Is this common knowledge? Pretty useful for the folks that don't know this, like me.<p>Try it yourself:<p>http://www.quora.com/Working-at-Google-1/Whats-the-worst-part-about-working-at-Google<p>vs.<p>http://www.quora.com/Working-at-Google-1/Whats-the-worst-part-about-working-at-Google?share=1
They've even mentioned it on their blog: <a href="http://blog.quora.com/Making-Sharing-Better" rel="nofollow">http://blog.quora.com/Making-Sharing-Better</a><p>> Open any Quora URL. If you come across a Quora link anywhere and you want to read it without being asked to join Quora, you can add the text "?share=1" to the end of the URL. Example: <a href="http://www.quora.com/Hostage-Situations/What-does-it-feel-like-to-be-a-hostage-negotiator?share=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/Hostage-Situations/What-does-it-feel-li...</a>
What I don't understand is why Quora was/is loved by people like the Facebook team after how much they go through to make using their site difficult for end users. The fact that they require you to log in via a social account just to see answers is very similar to the crap experts exchange is by requiring a paid account.<p>There was a time when I thought it was a better Q&A site, but they continuously make it worse and worse with workarounds like this for the simple act of viewing a page entirely.
Quora is one of the most heinous sites on the internet because I know there is useful information but will hit a trap as soon as I click.<p>How do they get away with gaming Google search results like this? Why is Google complicit in this shady practice? I don't want walled gardens appearing in search results.
<a href="https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/159399" rel="nofollow">https://userscripts.org/scripts/show/159399</a> does this automatically