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I'm surprised this story didn't credit Quora as the original published source. I imagine that's possibly because Gamasutra reached out directly to Baggett or he decided himself to cross-post the story after its success on Quora.

I find the phenomenon of Quora posts becoming "real" articles quite fascinating. I've actually been "published" in Slate and Forbes online just for spending some time writing answers.

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I'm guessing he ran it on Quora to see if it would gain any traction, and since it did, either submitted it to Gamasutra or was asked by them to publish it there.

Since it's his answer, he can reproduce it anywhere he wants without crediting Quora as a source (since he's the source here), though it'd be sweet if he gave Quora a nod :)

Should have done that. Updated.

Thanks :)

Using Quora (or Reddit) is really a smart first move. It allow you to find interresting question/subject that you could answer (which is not trivial). It also allow you to directly reach a base of interested reader.

Kind of what HN does for ideas/start-up.

I wonder if this also exist for other type of markets (product, music, ...) ...

You can put your music on YouTube.

Soundcloud

See...not exacly.

Because, If I create an account on Soundcloud, put some awesome music that I created, what will happen ? Nothing. Same for Youtube. I would have to be detected by someone with a huge number of followers to take off.

If I make an awesome post on start-up or about an experience, and I post it and HN, I could go from 0 to lots of good (read "targeted") traffics.

If I make a great anwser on Quora, I could go from nothing to lots of readers.

That can happen. But on soundcloud you also get followers, replays, loves etc. I find artists there all the time I would never find anywhere else. myristica is one: https://soundcloud.com/myristica/into-the-night or this: https://soundcloud.com/myristica/beyond-the-glow so good. I'd say anything good is built slowly, iteratively, each fan/follower appreciated and eventually you keep putting content on as many channels as you can, one will pick up or hit some sort of momentum and you run with it. New artists are discovered all the time on Soundcloud. I can't live without BLOOD BROS. I have shipped tons of product to this: https://soundcloud.com/maddecent/blood-bros-iii-back-in

Not against Quora in anyway, I like it, get traction however you can wherever you can and especially places where people are looking for what you make.

>I wonder if this also exist for other type of markets (product, music, ...) ...

Please elaborate on that thought!

I think it's about service that are stream-centered and sectioned.

HN, Reddit, Upbeatapp, Quora (?), are stream-centered. Information come and go, which make it very easy accessible.

Reddit, Upbeatapp, Quora are also sectioned ; There are sub-reddit, there are subgenres in Upbeatapp and in Quora, you can follow topics/interests/questions. HN is not sectioned but is already very specific. That point make an access to your pre-targeted audience.

The two factor combines make an easy accessible access to a large interested audience.

( Note that is not the case in twitter, youtube, soundcloud, tumblr...) I don't know Medium enough to be sure, but I think they are trying to do the same (sections + stream).

I'm trying to find online services that use this pattern for other type of market (Movie, Food recipes, ect.)

Looks like it credits quora now.

<<I find the phenomenon of Quora posts becoming "real" articles quite fascinating.>>

I'm assuming that before they become real, they exist in an indeterminate quantum state?

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