Why do nearly all of the answers on Quora have “read more” and when I click on it, I get a virus warning every time? Has anyone else had this happen?
09.06.2025 06:02
If you click on lots of questions and answers about Chinese history, pretty soon you start seeing tons of content about Chinese history. If you click content about horse training, you see tons of content about horses. I see tons of content about computer programming, sex, physics, mathematics, and writing. You see tons of malware clickbait, because that’s what you’ve trained Quora to show you.
There are not many of them, and they’re usually pretty easy to spot. They post lurid, clickbaity garbage, often with a sexy photo, and stop in the middle of a story with a “see link for more.” They’re hoping the clickbait is enough to get you to click.
Everyone’s feed is different on Quora. Every time you click on something in Quora, the Quora servers remember it, and they tune what you see to include more content that looks like that.
Yes. You are reading answers from spammers and malware distributors. That’s why they are on Quora—to get you, and people like you, to infect yourself with malware.
You’re seeing a lot of them because that’s what you’ve trained Quora to do.