The Biggest Regret Of My Life - Quora

The famous page “Ted The Stoner” on Instagram is run by Jitendra Sharma, Mumbai based Chartered Accountant.

He started this page in 2015 when his one such page on Facebook was taken down. Now he has 1.3m followers, which includes the likes of Virat Kohli and other leading celebrities.

I read his posts often and his perspective is similar to mine on major incidents. He is a critical thinker, and a centrist and is able to pull off his posts in a very interesting manner by playing with words wisely.

Every time I read him, one thought always crosses my mind.

"Why did I not write on Instagram instead of Quora?"

Maybe I'm not as smart and a critical thinker as he is. Maybe I'm just 25% of what he is. Or maybe I'm just 1% of what he is.

But, I am on Quora since 2017. And I have invested, at least, more than 2500 hours here, if not more. And all that I have is 53k friends and 23 million views, which are anything but useful.

Forget about earning money through it, I can't even contact my 53k friends easily.

For example, one day I travel to Hyderabad. I want to meet all my friends from Hyderabad. But, how do I contact them? Maybe I can write an answer. But, it won't reach my all 53k friends. Nobody will give a fuck about it because Quora’s algorithm is weird and it works stupidly.

But, imagine I invested my 2500 hours on Instagram. And being 1% of Ted The Stoner, I manage to have just 25k followers on Instagram. And, trust me, that's much more useful than having even 100k followers on Quora.

I will be in direct contact with my followers. One simple story and at least 15k people will know about it within a few hours. I will have total control over my profile. Plus, no stupid policies and rules.

The harsh truth is the majority of the Indians are unaware of Quora. On Instagram, you have a wider reach.

Plus, there's no way to back up your account if you get banned. All your hard work will vanish in a few seconds if the Moderators decide to ban you. On Instagram, you can have many backup accounts.

And what if Quora as a company fails? Its business model doesn't seem that profitable and what if in long run it can't survive? Your years of hard work are useless on Quora. All achievements on Quora can vanish at any time. There's no way to divert all your traffic to other platforms. People don't take the pain to do so.

The time invested in Quora does not seem worth it anymore.