difficult for Zhou Xin to feel a substantial sense of oppression.
Of course, after supporting Robin to establish Baidu in Silicon Valley, Zhou Xin is not afraid of Google. Baidu may not lose to Google if it is born in Silicon Valley.
The audience in the audience began to applaud again. The Amerikan audience likes guests who express their ambitions so straightforwardly.
Why in the future in America, arrogant people like Musk can be sought after, while Bill Gates' various charitable actions will be criticized from all angles.
Of course, there are almost as many people who hate Musk as there are people who like him, but Bill Gates only criticizes him and hardly speaks for him.
Or is it because the image of Bill Gates is too perfect, too perfect to be true, including the subsequent Epstein incident.
Later, after he and Melinda divorced, his image in the minds of American people improved. It turns out that Bill Gates also has a human side that likes the new and hates the old.
People who like Musk believe that his arrogance is a sign of confidence, which is also true.
In Silicon Valley in 1999, all entrepreneurs were nerds, geeks, and immersed in their own world. With these images, there were very few confident guys like Zhou Xin.
Charlie Rose also applauded, and then gestured to the director to play a video on the screen behind them:
"I think we can defeat Quora, and defeating Quora has never been Yahoo's goal." Jerry Yang's face appeared behind them.
The audience in the audience went even more crazy. You must know that Yang Zhiyuan and Zhou Xin were fighting in the ring from a distance, and all kinds of screams came and went.
Charlie Rose explained: "These are the exact words Jerry Yang said when he was on the show last week."
"He is as confident as you, no, you are more confident than him.
I like this confidence. The director also recorded what Newman said just now. The next time the two of them participate in the show, whoever loses will play this conversation repeatedly. "
Charlie Rose, who was still laughing just now, suddenly stopped smiling and suddenly became serious: "Jerry came to our show before and he said that Yahoo's vision is to become a new media company in the Internet era and provide users with a large amount of high-quality content.
We know you have many businesses under your name, from Quora to NewPay to Riot, and they are not consolidated into one group.
But I can look at him as a whole, you've achieved so much at such a young age, so what's your vision? "
Zhou Xin also pretended to think: "My experience is not rich enough, I think I also hope to bring more and better products to users.
Apart from this, what I hope most is to successfully obtain a PhD from Berkeley. "
Charlie Rose nodded: “Both of these wishes are not difficult for you to realize.
Quora and NewPay have brought us great surprises. Many viewers in front of the TV may not have used NewPay, but I have.
I used to need to go to the bank to transfer money to my son, but now I can just use the computer to do it.
Very convenient payment software. "
Zhou Xin said: "Charlie, thank you for helping NewPay advertise."
Charlie Rose: "I still have something to say. Don't forget to leave my email address when you register for an account."
Zhou Xin also joked: "Okay, so you have this idea. I will ask NewPay's operations to cancel your incentive plan."
"Newman, you don't look like a Chinese, you are too bad. No Chinese I have ever seen is as cunning as you." Charlie Rose complained.
Zhou Xin: "That may be because you have met too few Chinese people."
Charlie Rose asked a pointed question: "There are black people who think that the threshold set by Quora is unfriendly to black people. What do you think?"
Zhou Xin was speechless inside and remained calm on the outside: "I don't quite understand what you mean?"
Charlie spread his hands: "Some black scholars believe that due to historical reasons, black people are disadvantaged in acquiring knowledge, and the examination mechanism set up by Quora is very unfriendly to black people.
A recent survey by a team at Yale University focused on human rights protection showed that less than 5% of black people passed the Quora user registration exam. Is this an unfair and racially discriminatory phenomenon? "
Zhou Xin knows that this hat must not be touched. At this time, he needs to use magic to defeat magic. "I am a minority myself, and it is absolutely impossible to discriminate against African Americans who are also a minority like Chinese.
Secondly, the threshold test set by Quora only prevents users from asking and answering questions, and will not affect users' ability to view historical answers and questions.
At the same time, we have also launched a search function. If you have any questions, you can search directly in Quora to find similar questions.
Including the paid question function after the launch, it provides a variety of choices for users who are hungry for knowledge.
This is just a pure product strategy and has nothing to do with intentional unfairness. "
Although Zhou Xin was stunned by the political correctness of Silicon Valley, Hollywood and Washington in later generations, this wind has never reached Wall Street.
It shows that the old money still has sense. Provoking racial issues is still provoking racial issues, and they will not burn this fire on themselves.
Fortunately, it is far less exaggerated than later generations, and Zhou Xin's answer obviously cannot pass the test.
Charlie Rose: “So why does Quora set such a high bar? You don’t seem to have responded to this question in a formal setting.
This is something that many of my friends in Silicon Valley cannot understand.
Before Quora, no Internet company had ever tried every means to push users out. Everyone believed that users were wealth. Only Quora seemed to have naturally set a very high threshold.
The user examination is like the gold sign at the entrance of a luxury store, telling passers-by that its audience is only the rich. "
Zhou Xin replied half-truthfully: "I solemnly declare here that Quora has never meant to drive users away.
The Q&A community, like other online communities, is a content provider. Any user can browse Quora's webpage, use Quora's search function, register as a Quora user, and use our paid question function.
We set thresholds for questioners and answerers to ensure the purity of the content provided by the Q&A community.
In order to attract attention and attract attention, many users speak freely on the Internet without any scruples.
At the same time, there is no accountability for comments made on the Internet, and random answers are given to questions that one does not understand at all.
Even make up some stuff to answer.
I'm not saying that all users will do this, but in order to ensure purity, Quora would rather set a threshold to filter out most of the content. We only need the best part. "
The chaos Zhou Xin talks about is the chaos that Zhihu will encounter in later generations.
Charlie Rose asked: "Are these users completely free of nonsense now?"
Zhou Xin said: "I can't guarantee it, but it is very difficult for accounts to obtain permission to ask questions and answer questions. If they make inappropriate remarks, their accounts will be banned. This leads to the vast majority of users cherishing their permissions."
Already updated 6k today, 3k in the morning, 3k in the evening, I don’t know if there are any more.
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