When comparing Voat vs Quora, the Slant community recommends Voat for most people. In the question“What are the best Social Networking Platforms?” Voat is ranked 10th while Quora is ranked 24th. The most important reason people chose Voat is:
Voat is essentially a Reddit clone. It uses Reddit's layout and basic functionality with only minor tweaks and as such will be instantly understandable to anyone who is familiar with reddit.
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Pros
Pro Will be instantly familiar to reddit users
Voat is essentially a Reddit clone. It uses Reddit's layout and basic functionality with only minor tweaks and as such will be instantly understandable to anyone who is familiar with reddit.
Pro Freedom of speech is a big focus of the website
Pro Tags help promote your content
When you tag your blog post, it will show up in feeds of people following that topic.
Pro Community interested in learning
Quora has a built-in audience interested in learning new things.
Cons
Con Servers can't handle traffic spikes
Voat can't yet handle large groups of people visiting the site all at the same time. This results in the site often being down. Many argue that the main issue is choice of underlying architecture (ASP.NET + MSSQL) that is difficult to scale.
Con Toxic community
Be prepared to find blatant racism here.
Con discontinued
The site is no longer active
Con No customization options
There is no way of making your Quora blog different from any other Quora blog. It is only an extension of your Quora profile.