Why Is Quora Protecting Spammers, Scammers, & Porn Promoters While Silencing Moderators? Instead of thanking me for removing crypto scams and porn posts, Quora banned my account and shut down collaborative community spaces contributed by Medium and Substack writers
Dear Subscribers,
After previous joyful news in this post I will share a sad story which deeply hurt my feelings today. It is a story of betrayal by a platform I dearly supported donating my precious time.
I never thought I would be punished for doing the right thing. For the past three years, I’ve poured my heart and soul into building two thriving communities on Quora including Health and Science and ILLUMINATION Publications spaces.
I did this voluntarily, without payment, because I believed in knowledge-sharing and in the platform’s potential to connect people with reliable information. I even promoted Quora freely in my broader networks including it in my story signatures and answered many questions like this professionally in the health and mental health spaces.
But recently, my reward for years of unpaid dedication was brutal: Quora banned me from logging into my account without any notice, explanation, or opportunity to appeal.
Why? Because I was doing what I thought Quora wanted me to do, cleaning house.
I invited medical doctors and health scientists (who never heard about it) to a space I created on Quora.
Invitation to My Quora Space for Health and Science Writers to Build Your Audience for Substack
Gain new opportunities, such as more views and new readers, by joining our Quora Spaces as a contributor and/or…medium.com
I even figured out the monetization method before they removed it and wrote a tutorial to inform beginners and inspire them to join communities by sharing their authentic content.
Tutorial: How to Monetize Your Content on Quora Spaces
An invitation to contribute to the Health and Science Quora space open to all writers from Medium, Substack, NewsBreak…medium.com
When I posted about my disappointment I learned that it was not just me. Many authentic writers lost their Quora account. Therefore, I no longer trust Quora and don’t recommend it to anyone. Even if they beg me to join I will not as they broke my heart by biting a feeding hand. This is very hurtful.
Cleaning Quora Junk, Paying the Price by Being Banned
Day after day, I found myself sifting through piles of spam. Crypto junk posts, pornographic content, and outright scam advertisements flooded the spaces I moderated.
I took action. I removed the offensive material, reported the accounts, and tried to protect my communities.
But here’s the cruel twist: while spammers and scammers continue to roam free, my account was the one that got axed.
It’s like calling the fire brigade to put out flames, only to find yourself arrested for trespassing on your own property.
A Broken Moderation System?
The irony is staggering and hurtful. Instead of rewarding voluntary moderators and contributors who maintain quality, Quora’s automated moderation seems to swing its axe blindly.
The result is that scammers stay. Builders get burned.
This isn’t just about me. It raises a bigger question for anyone who cares about online communities:
- Does Quora have a moderation system that genuinely distinguishes between offenders and defenders?
- Why does a contributor with years of clean record and genuine engagement get banned without notice or recourse?
- Who benefits when spammers thrive while community leaders are silenced?
The Human Cost
I’m not just disappointed. I feel betrayed.
Three years of unpaid labour, countless hours of curating, editing, and growing spaces, and tireless promotion of Quora to my networks… all wiped out overnight.
The platform I supported so loyally turned on me without so much as a conversation. That stings more than the ban itself.
To encourage creators, I also supported several spaces by paying from my retirement funds for them until Quora stopped the subscription.
Why This Matters for Creators
If Quora truly wants to remain a trusted platform, it needs to reflect on how it treats those who voluntarily maintain its spaces.
Without moderators and genuine contributors, Quora risks becoming exactly what I fought against: a haven for scammers, spammers, and opportunists who degrade the quality of discussion.
The question isn’t just whether Quora has made a mistake with me. The real question is this: Is Quora, perhaps unintentionally, protecting spammers and scammers while silencing contributors?
A Call for Change
I write this poignant story because I still believe in the value of online communities. I still believe platforms can empower people to learn, share, and grow.
But trust must be mutual. Contributors deserve transparency, fairness, and an appeal process. Moderators deserve support, not punishment.
And platforms must never forget that without their communities, they are nothing more than empty websites.
For now, my spaces are leaderless. The work of three years has been dismantled in seconds. All because I tried to protect what I built.
And that, my dear readers, is the bitterest irony of the cruel digital world which I am struggling to conceptualize.
If you were banned from these useless social media tools please leave a comment and let’s discuss it to be part of the better Internet.
Thanks for reading and sharing your thoughts.
As You can see Quora is still in my signature and I will delete it from now on so they will lose an important backlink from Medium platform. I regret promoting them for free and even paying them to support creators.
About me
I am a retired healthcare scientist in my mid-70s, and I have several grandkids who keep me going and inspire me to write on this platform. I am also the chief editor of the Health and Science publication on Medium.com. As a giveback activity, I volunteered as an editor for Illumination publications, supporting many new writers. I will be happy to read, publish, and promote your stories. You may connect with me on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Quora, where I share stories I read. You may subscribe to my account to get my stories in your inbox when I post. You can also find my distilled content on Substack: Health Science Research By Dr Mike Broadly. I also do guest-blogging. Welcome to Substackmastery.com!
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