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Comment by theodric

Somehow I ended up on Quora's spam list, and despite my many requests, they refuse to unsubscribe me. What I see come through as the subject of those daily e-mails is a constant trickle of inflammatory pseudo-questions, and not infrequently paedo-/incest-adjacent ragebait, intended to provoke engagement. Someone or some algo that someone owns is curating this crap and believes that it's OK that it goes out as the "face of the company" to whoever is on their spam list.

Examples:

- 3 Sept: "I caught my 13 year old daughter using pads for her period without my permission. What do I do now?"

- 24 August: "My 15-year-old son punched his pregnant baby sitter’s belly and she punched him back. She now has a miscarriage and my son has a bruise. Is she wrong for this?"

- 23 August: "My 15-year-old step daughter told me to wash her back in the shower. What should I do?"

- 21 August: "I caught my 14-year-old son and his friend’s 41 year old dad holding hands. Should I be concerned?"

This site is garbage, and some of its users clearly are, as well. Go ahead and cancel it, for all I care.

parent theodric 3 years ago

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